Claimant count — every local authority district ranked

Name: Claimant count
Creator: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis)
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Claimant count by age: Aged 16-24·Aged 25-49·Aged 50+

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

Ranked by claimants per 1,000 residents, not the raw claimant count — so a larger area does not rank higher here just for having more people. Raw counts are shown alongside for reference. Population estimates: Office for National Statistics.

Figures as of July 2026, published by Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Accessed 2026-10-18.

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, by claimants per 1,000 residents, with year-on-year change
Rank	Local authority district	Claimant count	Per 1,000 residents	Year on year
1	Birmingham	77,310	65.69	-0.1%
2	Newham	20,385	54.14	-3.3%
3	Haringey	13,975	52.49	-2.6%
4	Tower Hamlets	17,260	51.64	-1.1%
5	Hackney	13,640	51.23	-0.5%
6	Brent	17,570	49.89	-4.9%
7	Lewisham	14,715	48.88	-1.4%
8	Barking and Dagenham	11,575	48.57	-1.2%
9	Lambeth	15,065	47.93	-0.1%
10	Enfield	15,115	45.89	-2.8%
11	Ealing	17,325	44.76	-0.5%
12	Waltham Forest	12,680	44.69	-4.6%
13	Bradford	24,255	43.49	-3.3%
14	Luton	10,235	43.30	-6.7%
15	Manchester	25,260	42.94	+0.7%
16	Southwark	13,350	42.74	+0.5%
17	Nottingham	13,855	42.53	+0.1%
18	Sandwell	14,945	42.35	-0.5%
19	Wolverhampton	11,765	41.80	-1.5%
20	Croydon	16,835	41.05	-2.9%
21	Oldham	10,275	40.79	+1.6%
22	Islington	9,130	40.66	-6.7%
23	Greenwich	12,090	40.14	+1.2%
24	Redbridge	12,650	39.31	+0.8%
25	Slough	6,575	39.27	+0.5%
26	Coventry	14,095	38.64	+5.0%
27	Liverpool	18,985	37.38	+0.5%
28	Leicester	14,030	36.62	-5.9%
29	Rochdale	8,630	36.32	-0.6%
30	Walsall	10,720	36.25	+0.8%
31	Blackpool	5,110	35.61	+4.2%
32	Blackburn with Darwen	5,785	35.32	+4.3%
33	Hammersmith and Fulham	6,700	35.22	+0.4%
34	Pendle	3,465	34.58	-0.9%
35	Hounslow	10,230	34.16	-4.1%
36	Camden	7,370	34.02	-3.0%
37	Glasgow City	22,190	33.91	+4.2%
38	Salford	10,050	33.84	+5.6%
39	Burnley	3,415	33.83	+1.3%
40	Hyndburn	2,930	33.71	+3.5%
41	Peterborough	7,535	33.53	-1.2%
42	Middlesbrough	5,120	33.51	+3.2%
43	Kingston upon Hull, City of	9,095	33.28	-6.1%
44	Hillingdon	10,820	33.12	+0.2%
45	Stoke-on-Trent	8,950	32.87	-5.2%
46	Barnet	13,185	32.31	-2.2%
47	Bolton	9,950	32.12	-1.2%
48	Derby	8,685	31.54	+1.0%
49	Harrow	8,490	31.14	-0.5%
50	Thanet	4,455	31.02	+8.4%
51	Hastings	2,815	30.98	+7.4%
52	Merton	6,655	30.40	-4.4%
53	Leeds	25,505	30.34	+4.5%
54	Preston	4,985	30.30	+4.0%
55	Westminster	6,435	30.30	-1.5%
56	Portsmouth	6,400	30.26	-1.6%
57	Brighton and Hove	8,575	30.18	+3.1%
58	Tameside	7,255	30.13	+4.3%
59	Watford	3,220	29.91	+1.6%
60	Wandsworth	9,990	29.39	-4.4%
61	Reading	5,390	29.33	-1.1%
