Addresses at high or medium flood risk, every council ranked
Addresses whose surroundings have a 1% chance a year or more of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water, allowing for defences. Figures for October 2026, published for 296 councils in England. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Joint lowest: Broadland and Colchester, 1.8%. The council in the middle: North Tyneside, 4.5%. Highest: Thurrock, 29.7%.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 1.8% |
| 1 joint | ColchesterEast of England | 1.8% |
| 3 | StevenageEast of England | 1.9% |
| 4 | TorridgeSouth West | 2% |
| 5 joint | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 2.1% |
| 5 joint | East HampshireSouth East | 2.1% |
| 5 joint | RutlandEast Midlands | 2.1% |
| 8 joint | BolsoverEast Midlands | 2.2% |
| 8 joint | North NorfolkEast of England | 2.2% |
| 8 joint | South TynesideNorth East | 2.2% |
| 8 joint | UttlesfordEast of England | 2.2% |
| 8 joint | WealdenSouth East | 2.2% |
| 13 | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 2.3% |
| 14 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 2.4% |
| 14 joint | West OxfordshireSouth East | 2.4% |
| 16 joint | City of LondonLondon | 2.5% |
| 16 joint | WinchesterSouth East | 2.5% |
| 18 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 2.6% |
| 18 joint | HyndburnNorth West | 2.6% |
| 18 joint | MansfieldEast Midlands | 2.6% |
| 18 joint | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 2.6% |
| 22 joint | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 2.7% |
| 22 joint | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 2.7% |
| 22 joint | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 2.7% |
| 22 joint | West LancashireNorth West | 2.7% |
| 26 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 2.8% |
| 26 joint | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 2.8% |
| 26 joint | PlymouthSouth West | 2.8% |
| 26 joint | TorbaySouth West | 2.8% |
| 30 joint | Forest of DeanSouth West | 2.9% |
| 30 joint | GosportSouth East | 2.9% |
| 30 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 2.9% |
| 33 joint | LichfieldWest Midlands | 3% |
| 33 joint | RushmoorSouth East | 3% |
| 33 joint | StaffordWest Midlands | 3% |
| 33 joint | TraffordNorth West | 3% |
| 37 joint | AshfieldEast Midlands | 3.1% |
| 37 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 3.1% |
| 37 joint | TendringEast of England | 3.1% |
| 37 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 3.1% |
| 41 joint | BrecklandEast of England | 3.2% |
| 41 joint | EastleighSouth East | 3.2% |
| 41 joint | FyldeNorth West | 3.2% |
| 41 joint | New ForestSouth East | 3.2% |
| 41 joint | NewhamLondon | 3.2% |
| 41 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 3.2% |
| 41 joint | St AlbansEast of England | 3.2% |
| 41 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 3.2% |
| 41 joint | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 3.2% |
| 50 joint | AshfordSouth East | 3.3% |
| 50 joint | CherwellSouth East | 3.3% |
| 50 joint | CornwallSouth West | 3.3% |
| 50 joint | HaltonNorth West | 3.3% |
| 50 joint | North SomersetSouth West | 3.3% |
| 50 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 3.3% |
| 50 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | 3.3% |
| 50 joint | WiltshireSouth West | 3.3% |
| 58 joint | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 3.4% |
| 58 joint | Cheshire EastNorth West | 3.4% |
| 58 joint | County DurhamNorth East | 3.4% |
| 58 joint | Mid SussexSouth East | 3.4% |
| 58 joint | StroudSouth West | 3.4% |
| 58 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 3.4% |
| 58 joint | TamworthWest Midlands | 3.4% |
| 58 joint | WirralNorth West | 3.4% |
| 66 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 3.5% |
| 66 joint | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 3.5% |
| 66 joint | ChorleyNorth West | 3.5% |
| 66 joint | DartfordSouth East | 3.5% |
| 66 joint | DorsetSouth West | 3.5% |
| 66 joint | Mid DevonSouth West | 3.5% |
| 66 joint | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 3.5% |
| 66 joint | NorwichEast of England | 3.5% |
| 66 joint | ThanetSouth East | 3.5% |
| 66 joint | WaverleySouth East | 3.5% |
| 76 joint | FarehamSouth East | 3.6% |
| 76 joint | High PeakEast Midlands | 3.6% |
| 76 joint | KnowsleyNorth West | 3.6% |
| 76 joint | St. HelensNorth West | 3.6% |
| 76 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 3.6% |
| 76 joint | SwindonSouth West | 3.6% |
| 76 joint | West DevonSouth West | 3.6% |
| 83 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 3.7% |
| 83 joint | DudleyWest Midlands | 3.7% |
| 83 joint | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 3.7% |
| 83 joint | HorshamSouth East | 3.7% |
| 83 joint | Isle of WightSouth East | 3.7% |
| 83 joint | LiverpoolNorth West | 3.7% |
| 83 joint | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 3.7% |
| 83 joint | OldhamNorth West | 3.7% |
| 83 joint | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 3.7% |
| 92 joint | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 3.8% |
| 92 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 3.8% |
| 92 joint | CoventryWest Midlands | 3.8% |
| 92 joint | RochdaleNorth West | 3.8% |
| 92 joint | ShropshireWest Midlands | 3.8% |
| 92 joint | TamesideNorth West | 3.8% |
| 92 joint | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 3.8% |
