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Pubs, bars and licensed clubs per 10,000 residents, every council ranked

Counted against the people who live here, so a place full of visitors reads high. Figures for 2026, published for 361 councils in the UK. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: Slough, 1.2 per 10,000. The council in the middle: Sunderland, 6.3 per 10,000. Highest: City of London, 99.2 per 10,000.

Pubs, bars and licensed clubs per 10,000 residents, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1SloughSouth East1.2 per 10,000
2Barking and DagenhamLondon1.3 per 10,000
3NewhamLondon1.6 per 10,000
4RedbridgeLondon1.9 per 10,000
5HarrowLondon2.0 per 10,000
6 jointCastle PointEast of England2.2 per 10,000
6 jointCroydonLondon2.2 per 10,000
8 jointBarnetLondon2.3 per 10,000
8 jointEalingLondon2.3 per 10,000
8 jointLisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland2.3 per 10,000
8 jointLutonEast of England2.3 per 10,000
8 jointWaltham ForestLondon2.3 per 10,000
13 jointBroxbourneEast of England2.4 per 10,000
13 jointEnfieldLondon2.4 per 10,000
15 jointEast RenfrewshireScotland2.5 per 10,000
15 jointHarlowEast of England2.5 per 10,000
17 jointBrentLondon2.6 per 10,000
17 jointHaringeyLondon2.6 per 10,000
19HaveringLondon2.7 per 10,000
20 jointGreenwichLondon2.8 per 10,000
20 jointSuttonLondon2.8 per 10,000
22 jointAntrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland3.0 per 10,000
22 jointMertonLondon3.0 per 10,000
22 jointThurrockEast of England3.0 per 10,000
25BasildonEast of England3.1 per 10,000
26 jointEast DunbartonshireScotland3.2 per 10,000
26 jointHillingdonLondon3.2 per 10,000
26 jointHounslowLondon3.2 per 10,000
29 jointArds and North DownNorthern Ireland3.3 per 10,000
29 jointStevenageEast of England3.3 per 10,000
29 jointWatfordEast of England3.3 per 10,000
29 jointWelwyn HatfieldEast of England3.3 per 10,000
33 jointBirminghamWest Midlands3.4 per 10,000
33 jointBracknell ForestSouth East3.4 per 10,000
33 jointSalfordNorth West3.4 per 10,000
36 jointKingston upon ThamesLondon3.5 per 10,000
36 jointLewishamLondon3.5 per 10,000
38 jointCrawleySouth East3.6 per 10,000
38 jointMid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland3.6 per 10,000
38 jointNorth LanarkshireScotland3.6 per 10,000
38 jointPeterboroughEast of England3.6 per 10,000
42 jointBromleyLondon3.7 per 10,000
42 jointFalkirkScotland3.7 per 10,000
42 jointLeicesterEast Midlands3.7 per 10,000
42 jointSouth LanarkshireScotland3.7 per 10,000
42 jointSpelthorneSouth East3.7 per 10,000
42 jointWest LothianScotland3.7 per 10,000
42 jointWokinghamSouth East3.7 per 10,000
49 jointArmagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland3.8 per 10,000
49 jointRushmoorSouth East3.8 per 10,000
49 jointWokingSouth East3.8 per 10,000
52 jointClackmannanshireScotland3.9 per 10,000
52 jointHavantSouth East3.9 per 10,000
52 jointNa h-Eileanan SiarScotland3.9 per 10,000
55 jointCoventryWest Midlands4.0 per 10,000
55 jointMidlothianScotland4.0 per 10,000
57 jointBexleyLondon4.1 per 10,000
57 jointEast AyrshireScotland4.1 per 10,000
57 jointMedwaySouth East4.1 per 10,000
57 jointOadby and WigstonEast Midlands4.1 per 10,000
57 jointReigate and BansteadSouth East4.1 per 10,000
57 jointWandsworthLondon4.1 per 10,000
63 jointAberdeenshireScotland4.2 per 10,000
63 jointEpsom and EwellSouth East4.2 per 10,000
65 jointDartfordSouth East4.4 per 10,000
65 jointMilton KeynesSouth East4.4 per 10,000
65 jointReadingSouth East4.4 per 10,000