62	Crawley	3,640	29.25	+1.7%
63	Kirklees	13,015	29.19	+1.1%
64	Harlow	2,855	28.97	+9.6%
65	Sheffield	16,715	28.84	+0.5%
66	South Tyneside	4,360	28.83	+1.6%
67	Southampton	7,455	28.76	+3.5%
68	Eastbourne	2,985	28.73	+4.9%
69	Norwich	4,185	28.73	+4.2%
70	Ipswich	3,965	28.43	+7.0%
71	Newport	4,760	28.24	+5.4%
72	Boston	2,010	27.88	+15.5%
73	Dudley	9,290	27.82	+0.4%
74	Dundee City	4,105	27.66	+6.8%
75	Thurrock	5,015	27.61	-2.0%
76	Havering	7,750	27.60	+1.6%
77	Newcastle upon Tyne	8,780	27.37	+0.6%
78	Bedford	5,345	27.22	+1.5%
79	Hartlepool	2,705	27.14	+1.5%
80	Great Yarmouth	2,730	27.04	+2.1%
81	Lincoln	2,745	26.56	+1.1%
82	Knowsley	4,340	26.51	-1.3%
83	Bury	5,270	26.45	+1.3%
84	Halton	3,485	26.42	+3.4%
85	Cardiff	10,065	26.38	+4.1%
86	Medway	7,670	26.20	+4.6%
87	Calderdale	5,515	26.17	+1.6%
88	Gravesham	2,895	26.03	-3.3%
89	Doncaster	8,360	25.88	+5.0%
90	Southend-on-Sea	4,775	25.78	+0.7%
91	Milton Keynes	7,920	25.64	-1.8%
92	Nuneaton and Bedworth	3,665	25.44	+3.4%
93	Bristol, City of	12,600	25.44	+2.1%
94	North East Lincolnshire	4,070	25.42	+5.9%
95	Derry City and Strabane	3,845	25.23	-14.2%
96	Aberdeen City	5,765	25.05	+11.3%
97	North Ayrshire	3,340	24.99	+6.0%
98	Belfast	8,800	24.97	-6.6%
99	Gateshead	5,035	24.86	+0.2%
100	Kensington and Chelsea	3,565	24.46	-2.7%
101	Mansfield	2,740	24.10	+2.6%
102	Telford and Wrekin	4,785	24.00	+4.2%
103	Rossendale	1,760	23.88	+6.3%
104	Basildon	4,620	23.88	+1.3%
105	Blaenau Gwent	1,610	23.82	-0.6%
106	Redditch	2,075	23.70	-1.2%
107	Stockton-on-Tees	4,905	23.68	+3.4%
108	Sunderland	6,790	23.65	-1.7%
109	Wakefield	8,685	23.51	+8.8%
110	West Dunbartonshire	2,075	23.49	+0.5%
111	Ashfield	3,010	23.05	-1.3%
112	Fenland	2,425	22.89	+10.5%
113	Gloucester	3,165	22.84	+2.3%
114	St. Helens	4,335	22.83	+0.3%
115	Plymouth	6,070	22.37	+5.1%
116	Tendring	3,555	22.35	+8.7%
117	Spelthorne	2,385	22.25	+5.3%
118	East Ayrshire	2,700	22.25	+0.6%
119	Folkestone and Hythe	2,495	22.24	+2.9%
120	Hertsmere	2,450	22.22	+3.6%
121	Stevenage	2,040	22.15	+0.0%
122	Rotherham	6,180	22.14	-3.8%
123	Sutton	4,735	22.13	-0.5%
124	Wigan	7,650	22.04	+1.4%
125	Bexley	5,635	21.92	+0.6%
126	Sefton	6,295	21.89	+1.5%
127	Darlington	2,480	21.87	+0.2%
128	Torfaen	2,055	21.87	+1.2%
129	Redcar and Cleveland	3,050	21.86	+4.3%
130	Bromley	7,320	21.78	-0.1%
131	Worcester	2,320	21.69	+0.0%
132	Gosport	1,780	21.54	+3.8%
133	Swansea	5,365	21.51	+5.7%
134	Kingston upon Thames	3,695	21.39	-1.6%
135	Swindon	5,240	21.36	+5.4%
136	Solihull	4,730	21.36	+2.9%
137	Merthyr Tydfil	1,235	21.16	+7.9%
138	West Northamptonshire	9,385	21.13	-0.7%
139	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	8,570	21.12	+0.4%
140	Inverclyde	1,655	21.07	+8.2%
141	Welwyn Hatfield	2,560	21.03	+6.9%
142	Broxbourne	2,165	20.99	+3.8%
143	Swale	3,365	20.94	+2.0%