| 99 joint | BirminghamWest Midlands | 3.9% |
| 99 joint | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 3.9% |
| 99 joint | DoverSouth East | 3.9% |
| 99 joint | ExeterSouth West | 3.9% |
| 99 joint | MeltonEast Midlands | 3.9% |
| 99 joint | RugbyWest Midlands | 3.9% |
| 99 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 3.9% |
| 99 joint | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 3.9% |
| 107 joint | AdurSouth East | 4% |
| 107 joint | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 4% |
| 107 joint | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 4% |
| 107 joint | WatfordEast of England | 4% |
| 111 joint | ArunSouth East | 4.1% |
| 111 joint | BassetlawEast Midlands | 4.1% |
| 111 joint | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 4.1% |
| 111 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 4.1% |
| 111 joint | LewesSouth East | 4.1% |
| 111 joint | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 4.1% |
| 111 joint | SevenoaksSouth East | 4.1% |
| 111 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 4.1% |
| 119 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 4.2% |
| 119 joint | SandwellWest Midlands | 4.2% |
| 119 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 4.2% |
| 119 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 4.2% |
| 119 joint | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 4.2% |
| 124 joint | BlabyEast Midlands | 4.3% |
| 124 joint | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 4.3% |
| 124 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 4.3% |
| 124 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 4.3% |
| 124 joint | GuildfordSouth East | 4.3% |
| 124 joint | HartSouth East | 4.3% |
| 124 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 4.3% |
| 124 joint | North DevonSouth West | 4.3% |
| 124 joint | PendleNorth West | 4.3% |
| 124 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 4.3% |
| 124 joint | WarwickWest Midlands | 4.3% |
| 135 joint | BoltonNorth West | 4.4% |
| 135 joint | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 4.4% |
| 135 joint | CotswoldSouth West | 4.4% |
| 135 joint | ErewashEast Midlands | 4.4% |
| 135 joint | RotherSouth East | 4.4% |
| 135 joint | South HamsSouth West | 4.4% |
| 135 joint | South OxfordshireSouth East | 4.4% |
| 135 joint | StockportNorth West | 4.4% |
| 143 joint | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 4.5% |
| 143 joint | BurnleyNorth West | 4.5% |
| 143 joint | BuryNorth West | 4.5% |
| 143 joint | ChichesterSouth East | 4.5% |
| 143 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 4.5% |
| 143 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 4.5% |
| 143 joint | NorthumberlandNorth East | 4.5% |
| 143 joint | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 4.5% |
| 143 joint | SomersetSouth West | 4.5% |
| 143 joint | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 4.5% |
| 153 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 4.6% |
| 153 joint | East SuffolkEast of England | 4.6% |
| 153 joint | North KestevenEast Midlands | 4.6% |
| 153 joint | SolihullWest Midlands | 4.6% |
| 153 joint | WalsallWest Midlands | 4.6% |
| 158 joint | LancasterNorth West | 4.7% |
| 158 joint | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 4.7% |
| 158 joint | PortsmouthSouth East | 4.7% |
| 158 joint | SalfordNorth West | 4.7% |
| 158 joint | SwaleSouth East | 4.7% |
| 163 joint | DacorumEast of England | 4.8% |
| 163 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 4.8% |
| 163 joint | TeignbridgeSouth West | 4.8% |
| 163 joint | TewkesburySouth West | 4.8% |
| 163 joint | WokinghamSouth East | 4.8% |
| 168 joint | MedwaySouth East | 4.9% |
| 168 joint | TandridgeSouth East | 4.9% |
| 168 joint | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 4.9% |
| 171 joint | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 5% |
| 171 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 5% |
| 171 joint | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 5% |
| 171 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 5% |
| 171 joint | South GloucestershireSouth West | 5% |
| 176 joint | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 5.1% |
| 176 joint | Tower HamletsLondon | 5.1% |
| 178 joint | BexleyLondon | 5.2% |
| 178 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 5.2% |
| 178 joint | CumberlandNorth West | 5.2% |
| 178 joint | ManchesterNorth West | 5.2% |
| 178 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 5.2% |
| 178 joint | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 5.2% |
| 178 joint | WokingSouth East | 5.2% |
| 185 | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 5.3% |
| 186 joint | LambethLondon | 5.4% |
| 186 joint | MaldonEast of England | 5.4% |
| 186 joint | WarringtonNorth West | 5.4% |
| 189 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 5.5% |
| 189 joint | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 5.5% |
| 189 joint | ReadingSouth East | 5.5% |
| 189 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 5.5% |
| 189 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 5.5% |
| 189 joint | WiganNorth West | 5.5% |
| 189 joint | WorcesterWest Midlands | 5.5% |
| 196 joint | DarlingtonNorth East | 5.6% |
| 196 joint | HarboroughEast Midlands | 5.6% |
| 196 joint | WorthingSouth East | 5.6% |
