Claimant count — every local authority district ranked

Name: Claimant count
Creator: Nomis -- Claimant Count by sex and age (NM_162_1)

Higher figures on this page are generally worse, not the opposite.

These are raw counts, not rates -- a larger area ranks higher on this page mainly because it has more people, not necessarily a worse underlying rate.

Figures as of July 2026, published by Nomis -- Claimant Count by sex and age (NM_162_1). Accessed 2026-09-03.

Colour shows the 12-month change in the number of people claiming Universal Credit or Jobseeker's Allowance for each local authority district, published monthly by Nomis on behalf of the Office for National Statistics.

Claimant count, every local authority district ranked
Rank	Local authority district	Claimant count
1	Birmingham	77,310
2	Leeds	25,505
3	Manchester	25,260
4	Bradford	24,255
5	Glasgow City	22,190
6	Newham	20,385
7	Liverpool	18,985
8	Brent	17,570
9	Ealing	17,325
10	Tower Hamlets	17,260
11	Croydon	16,835
12	Sheffield	16,715
13	Enfield	15,115
14	Lambeth	15,065
15	Sandwell	14,945
16	Lewisham	14,715
17	Coventry	14,095
18	Leicester	14,030
19	Haringey	13,975
20	Nottingham	13,855
21	Hackney	13,640
22	Southwark	13,350
23	Barnet	13,185
24	Kirklees	13,015
25	Waltham Forest	12,680
26	Redbridge	12,650
27	Bristol, City of	12,600
28	Greenwich	12,090
29	Wolverhampton	11,765
30	Barking and Dagenham	11,575
31	Hillingdon	10,820
32	Walsall	10,720
33	Buckinghamshire	10,680
34	County Durham	10,390
35	Oldham	10,275
36	Luton	10,235
37	Hounslow	10,230
38	City of Edinburgh	10,225
39	Cornwall	10,205
40	Cardiff	10,065
41	Salford	10,050
42	Wandsworth	9,990
43	Bolton	9,950
44	West Northamptonshire	9,385
45	Dudley	9,290
46	Islington	9,130
47	Kingston upon Hull, City of	9,095
48	Stoke-on-Trent	8,950
49	Belfast	8,800
50	Newcastle upon Tyne	8,780
51	Somerset	8,725
52	Derby	8,685
52	Wakefield	8,685
54	Rochdale	8,630
55	Brighton and Hove	8,575
56	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	8,570
57	Harrow	8,490
58	Doncaster	8,360
59	Milton Keynes	7,920
60	Havering	7,750
61	North Northamptonshire	7,745
62	Medway	7,670
63	Wigan	7,650
64	Fife	7,585
65	Peterborough	7,535
66	Southampton	7,455
67	North Yorkshire	7,435
68	Camden	7,370
69	Bromley	7,320
70	Tameside	7,255
71	Wiltshire	6,995
72	Wirral	6,855
73	Sunderland	6,790
74	North Lanarkshire	6,740
75	Hammersmith and Fulham	6,700
76	Merton	6,655
77	Slough	6,575
78	Westminster	6,435
79	Portsmouth	6,400
80	Sefton	6,295
81	Rotherham	6,180
82	Plymouth	6,070
83	Cheshire East	5,990
84	Cheshire West and Chester	5,865
85	Blackburn with Darwen	5,785
86	Aberdeen City	5,765
87	Bexley	5,635
88	South Lanarkshire	5,620
89	Calderdale	5,515
90	Stockport	5,500
91	Reading	5,390
92	Swansea	5,365
93	Northumberland	5,355
94	Bedford	5,345
95	Bury	5,270
96	Swindon	5,240
97	Middlesbrough	5,120
98	Blackpool	5,110
98	Central Bedfordshire	5,110
100	Barnsley	5,070
101	Gateshead	5,035
102	Thurrock	5,015
103	Preston	4,985
104	Dorset	4,915
105	Stockton-on-Tees	4,905
106	Telford and Wrekin	4,785
107	Rhondda Cynon Taf	4,780
108	Southend-on-Sea	4,775
109	Newport	4,760
110	Sutton	4,735
111	Solihull	4,730
112	East Riding of Yorkshire	4,705
113	Shropshire	4,660
114	Basildon	4,620
115	Thanet	4,455
116	Trafford	4,435
117	North Tyneside	4,365