144	Dartford	2,645	20.94	+12.3%
145	Caerphilly	3,680	20.90	+2.2%
146	Erewash	2,360	20.80	-2.7%
147	Maidstone	3,980	20.79	+9.9%
148	Wirral	6,855	20.78	-1.2%
149	North Lincolnshire	3,560	20.77	+1.3%
150	Chesterfield	2,195	20.63	-0.9%
151	Arun	3,550	20.60	+7.7%
152	Isle of Wight	2,900	20.60	+0.5%
153	Conwy	2,345	20.49	+3.8%
154	North Northamptonshire	7,745	20.40	+1.9%
155	Denbighshire	1,995	20.31	+0.8%
156	Fife	7,585	20.28	+6.5%
157	North Tyneside	4,365	20.26	+5.8%
158	Worthing	2,290	20.12	+8.5%
159	Barnsley	5,070	20.06	+6.0%
160	Lewes	2,055	20.02	+5.7%
161	Canterbury	3,250	19.99	+4.5%
162	East Staffordshire	2,620	19.92	-4.0%
163	Isle of Anglesey	1,365	19.90	+2.6%
164	Rhondda Cynon Taf	4,780	19.83	+3.6%
165	Rushmoor	2,095	19.73	+5.8%
166	Tamworth	1,605	19.72	+0.6%
167	Dacorum	3,190	19.65	-0.2%
168	North Lanarkshire	6,740	19.60	+2.7%
169	Vale of Glamorgan	2,650	19.58	+7.7%
170	Pembrokeshire	2,450	19.47	+8.6%
171	Epping Forest	2,685	19.40	+6.3%
172	Torbay	2,705	19.39	+5.7%
173	Gedling	2,345	19.36	+2.6%
174	Neath Port Talbot	2,745	19.33	-0.5%
175	Angus	2,215	19.33	+6.0%
176	County Durham	10,390	19.27	+4.2%
177	City of Edinburgh	10,225	19.24	+12.0%
178	Colchester	3,860	19.19	+1.6%
179	Dover	2,315	19.12	+1.8%
180	Wyre Forest	1,985	19.05	+6.1%
181	Clackmannanshire	980	18.99	+2.1%
182	Bassetlaw	2,400	18.98	+6.0%
183	Havant	2,410	18.92	-7.1%
184	Cannock Chase	1,970	18.89	+1.0%
185	Falkirk	3,015	18.82	+5.1%
186	Oxford	3,095	18.65	+3.3%
187	Lancaster	2,705	18.62	+4.0%
188	Adur	1,205	18.60	+6.6%
189	Broxtowe	2,105	18.47	+3.4%
190	Trafford	4,435	18.40	+3.4%
191	Renfrewshire	3,475	18.36	+8.8%
192	Bridgend	2,690	18.30	+7.2%
193	Buckinghamshire	10,680	18.28	-1.4%
194	Flintshire	2,840	18.21	+5.2%
195	Wrexham	2,505	18.16	+0.6%
196	Stockport	5,500	18.04	+3.0%
197	South Ayrshire	2,025	18.04	-2.2%
198	Newcastle-under-Lyme	2,305	17.99	-3.6%
199	Oadby and Wigston	1,105	17.96	+1.4%
200	Bolsover	1,515	17.95	+2.4%
201	Ashford	2,550	17.89	+2.6%
202	Chichester	2,315	17.78	+1.5%
203	West Lindsey	1,765	17.70	+9.3%
204	Rugby	2,220	17.68	+8.6%
205	Cheltenham	2,145	17.66	+1.2%
206	South Holland	1,775	17.62	+0.0%
207	Bracknell Forest	2,315	17.52	+2.4%
208	East Lindsey	2,565	17.48	+15.5%
209	Cornwall	10,205	17.45	+6.1%
210	Woking	1,845	17.37	+7.6%
211	North Warwickshire	1,165	17.21	+9.4%
212	Carmarthenshire	3,265	17.18	+3.5%
213	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	2,695	17.17	+10.2%
214	Gwynedd	2,065	17.17	+11.6%
215	Warrington	3,675	17.06	+7.8%
216	Causeway Coast and Glens	2,400	16.91	-9.3%
217	Basingstoke and Deane	3,275	16.88	+4.6%
218	Rother	1,620	16.85	+5.5%
219	South Lanarkshire	5,620	16.81	+4.1%
220	West Lothian	3,145	16.80	+6.2%
221	Three Rivers	1,600	16.65	-1.2%
222	Richmond upon Thames	3,275	16.65	+1.6%
223	Newark and Sherwood	2,135	16.59	+2.4%