65 jointTonbridge and MallingSouth East4.4 per 10,000
69 jointEastleighSouth East4.5 per 10,000
69 jointSouth HollandEast Midlands4.5 per 10,000
69 jointTower HamletsLondon4.5 per 10,000
72 jointAdurSouth East4.6 per 10,000
72 jointBasingstoke and DeaneSouth East4.6 per 10,000
72 jointElmbridgeSouth East4.6 per 10,000
72 jointKnowsleyNorth West4.6 per 10,000
72 jointNorth NorthamptonshireEast Midlands4.6 per 10,000
72 jointOrkney IslandsScotland4.6 per 10,000
72 jointRedditchWest Midlands4.6 per 10,000
72 jointSouthend-on-SeaEast of England4.6 per 10,000
80BoltonNorth West4.7 per 10,000
81 jointEastbourneSouth East4.8 per 10,000
81 jointFifeScotland4.8 per 10,000
81 jointHartSouth East4.8 per 10,000
81 jointTewkesburySouth West4.8 per 10,000
85 jointArunSouth East4.9 per 10,000
85 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West4.9 per 10,000
85 jointHaltonNorth West4.9 per 10,000
85 jointMid SussexSouth East4.9 per 10,000
85 jointSwindonSouth West4.9 per 10,000
85 jointTamworthWest Midlands4.9 per 10,000
85 jointWalsallWest Midlands4.9 per 10,000
92 jointBroadlandEast of England5.0 per 10,000
92 jointNewportWales5.0 per 10,000
92 jointRochfordEast of England5.0 per 10,000
92 jointWolverhamptonWest Midlands5.0 per 10,000
96 jointBelfastNorthern Ireland5.1 per 10,000
96 jointHighlandScotland5.1 per 10,000
96 jointSandwellWest Midlands5.1 per 10,000
96 jointScottish BordersScotland5.1 per 10,000
100 jointAngusScotland5.2 per 10,000
100 jointDacorumEast of England5.2 per 10,000
100 jointEast LothianScotland5.2 per 10,000
100 jointPerth and KinrossScotland5.2 per 10,000
100 jointSolihullWest Midlands5.2 per 10,000
100 jointSouthamptonSouth East5.2 per 10,000
106 jointBedfordEast of England5.3 per 10,000
106 jointCentral BedfordshireEast of England5.3 per 10,000
106 jointDerbyEast Midlands5.3 per 10,000
106 jointMorayScotland5.3 per 10,000
106 jointRenfrewshireScotland5.3 per 10,000
106 jointSouth AyrshireScotland5.3 per 10,000
106 jointStirlingScotland5.3 per 10,000
106 jointStoke-on-TrentWest Midlands5.3 per 10,000
106 jointTorfaenWales5.3 per 10,000
115 jointBradfordYorkshire and the Humber5.4 per 10,000
115 jointBrecklandEast of England5.4 per 10,000
115 jointGloucesterSouth West5.4 per 10,000
115 jointGraveshamSouth East5.4 per 10,000
115 jointIpswichEast of England5.4 per 10,000
115 jointLambethLondon5.4 per 10,000
115 jointRunnymedeSouth East5.4 per 10,000
122 jointBlabyEast Midlands5.5 per 10,000
122 jointBuryNorth West5.5 per 10,000
122 jointPendleNorth West5.5 per 10,000
122 jointSt. HelensNorth West5.5 per 10,000
126 jointFarehamSouth East5.6 per 10,000
126 jointGuildfordSouth East5.6 per 10,000
126 jointMiddlesbroughNorth East5.6 per 10,000
126 jointNuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands5.6 per 10,000
126 jointRichmond upon ThamesLondon5.6 per 10,000
126 jointSwaleSouth East5.6 per 10,000
126 jointTraffordNorth West5.6 per 10,000
126 jointVale of White HorseSouth East5.6 per 10,000
126 jointWirralNorth West5.6 per 10,000
135 jointBroxtoweEast Midlands5.7 per 10,000
135 jointBuckinghamshireSouth East5.7 per 10,000
135 jointColchesterEast of England5.7 per 10,000
135 jointFenlandEast of England5.7 per 10,000
135 jointInverclydeScotland5.7 per 10,000
135 jointRochdaleNorth West5.7 per 10,000
135 jointSouth GloucestershireSouth West5.7 per 10,000
135 jointSouth NorfolkEast of England5.7 per 10,000
135 jointThree RiversEast of England5.7 per 10,000
135 jointWest DunbartonshireScotland5.7 per 10,000
145 jointCannock ChaseWest Midlands5.8 per 10,000