118	South Tyneside	4,360
119	Knowsley	4,340
120	St. Helens	4,335
121	Norwich	4,185
122	Cumberland	4,145
123	Dundee City	4,105
124	North East Lincolnshire	4,070
125	Maidstone	3,980
126	Ipswich	3,965
127	South Gloucestershire	3,960
128	East Suffolk	3,920
129	Colchester	3,860
130	Derry City and Strabane	3,845
131	Kingston upon Thames	3,695
132	Caerphilly	3,680
133	Warrington	3,675
134	Nuneaton and Bedworth	3,665
135	Crawley	3,640
136	Kensington and Chelsea	3,565
137	North Lincolnshire	3,560
138	Tendring	3,555
139	Arun	3,550
140	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	3,500
141	Halton	3,485
142	Renfrewshire	3,475
143	Pendle	3,465
144	Burnley	3,415
145	Swale	3,365
146	North Ayrshire	3,340
147	Basingstoke and Deane	3,275
147	Richmond upon Thames	3,275
149	Carmarthenshire	3,265
150	Canterbury	3,250
151	Aberdeenshire	3,240
152	North Somerset	3,235
153	Watford	3,220
154	Dacorum	3,190
155	Highland	3,170
156	Gloucester	3,165
157	Chelmsford	3,160
158	West Lothian	3,145
159	Oxford	3,095
160	Redcar and Cleveland	3,050
161	Falkirk	3,015
162	Ashfield	3,010
163	Eastbourne	2,985
164	Hyndburn	2,930
165	Isle of Wight	2,900
166	Gravesham	2,895
167	West Suffolk	2,880
168	Charnwood	2,875
169	Herefordshire, County of	2,860
170	Harlow	2,855
171	Flintshire	2,840
171	Newry, Mourne and Down	2,840
173	Hastings	2,815
174	Lincoln	2,745
174	Neath Port Talbot	2,745
176	Mansfield	2,740
177	Great Yarmouth	2,730
178	Hartlepool	2,705
178	Lancaster	2,705
178	Torbay	2,705
181	East Ayrshire	2,700
181	Huntingdonshire	2,700
183	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	2,695
184	Bridgend	2,690
185	Epping Forest	2,685
186	Braintree	2,665
187	Vale of Glamorgan	2,650
188	Dartford	2,645
189	East Staffordshire	2,620
190	East Lindsey	2,565
191	Welwyn Hatfield	2,560
192	Ashford	2,550
193	York	2,525
194	Windsor and Maidenhead	2,520
195	Wrexham	2,505
196	Folkestone and Hythe	2,495
197	Darlington	2,480
198	Cherwell	2,475
199	Hertsmere	2,450
199	Pembrokeshire	2,450
201	Bath and North East Somerset	2,445
202	Fenland	2,425
203	South Kesteven	2,420
204	Havant	2,410
204	Westmorland and Furness	2,410
206	Bassetlaw	2,400
206	Causeway Coast and Glens	2,400
208	Warwick	2,395
208	West Berkshire	2,395
210	Spelthorne	2,385
211	Ards and North Down	2,380
212	Dumfries and Galloway	2,370
213	Erewash	2,360
214	Conwy	2,345
214	Gedling	2,345
216	Worcester	2,320
217	Bracknell Forest	2,315
217	Chichester	2,315
217	Dover	2,315
220	Newcastle-under-Lyme	2,305
221	Worthing	2,290
222	Mid and East Antrim	2,285
222	Wokingham	2,285
224	Wealden	2,270
225	New Forest	2,255
226	Cambridge	2,240
227	Breckland	2,230
228	St Albans	2,225
229	Rugby	2,220
230	Angus	2,215
231	Chesterfield	2,195
232	Reigate and Banstead	2,180
233	Broxbourne	2,165
234	Perth and Kinross	2,155
235	Cheltenham	2,145
235	Stafford	2,145
237	Newark and Sherwood	2,135
238	Exeter	2,115
239	Broxtowe	2,105
240	Rushmoor	2,095
241	Elmbridge	2,090
242	Tonbridge and Malling	2,085
243	Redditch	2,075
243	West Dunbartonshire	2,075
245	Amber Valley	2,065
245	Gwynedd	2,065
247	Lewes	2,055
247	Torfaen	2,055
249	West Lancashire	2,045
250	Stevenage	2,040
251	South Ayrshire	2,025
252	Antrim and Newtownabbey	2,020
252	South Cambridgeshire	2,020
254	Wychavon	2,015
255	Boston	2,010
256	Mid Ulster	2,005