224	Chelmsford	3,160	16.58	+7.3%
225	West Lancashire	2,045	16.55	-1.0%
226	Scottish Borders	1,910	16.35	+0.8%
227	South Kesteven	2,420	16.34	+1.0%
228	Mid and East Antrim	2,285	16.33	-8.4%
229	Wyre	1,965	16.30	+8.6%
230	Dumfries and Galloway	2,370	16.29	+3.7%
231	Melton	890	16.27	-7.8%
232	Runnymede	1,510	16.23	+6.0%
233	Northumberland	5,355	16.03	+1.2%
234	Braintree	2,665	16.01	+7.2%
235	Midlothian	1,600	15.94	+13.9%
236	Central Bedfordshire	5,110	15.89	+3.2%
237	Tandridge	1,435	15.89	+5.5%
238	Windsor and Maidenhead	2,520	15.77	+4.6%
239	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	3,500	15.73	-7.8%
240	Cheshire West and Chester	5,865	15.68	+3.7%
241	Moray	1,485	15.68	+14.7%
242	East Suffolk	3,920	15.67	+5.1%
243	Amber Valley	2,065	15.66	+2.0%
244	Newry, Mourne and Down	2,840	15.51	-8.8%
245	North Devon	1,560	15.40	-1.3%
246	Exeter	2,115	15.34	+6.8%
247	South Staffordshire	1,760	15.33	+6.3%
248	Ceredigion	1,110	15.27	+4.2%
249	West Suffolk	2,880	15.21	+7.1%
250	Fylde	1,315	15.17	+4.8%
251	Brentwood	1,215	15.17	+2.1%
252	Warwick	2,395	15.17	+7.9%
253	Charnwood	2,875	15.15	+3.0%
254	Tonbridge and Malling	2,085	15.12	+7.5%
255	Chorley	1,840	15.10	+6.1%
256	Tunbridge Wells	1,810	15.07	+10.4%
257	Breckland	2,230	15.06	+13.5%
258	Stafford	2,145	15.01	+8.6%
259	Maldon	1,050	14.96	+9.9%
260	Cambridge	2,240	14.95	-1.8%
261	Bromsgrove	1,520	14.91	+3.4%
262	East Lothian	1,730	14.85	+16.5%
263	Herefordshire, County of	2,860	14.85	+0.5%
264	South Ribble	1,745	14.84	+4.8%
265	High Peak	1,355	14.78	+7.1%
266	Somerset	8,725	14.76	+5.0%
267	St Albans	2,225	14.76	+3.2%
268	Torridge	1,035	14.71	+3.5%
269	Cumberland	4,145	14.68	+6.4%
270	Elmbridge	2,090	14.67	+5.8%
271	Powys	1,975	14.65	+4.8%
272	Stirling	1,375	14.62	+8.3%
273	North Hertfordshire	2,005	14.60	+4.4%
274	Forest of Dean	1,315	14.59	-0.8%
275	Argyll and Bute	1,270	14.55	+7.6%
276	Wychavon	2,015	14.48	-1.5%
277	West Berkshire	2,395	14.47	+2.4%
278	Castle Point	1,305	14.40	+3.6%
279	South Derbyshire	1,720	14.40	+3.3%
280	Ards and North Down	2,380	14.39	-7.8%
281	Cherwell	2,475	14.37	-2.8%
282	Hinckley and Bosworth	1,695	14.34	+0.0%
283	North Somerset	3,235	14.24	+3.0%
284	North Norfolk	1,475	14.22	+8.9%
285	Surrey Heath	1,350	14.20	+6.7%
286	Cheshire East	5,990	14.08	+9.6%
287	Huntingdonshire	2,700	14.07	+1.3%
288	Shropshire	4,660	13.99	+5.4%
289	Tewkesbury	1,445	13.93	+7.8%
290	Perth and Kinross	2,155	13.91	+7.5%
291	Babergh	1,355	13.85	+2.3%
292	Eastleigh	1,985	13.81	+5.6%
293	North East Derbyshire	1,485	13.76	+7.6%
294	Reigate and Banstead	2,180	13.68	+11.2%
295	Antrim and Newtownabbey	2,020	13.64	-4.7%
296	Blaby	1,470	13.56	+3.9%
297	Rochford	1,230	13.55	+4.2%
298	Sevenoaks	1,665	13.52	+10.3%
299	Wealden	2,270	13.49	+9.7%
300	Highland	3,170	13.36	+6.2%
301	Wiltshire	6,995	13.29	+1.7%