145 jointEast CambridgeshireEast of England5.8 per 10,000
145 jointEpping ForestEast of England5.8 per 10,000
145 jointHammersmith and FulhamLondon5.8 per 10,000
145 jointLewesSouth East5.8 per 10,000
145 jointPrestonNorth West5.8 per 10,000
145 jointSurrey HeathSouth East5.8 per 10,000
152 jointBlaenau GwentWales5.9 per 10,000
152 jointBurnleyNorth West5.9 per 10,000
152 jointHertsmereEast of England5.9 per 10,000
152 jointPlymouthSouth West5.9 per 10,000
152 jointRushcliffeEast Midlands5.9 per 10,000
152 jointSeftonNorth West5.9 per 10,000
158 jointAshfordSouth East6.0 per 10,000
158 jointCauseway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland6.0 per 10,000
158 jointKingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber6.0 per 10,000
158 jointMaidstoneSouth East6.0 per 10,000
158 jointNeath Port TalbotWales6.0 per 10,000
158 jointNorth AyrshireScotland6.0 per 10,000
158 jointOldhamNorth West6.0 per 10,000
158 jointRugbyWest Midlands6.0 per 10,000
158 jointSouth CambridgeshireEast of England6.0 per 10,000
158 jointStockton-on-TeesNorth East6.0 per 10,000
158 jointTendringEast of England6.0 per 10,000
169 jointAshfieldEast Midlands6.1 per 10,000
169 jointBlackburn with DarwenNorth West6.1 per 10,000
169 jointCherwellSouth East6.1 per 10,000
169 jointGosportSouth East6.1 per 10,000
169 jointNorth KestevenEast Midlands6.1 per 10,000
169 jointWorthingSouth East6.1 per 10,000
175 jointBostonEast Midlands6.2 per 10,000
175 jointUttlesfordEast of England6.2 per 10,000
177 jointAberdeen CityScotland6.3 per 10,000
177 jointChelmsfordEast of England6.3 per 10,000
177 jointDoncasterYorkshire and the Humber6.3 per 10,000
177 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England6.3 per 10,000
177 jointSunderlandNorth East6.3 per 10,000
177 jointTelford and WrekinWest Midlands6.3 per 10,000
177 jointTest ValleySouth East6.3 per 10,000
177 jointWarringtonNorth West6.3 per 10,000
177 jointWest NorthamptonshireEast Midlands6.3 per 10,000
177 jointWiganNorth West6.3 per 10,000
187 jointBromsgroveWest Midlands6.4 per 10,000
187 jointCardiffWales6.4 per 10,000
187 jointDudleyWest Midlands6.4 per 10,000
187 jointFlintshireWales6.4 per 10,000
187 jointKing's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England6.4 per 10,000
187 jointNottinghamEast Midlands6.4 per 10,000
187 jointRotherhamYorkshire and the Humber6.4 per 10,000
187 jointSouth RibbleNorth West6.4 per 10,000
195 jointEast HampshireSouth East6.5 per 10,000
195 jointExeterSouth West6.5 per 10,000
195 jointHartlepoolNorth East6.5 per 10,000
195 jointWest LancashireNorth West6.5 per 10,000
195 jointWest LindseyEast Midlands6.5 per 10,000
200 jointBraintreeEast of England6.6 per 10,000
200 jointCharnwoodEast Midlands6.6 per 10,000
200 jointGedlingEast Midlands6.6 per 10,000
200 jointHorshamSouth East6.6 per 10,000
200 jointMid SuffolkEast of England6.6 per 10,000
200 jointNorth East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber6.6 per 10,000
200 jointNorth SomersetSouth West6.6 per 10,000
200 jointSt AlbansEast of England6.6 per 10,000
200 jointTamesideNorth West6.6 per 10,000
200 jointTandridgeSouth East6.6 per 10,000
200 jointVale of GlamorganWales6.6 per 10,000
200 jointWindsor and MaidenheadSouth East6.6 per 10,000
212Glasgow CityScotland6.7 per 10,000
213 jointLeedsYorkshire and the Humber6.8 per 10,000
213 jointLincolnEast Midlands6.8 per 10,000
213 jointNewry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland6.8 per 10,000
213 jointWealdenSouth East6.8 per 10,000