| 199 | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 5.7% |
| 200 joint | BlackpoolNorth West | 5.8% |
| 200 joint | SloughSouth East | 5.8% |
| 200 joint | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 5.8% |
| 203 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 5.9% |
| 203 joint | Milton KeynesSouth East | 5.9% |
| 203 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 5.9% |
| 203 joint | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 5.9% |
| 207 joint | BedfordEast of England | 6% |
| 207 joint | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 6% |
| 207 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 6% |
| 210 joint | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 6.1% |
| 210 joint | CrawleySouth East | 6.1% |
| 210 joint | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 6.1% |
| 210 joint | Three RiversEast of England | 6.1% |
| 210 joint | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 6.1% |
| 215 joint | BostonEast Midlands | 6.2% |
| 215 joint | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 6.2% |
| 215 joint | NottinghamEast Midlands | 6.2% |
| 215 joint | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 6.2% |
| 215 joint | WyreNorth West | 6.2% |
| 215 joint | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 6.2% |
| 221 | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 6.3% |
| 222 joint | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 6.4% |
| 222 joint | East DevonSouth West | 6.4% |
| 222 joint | HounslowLondon | 6.4% |
| 225 joint | BaberghEast of England | 6.5% |
| 225 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 6.5% |
| 225 joint | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 6.5% |
| 228 | HartlepoolNorth East | 6.6% |
| 229 joint | EalingLondon | 6.7% |
| 229 joint | ElmbridgeSouth East | 6.7% |
| 229 joint | EnfieldLondon | 6.7% |
| 232 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 6.8% |
| 232 joint | HaveringLondon | 6.8% |
| 232 joint | LeicesterEast Midlands | 6.8% |
| 232 joint | SuttonLondon | 6.8% |
| 236 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 6.9% |
| 236 joint | CamdenLondon | 6.9% |
| 236 joint | PrestonNorth West | 6.9% |
| 236 joint | WestminsterLondon | 6.9% |
| 240 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 7% |
| 240 joint | BromleyLondon | 7% |
| 240 joint | OxfordSouth East | 7% |
| 243 joint | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 7.1% |
| 243 joint | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 7.1% |
| 243 joint | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 7.1% |
| 246 | Isles of ScillySouth West | 7.2% |
| 247 | CanterburySouth East | 7.3% |
| 248 | SouthwarkLondon | 7.7% |
| 249 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 7.8% |
| 249 joint | Waltham ForestLondon | 7.8% |
| 251 joint | GreenwichLondon | 7.9% |
| 251 joint | IpswichEast of England | 7.9% |
| 251 joint | LutonEast of England | 7.9% |
| 254 joint | Epping ForestEast of England | 8% |
| 254 joint | MertonLondon | 8% |
| 256 joint | CroydonLondon | 8.1% |
| 256 joint | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 8.1% |
| 258 | HavantSouth East | 8.2% |
| 259 | East LindseyEast Midlands | 8.4% |
| 260 joint | CheltenhamSouth West | 8.5% |
| 260 joint | West LindseyEast Midlands | 8.5% |
| 262 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 8.6% |
| 262 joint | IslingtonLondon | 8.6% |
| 262 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 8.6% |
| 262 joint | South RibbleNorth West | 8.6% |
| 262 joint | SpelthorneSouth East | 8.6% |
| 267 | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 8.7% |
| 268 | BarnetLondon | 8.8% |
| 269 | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 8.9% |
| 270 | WandsworthLondon | 9% |
| 271 joint | CambridgeEast of England | 9.3% |
| 271 joint | LewishamLondon | 9.3% |
| 273 | HarlowEast of England | 9.5% |
| 274 | GloucesterSouth West | 9.8% |
| 275 joint | BrentLondon | 9.9% |
| 275 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 9.9% |
| 277 | West SuffolkEast of England | 10% |
| 278 joint | LincolnEast Midlands | 10.1% |
| 278 joint | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 10.1% |
| 280 joint | HillingdonLondon | 10.2% |
| 280 joint | North HertfordshireEast of England | 10.2% |
| 282 | BristolSouth West | 11.1% |
| 283 | HastingsSouth East | 11.5% |
| 284 | HarrowLondon | 12.1% |
| 285 | HaringeyLondon | 12.7% |
| 286 | HackneyLondon | 13.6% |
| 287 | RochfordEast of England | 13.7% |
| 288 | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 14.4% |
| 289 | Castle PointEast of England | 15.1% |
| 290 | RunnymedeSouth East | 15.9% |
| 291 | BasildonEast of England | 16.6% |
| 292 | FenlandEast of England | 19.2% |
| 293 | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 19.4% |
| 294 | SeftonNorth West | 22.9% |
| 295 | South HollandEast Midlands | 29.6% |
| 296 | ThurrockEast of England | 29.7% |
Not in this list
- Northern Ireland. The Department for Infrastructure sells its flood maps under licence.
- Scotland. Published for England only.
- Wales. Published for England only.
Environment Agency, Flood risk: postcode search tool data, addresses at high or medium risk from rivers, the sea or surface water; ONS UPRN Directory (September 2026) · October 2026 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured
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