302	Lichfield	1,505	13.29	-0.3%
303	Malvern Hills	1,120	13.27	+8.7%
304	Fermanagh and Omagh	1,550	13.17	-13.9%
305	South Norfolk	1,980	13.17	+11.2%
306	Monmouthshire	1,255	13.16	+0.4%
307	Epsom and Ewell	1,095	13.13	+3.8%
308	Mid Ulster	2,005	13.13	-6.7%
309	Mid Devon	1,120	13.09	+2.8%
310	East Riding of Yorkshire	4,705	13.06	+4.1%
311	Guildford	1,965	12.92	+4.8%
312	South Gloucestershire	3,960	12.82	+0.1%
313	New Forest	2,255	12.82	+6.1%
314	East Cambridgeshire	1,200	12.69	+6.2%
315	Stroud	1,600	12.66	+6.0%
316	Dorset	4,915	12.57	+1.2%
317	Stratford-on-Avon	1,840	12.37	+12.5%
318	North West Leicestershire	1,395	12.32	-1.1%
319	Winchester	1,685	12.31	+3.1%
320	Teignbridge	1,705	12.30	+3.6%
321	North Kesteven	1,515	12.29	+4.5%
322	Aberdeenshire	3,240	12.24	+8.4%
323	East Hertfordshire	1,930	12.21	+7.8%
324	West Devon	720	12.21	+7.5%
325	Staffordshire Moorlands	1,180	12.19	-3.3%
326	Bath and North East Somerset	2,445	12.17	+2.3%
327	East Hampshire	1,580	12.10	+6.0%
328	Wokingham	2,285	12.09	+4.1%
329	Vale of White Horse	1,840	12.09	-0.8%
330	Mid Sussex	1,975	12.07	+8.8%
331	York	2,525	12.07	+0.2%
332	Test Valley	1,605	11.83	+2.2%
333	Rushcliffe	1,510	11.81	+2.4%
334	Cotswold	1,080	11.80	+5.4%
335	Uttlesford	1,140	11.78	+4.1%
336	Fareham	1,355	11.74	+4.6%
337	Broadland	1,635	11.71	+2.2%
338	Na h-Eileanan Siar	300	11.64	+11.1%
339	Lisburn and Castlereagh	1,765	11.64	-4.6%
340	North Yorkshire	7,435	11.63	+5.5%
341	South Cambridgeshire	2,020	11.57	+2.0%
342	Mid Suffolk	1,300	11.50	+8.3%
343	East Dunbartonshire	1,255	11.46	+9.6%
344	South Hams	1,065	11.43	+9.8%
345	South Oxfordshire	1,800	11.39	+4.7%
346	Horsham	1,725	11.35	+1.8%
347	Mole Valley	995	11.20	+3.6%
348	West Oxfordshire	1,350	11.12	+3.1%
349	Waverley	1,525	11.11	+8.9%
350	East Devon	1,735	10.87	+6.4%
351	Hart	1,115	10.79	+8.3%
352	Rutland	445	10.69	+3.5%
353	Westmorland and Furness	2,410	10.42	-1.6%
354	Ribble Valley	690	10.31	+15.0%
355	Derbyshire Dales	735	10.20	-2.6%
356	East Renfrewshire	1,005	10.07	+6.9%
357	Harborough	1,050	9.85	-0.5%
358	City of London	150	9.60	+7.1%
359	Orkney Islands	210	9.58	+5.0%
360	Isles of Scilly	20	8.70	+100.0%
361	Shetland Islands	175	7.71	+16.7%

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.
Latest figure: July 2026 — 3 months old: This dataset is published monthly and the publisher hasn't released anything newer. Nothing is missing from this page.

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Claimant count, every local authority district ranked
Caveats: Not a measure of unemployment; Four nations, one series; Latest figure: July 2026 — 3 months old
StatsMapped last confirmed these figures unchanged on 5 Sep 2026.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis)
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