217 jointArgyll and ButeScotland6.9 per 10,000
217 jointBrentwoodEast of England6.9 per 10,000
217 jointFyldeNorth West6.9 per 10,000
217 jointKensington and ChelseaLondon6.9 per 10,000
217 jointManchesterNorth West6.9 per 10,000
217 jointMid UlsterNorthern Ireland6.9 per 10,000
217 jointNorth HertfordshireEast of England6.9 per 10,000
217 jointSouthwarkLondon6.9 per 10,000
217 jointWaverleySouth East6.9 per 10,000
217 jointWest BerkshireSouth East6.9 per 10,000
227 jointBassetlawEast Midlands7.1 per 10,000
227 jointSheffieldYorkshire and the Humber7.1 per 10,000
227 jointSouth KestevenEast Midlands7.1 per 10,000
227 jointStockportNorth West7.1 per 10,000
227 jointStroudSouth West7.1 per 10,000
227 jointWyreNorth West7.1 per 10,000
233 jointBristolSouth West7.2 per 10,000
233 jointDerry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland7.2 per 10,000
233 jointFermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland7.2 per 10,000
233 jointGatesheadNorth East7.2 per 10,000
233 jointHastingsSouth East7.2 per 10,000
233 jointHinckley and BosworthEast Midlands7.2 per 10,000
233 jointOxfordSouth East7.2 per 10,000
233 jointSwanseaWales7.2 per 10,000
233 jointWrexhamWales7.2 per 10,000
242 jointCambridgeEast of England7.3 per 10,000
242 jointMole ValleySouth East7.3 per 10,000
242 jointNorth LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber7.3 per 10,000
242 jointPortsmouthSouth East7.3 per 10,000
242 jointSouth TynesideNorth East7.3 per 10,000
247 jointCaerphillyWales7.4 per 10,000
247 jointCanterburySouth East7.4 per 10,000
247 jointDundee CityScotland7.4 per 10,000
247 jointKirkleesYorkshire and the Humber7.4 per 10,000
247 jointNewark and SherwoodEast Midlands7.4 per 10,000
247 jointNewcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands7.4 per 10,000
253 jointBridgendWales7.5 per 10,000
253 jointDarlingtonNorth East7.5 per 10,000
253 jointEast DevonSouth West7.5 per 10,000
253 jointMansfieldEast Midlands7.5 per 10,000
253 jointNorth West LeicestershireEast Midlands7.5 per 10,000
253 jointRossendaleNorth West7.5 per 10,000
253 jointSouth DerbyshireEast Midlands7.5 per 10,000
253 jointTunbridge WellsSouth East7.5 per 10,000
253 jointWorcesterWest Midlands7.5 per 10,000
262 jointCounty DurhamNorth East7.6 per 10,000
262 jointDumfries and GallowayScotland7.6 per 10,000
264 jointBolsoverEast Midlands7.7 per 10,000
264 jointMerthyr TydfilWales7.7 per 10,000
264 jointRhondda Cynon TafWales7.7 per 10,000
264 jointWest SuffolkEast of England7.7 per 10,000
268 jointCheshire West and ChesterNorth West7.8 per 10,000
268 jointEast SuffolkEast of England7.8 per 10,000
268 jointWakefieldYorkshire and the Humber7.8 per 10,000
271 jointBarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber7.9 per 10,000
271 jointLiverpoolNorth West7.9 per 10,000
271 jointSouth OxfordshireSouth East7.9 per 10,000
274 jointCheshire EastNorth West8.0 per 10,000
274 jointEast StaffordshireWest Midlands8.0 per 10,000
274 jointNew ForestSouth East8.0 per 10,000
274 jointWinchesterSouth East8.0 per 10,000
278 jointCity of EdinburghScotland8.1 per 10,000
278 jointHyndburnNorth West8.1 per 10,000
278 jointSevenoaksSouth East8.1 per 10,000
278 jointSomersetSouth West8.1 per 10,000
282 jointCarmarthenshireWales8.2 per 10,000
282 jointChorleyNorth West8.2 per 10,000
282 jointEast HertfordshireEast of England8.2 per 10,000
282 jointMid DevonSouth West8.2 per 10,000
282 jointRedcar and ClevelandNorth East8.2 per 10,000
282 jointTorbaySouth West8.2 per 10,000
288 jointDoverSouth East8.3 per 10,000
