Residents living in an Air Quality Management Area, every council ranked
Where a council has declared the air fails a national objective, most often for traffic fumes. An area stays declared until the air has met the objective for some years. Figures for 29 August 2026, published for 350 councils in England, Scotland and Wales. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Joint lowest: 208 councils, 0%. The council in the middle: Tendring, 0%. Joint highest: 41 councils, 100%.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 joint | AberdeenshireScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | AdurSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | AngusScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | Argyll and ButeScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | ArunSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | AshfieldEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | AshfordSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | BaberghEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | BasildonEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | BassetlawEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Blaenau GwentWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | BolsoverEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BrecklandEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | BurnleyNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | CambridgeEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Castle PointEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | CeredigionWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | CheltenhamSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | CherwellSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Cheshire EastNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | ChichesterSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | ChorleyNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | ClackmannanshireScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | ColchesterEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | ConwyWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | CotswoldSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | County DurhamNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | CumberlandNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | DacorumEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | DarlingtonNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | DenbighshireWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | DoverSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Dumfries and GallowayScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | East AyrshireScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | East DevonSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | East DunbartonshireScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | East HampshireSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | East LindseyEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | East LothianScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | East RenfrewshireScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | East SuffolkEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | ElmbridgeSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Epping ForestEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | ErewashEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | FarehamSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | FifeScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | FlintshireWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Forest of DeanSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | FyldeNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | GloucesterSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | GosportSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | GuildfordSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | GwyneddWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | HaltonNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | HarboroughEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | HarlowEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | HartSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HastingsSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HavantSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | High PeakEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | HighlandScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | HorshamSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | HyndburnNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | InverclydeScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | Isle of AngleseyWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | Isle of WightSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Isles of ScillySouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | KnowsleyNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | LichfieldWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | LincolnEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | MaldonEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | MansfieldEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | MeltonEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Merthyr TydfilWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Mid SussexSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | MidlothianScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | Milton KeynesSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | MorayScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | New ForestSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | North AyrshireScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | North DevonSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | North HertfordshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | North KestevenEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | North NorfolkEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | North SomersetSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | NorthumberlandNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Orkney IslandsScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | PlymouthSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | PowysWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | PrestonNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | RenfrewshireScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | RochfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | RotherSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | RushmoorSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | RutlandEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Scottish BordersScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | SeftonNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | SevenoaksSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Shetland IslandsScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | SolihullWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | SomersetSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | South AyrshireScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | South HollandEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | South LanarkshireScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | South OxfordshireSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | South TynesideNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | St AlbansEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | StaffordWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | StevenageEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | StirlingScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | StroudSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | SwaleSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | SwindonSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | TamworthWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | TandridgeSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | TendringEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | TewkesburySouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | ThanetSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | TorbaySouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | TorfaenWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | TorridgeSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | UttlesfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Vale of GlamorganWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | WarringtonNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | WatfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | WealdenSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | West DevonSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | West DunbartonshireScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | West LancashireNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | West LindseyEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | West LothianScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | West OxfordshireSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | West SuffolkEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | WinchesterSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WirralNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | WokingSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WokinghamSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WorthingSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WrexhamWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | WyreNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 0% |
| 209 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 0.1% |
| 209 joint | DorsetSouth West | 0.1% |
| 209 joint | MedwaySouth East | 0.1% |
| 209 joint | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 0.1% |
| 209 joint | OldhamNorth West | 0.1% |
| 209 joint | Rhondda Cynon TafWales | 0.1% |
| 215 joint | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 0.2% |
| 215 joint | BridgendWales | 0.2% |
| 215 joint | CaerphillyWales | 0.2% |
| 215 joint | IpswichEast of England | 0.2% |
| 215 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 0.2% |
| 215 joint | NewportWales | 0.2% |
| 215 joint | North LanarkshireScotland | 0.2% |
| 215 joint | PembrokeshireWales | 0.2% |
| 215 joint | South GloucestershireSouth West | 0.2% |
| 215 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 0.2% |
| 215 joint | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 0.2% |
| 226 joint | Aberdeen CityScotland | 0.3% |
| 226 joint | BlabyEast Midlands | 0.3% |
| 226 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 0.3% |
| 226 joint | CardiffWales | 0.3% |
| 226 joint | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 0.3% |
| 226 joint | MonmouthshireWales | 0.3% |
| 226 joint | PendleNorth West | 0.3% |
| 226 joint | South HamsSouth West | 0.3% |
| 226 joint | St. HelensNorth West | 0.3% |
| 226 joint | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 0.3% |
| 226 joint | Three RiversEast of England | 0.3% |
| 226 joint | WaverleySouth East | 0.3% |
| 226 joint | WiganNorth West | 0.3% |
| 239 joint | BlackpoolNorth West | 0.4% |
| 239 joint | CanterburySouth East | 0.4% |
| 239 joint | FalkirkScotland | 0.4% |
| 239 joint | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 0.4% |
| 239 joint | LancasterNorth West | 0.4% |
| 239 joint | RochdaleNorth West | 0.4% |
| 239 joint | ShropshireWest Midlands | 0.4% |
| 239 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 0.4% |
| 239 joint | TraffordNorth West | 0.4% |
| 239 joint | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 0.4% |
| 249 joint | BostonEast Midlands | 0.5% |
| 249 joint | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 0.5% |
| 249 joint | EastleighSouth East | 0.5% |
| 249 joint | South RibbleNorth West | 0.5% |
| 249 joint | StockportNorth West | 0.5% |
| 254 joint | BuryNorth West | 0.6% |
| 254 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 0.6% |
| 254 joint | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 0.6% |
| 254 joint | LewesSouth East | 0.6% |
| 254 joint | LutonEast of England | 0.6% |
| 254 joint | WarwickWest Midlands | 0.6% |
| 260 joint | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 0.7% |
| 260 joint | RunnymedeSouth East | 0.7% |
| 262 joint | BoltonNorth West | 0.9% |
| 262 joint | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 0.9% |
| 262 joint | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 0.9% |
| 265 | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 1% |
| 266 | TamesideNorth West | 1.1% |
| 267 joint | City of EdinburghScotland | 1.2% |
| 267 joint | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 1.2% |
| 269 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 1.3% |
| 269 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 1.3% |
| 271 | CrawleySouth East | 1.4% |
| 272 | PortsmouthSouth East | 1.5% |
| 273 | ExeterSouth West | 1.7% |
| 274 | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 2% |
| 275 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 2.1% |
| 275 joint | CarmarthenshireWales | 2.1% |
| 275 joint | CornwallSouth West | 2.1% |
| 275 joint | ThurrockEast of England | 2.1% |
| 279 | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 2.2% |
| 280 joint | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 2.4% |
| 280 joint | SloughSouth East | 2.4% |
| 282 | Glasgow CityScotland | 2.9% |
| 283 joint | DartfordSouth East | 3.3% |
| 283 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 3.3% |
| 283 joint | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 3.3% |
| 286 | WiltshireSouth West | 3.4% |
| 287 | TeignbridgeSouth West | 3.6% |
| 288 | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 3.7% |
| 289 | LeicesterEast Midlands | 5.1% |
| 290 | SwanseaWales | 5.3% |
| 291 | Neath Port TalbotWales | 5.6% |
| 292 | SalfordNorth West | 6.8% |
| 293 | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 6.9% |
| 294 | BedfordEast of England | 7.3% |
| 295 | NorwichEast of England | 9.1% |
| 296 | ManchesterNorth West | 9.7% |
| 297 | FenlandEast of England | 16.5% |
| 298 | Mid DevonSouth West | 19.3% |
| 299 | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 22.2% |
| 300 | BristolSouth West | 23.8% |
| 301 | Perth and KinrossScotland | 32.3% |
| 302 | ReadingSouth East | 32.5% |
| 303 | LewishamLondon | 59.9% |
| 304 | HillingdonLondon | 69.2% |
| 305 | SpelthorneSouth East | 80.5% |
| 306 | RugbyWest Midlands | 81.5% |
| 307 | BromleyLondon | 95.2% |
| 308 joint | IslingtonLondon | 99.9% |
| 308 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 99.9% |
| 310 joint | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | BarnetLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | BexleyLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | BirminghamWest Midlands | 100% |
| 310 joint | BrentLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | CamdenLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | City of LondonLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | CoventryWest Midlands | 100% |
| 310 joint | CroydonLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | DudleyWest Midlands | 100% |
| 310 joint | Dundee CityScotland | 100% |
| 310 joint | EalingLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | EnfieldLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | GreenwichLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | HackneyLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | HaringeyLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | HarrowLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | HaveringLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | HounslowLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | LambethLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | LiverpoolNorth West | 100% |
| 310 joint | MertonLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | NewhamLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | NottinghamEast Midlands | 100% |
| 310 joint | OxfordSouth East | 100% |
| 310 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | SandwellWest Midlands | 100% |
| 310 joint | SouthwarkLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 100% |
| 310 joint | SuttonLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | Tower HamletsLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | WalsallWest Midlands | 100% |
| 310 joint | Waltham ForestLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | WandsworthLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | WestminsterLondon | 100% |
| 310 joint | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 100% |
| 310 joint | WorcesterWest Midlands | 100% |
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