256	North Hertfordshire	2,005
258	Denbighshire	1,995
259	Eastleigh	1,985
259	Wyre Forest	1,985
261	South Norfolk	1,980
262	Mid Sussex	1,975
262	Powys	1,975
264	Cannock Chase	1,970
265	Guildford	1,965
265	Wyre	1,965
267	East Hertfordshire	1,930
268	Scottish Borders	1,910
269	Woking	1,845
270	Chorley	1,840
270	Stratford-on-Avon	1,840
270	Vale of White Horse	1,840
273	Tunbridge Wells	1,810
274	South Oxfordshire	1,800
275	Gosport	1,780
276	South Holland	1,775
277	Lisburn and Castlereagh	1,765
277	West Lindsey	1,765
279	Rossendale	1,760
279	South Staffordshire	1,760
281	South Ribble	1,745
282	East Devon	1,735
283	East Lothian	1,730
284	Horsham	1,725
285	South Derbyshire	1,720
286	Teignbridge	1,705
287	Hinckley and Bosworth	1,695
288	Winchester	1,685
289	Sevenoaks	1,665
290	Inverclyde	1,655
291	Broadland	1,635
292	Rother	1,620
293	Blaenau Gwent	1,610
294	Tamworth	1,605
294	Test Valley	1,605
296	Midlothian	1,600
296	Stroud	1,600
296	Three Rivers	1,600
299	East Hampshire	1,580
300	North Devon	1,560
301	Fermanagh and Omagh	1,550
302	Waverley	1,525
303	Bromsgrove	1,520
304	Bolsover	1,515
304	North Kesteven	1,515
306	Runnymede	1,510
306	Rushcliffe	1,510
308	Lichfield	1,505
309	Moray	1,485
309	North East Derbyshire	1,485
311	North Norfolk	1,475
312	Blaby	1,470
313	Tewkesbury	1,445
314	Tandridge	1,435
315	North West Leicestershire	1,395
316	Stirling	1,375
317	Isle of Anglesey	1,365
318	Babergh	1,355
318	Fareham	1,355
318	High Peak	1,355
321	Surrey Heath	1,350
321	West Oxfordshire	1,350
323	Forest of Dean	1,315
323	Fylde	1,315
325	Castle Point	1,305
326	Mid Suffolk	1,300
327	Argyll and Bute	1,270
328	East Dunbartonshire	1,255
328	Monmouthshire	1,255
330	Merthyr Tydfil	1,235
331	Rochford	1,230
332	Brentwood	1,215
333	Adur	1,205
334	East Cambridgeshire	1,200
335	Staffordshire Moorlands	1,180
336	North Warwickshire	1,165
337	Uttlesford	1,140
338	Malvern Hills	1,120
338	Mid Devon	1,120
340	Hart	1,115
341	Ceredigion	1,110
342	Oadby and Wigston	1,105
343	Epsom and Ewell	1,095
344	Cotswold	1,080
345	South Hams	1,065
346	Harborough	1,050
346	Maldon	1,050
348	Torridge	1,035
349	East Renfrewshire	1,005
350	Mole Valley	995
351	Clackmannanshire	980
352	Melton	890
353	Derbyshire Dales	735
354	West Devon	720
355	Ribble Valley	690
356	Rutland	445
357	Na h-Eileanan Siar	300
358	Orkney Islands	210
359	Shetland Islands	175
360	City of London	150
361	Isles of Scilly	20

Two or more areas with the same figure share a rank -- the next rank is skipped (e.g. two areas tied for 1st means the next entry is ranked 3rd, not 2nd).

Before you use these figures

Not a measure of unemployment: The claimant count is a count of people claiming Universal Credit (who are required to seek work) or Jobseeker's Allowance, not a count of unemployed people. It includes some people in part-time work and excludes people who are unemployed but not claiming. ONS's Labour Force Survey is the measure of unemployment, and is a different figure.
Four nations, one series: Universal Credit and Jobseeker's Allowance operate UK-wide, so this series is directly comparable across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland -- unlike some UK statistics that are only published for some nations.

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