288 jointRotherSouth East8.3 per 10,000
290 jointHarboroughEast Midlands8.4 per 10,000
290 jointNewcastle upon TyneNorth East8.4 per 10,000
290 jointNorth TynesideNorth East8.4 per 10,000
290 jointWiltshireSouth West8.4 per 10,000
294 jointMaldonEast of England8.5 per 10,000
294 jointTorridgeSouth West8.5 per 10,000
294 jointWarwickWest Midlands8.5 per 10,000
297 jointEast Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber8.6 per 10,000
297 jointLancasterNorth West8.6 per 10,000
299 jointBaberghEast of England8.7 per 10,000
299 jointBlackpoolNorth West8.7 per 10,000
299 jointDenbighshireWales8.7 per 10,000
299 jointSouth StaffordshireWest Midlands8.7 per 10,000
299 jointThanetSouth East8.7 per 10,000
304 jointChichesterSouth East8.8 per 10,000
304 jointErewashEast Midlands8.8 per 10,000
304 jointNorth East DerbyshireEast Midlands8.8 per 10,000
304 jointShetland IslandsScotland8.8 per 10,000
308 jointFolkestone and HytheSouth East8.9 per 10,000
308 jointForest of DeanSouth West8.9 per 10,000
308 jointGreat YarmouthEast of England8.9 per 10,000
308 jointIsle of WightSouth East8.9 per 10,000
308 jointNorth WarwickshireWest Midlands8.9 per 10,000
313 jointBath and North East SomersetSouth West9.0 per 10,000
313 jointWychavonWest Midlands9.0 per 10,000
315 jointIslingtonLondon9.1 per 10,000
315 jointStaffordWest Midlands9.1 per 10,000
317 jointHerefordshireWest Midlands9.3 per 10,000
317 jointNorthumberlandNorth East9.3 per 10,000
317 jointNorwichEast of England9.3 per 10,000
320 jointCheltenhamSouth West9.5 per 10,000
320 jointWest OxfordshireSouth East9.5 per 10,000
322 jointCeredigionWales9.6 per 10,000
322 jointConwyWales9.6 per 10,000
322 jointCumberlandNorth West9.6 per 10,000
322 jointDorsetSouth West9.6 per 10,000
322 jointHackneyLondon9.6 per 10,000
322 jointRutlandEast Midlands9.6 per 10,000
322 jointWyre ForestWest Midlands9.6 per 10,000
329 jointCornwallSouth West9.7 per 10,000
329 jointRibble ValleyNorth West9.7 per 10,000
329 jointStratford-on-AvonWest Midlands9.7 per 10,000
329 jointTeignbridgeSouth West9.7 per 10,000
333 jointAmber ValleyEast Midlands9.9 per 10,000
333 jointChesterfieldEast Midlands9.9 per 10,000
333 jointNorth DevonSouth West9.9 per 10,000
336 jointMeltonEast Midlands10.1 per 10,000
336 jointNorth NorfolkEast of England10.1 per 10,000
338 jointCalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber10.2 per 10,000
338 jointIsle of AngleseyWales10.2 per 10,000
338 jointLichfieldWest Midlands10.2 per 10,000
341YorkYorkshire and the Humber10.3 per 10,000
342Brighton and HoveSouth East10.4 per 10,000
343 jointMonmouthshireWales10.5 per 10,000
343 jointShropshireWest Midlands10.5 per 10,000
345Malvern HillsWest Midlands10.7 per 10,000
346GwyneddWales10.8 per 10,000
347 jointCotswoldSouth West10.9 per 10,000
347 jointEast LindseyEast Midlands10.9 per 10,000
349PowysWales11.1 per 10,000
350Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands11.4 per 10,000
351Westmorland and FurnessNorth West11.5 per 10,000
352North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber11.8 per 10,000
353West DevonSouth West11.9 per 10,000
354High PeakEast Midlands12.0 per 10,000
355PembrokeshireWales12.3 per 10,000
356CamdenLondon12.5 per 10,000
357South HamsSouth West12.9 per 10,000
358Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands18.7 per 10,000
359WestminsterLondon26.8 per 10,000
360Isles of ScillySouth West43.5 per 10,000
361City of LondonLondon99.2 per 10,000

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