Residents where a flood has been recorded, every council ranked
Where a flood has happened before, from the Environment Agency's and Natural Resources Wales's records. Not a forecast: a place outside can still flood. Figures for October 2026, published for 318 councils in England and Wales. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Joint lowest: 81 councils, 0%. The council in the middle: Crawley, 0.8%. Highest: Castle Point, 45.5%.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 joint | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BlackpoolNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Blaenau GwentWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | BrecklandEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BrentLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | CamdenLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Cheshire EastNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | CoventryWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | CroydonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | DudleyWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | EastleighSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | FarehamSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | GosportSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HaltonNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | HarboroughEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | HartSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HastingsSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | HounslowLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HyndburnNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Isle of AngleseyWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | Isle of WightSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Isles of ScillySouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | IslingtonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | KnowsleyNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | LichfieldWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | LiverpoolNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | MansfieldEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | MedwaySouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Mid SussexSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Neath Port TalbotWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | OldhamNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | PembrokeshireWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | PlymouthSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | PortsmouthSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | PrestonNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | RutlandEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | SandwellWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | SolihullWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | South HamsSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | South TynesideNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | St. HelensNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | TamesideNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Three RiversEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | TorbaySouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | TraffordNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Vale of GlamorganWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | WalsallWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | WatfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | West DevonSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | WirralNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 0% |
| 82 joint | BirminghamWest Midlands | 0.1% |
| 82 joint | BoltonNorth West | 0.1% |
| 82 joint | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 0.1% |
| 82 joint | DorsetSouth West | 0.1% |
| 82 joint | LeicesterEast Midlands | 0.1% |
| 82 joint | ManchesterNorth West | 0.1% |
| 82 joint | SeftonNorth West | 0.1% |
| 82 joint | StockportNorth West | 0.1% |
| 82 joint | WiganNorth West | 0.1% |
| 91 joint | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 0.2% |
| 91 joint | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 0.2% |
| 91 joint | County DurhamNorth East | 0.2% |
| 91 joint | DacorumEast of England | 0.2% |
| 91 joint | EalingLondon | 0.2% |
| 91 joint | North HertfordshireEast of England | 0.2% |
| 91 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | 0.2% |
| 91 joint | South OxfordshireSouth East | 0.2% |
| 91 joint | SuttonLondon | 0.2% |
| 91 joint | SwanseaWales | 0.2% |
| 91 joint | West SuffolkEast of England | 0.2% |
| 102 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 0.3% |
| 102 joint | BlabyEast Midlands | 0.3% |
| 102 joint | BurnleyNorth West | 0.3% |
| 102 joint | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 0.3% |
| 102 joint | DarlingtonNorth East | 0.3% |
| 102 joint | East HampshireSouth East | 0.3% |
| 102 joint | HavantSouth East | 0.3% |
| 102 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 0.3% |
| 102 joint | High PeakEast Midlands | 0.3% |
| 102 joint | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 0.3% |
| 102 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 0.3% |
| 102 joint | PendleNorth West | 0.3% |
| 102 joint | RotherSouth East | 0.3% |
| 102 joint | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 0.3% |
| 102 joint | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 0.3% |
| 117 joint | ArunSouth East | 0.4% |
| 117 joint | BolsoverEast Midlands | 0.4% |
| 117 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 0.4% |
| 117 joint | FyldeNorth West | 0.4% |
| 117 joint | HackneyLondon | 0.4% |
| 117 joint | RochdaleNorth West | 0.4% |
| 117 joint | StaffordWest Midlands | 0.4% |
| 117 joint | StevenageEast of England | 0.4% |
| 117 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 0.4% |
| 117 joint | UttlesfordEast of England | 0.4% |
| 117 joint | WarwickWest Midlands | 0.4% |
| 128 joint | CambridgeEast of England | 0.5% |
| 128 joint | LutonEast of England | 0.5% |
| 128 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 0.5% |
| 128 joint | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 0.5% |
| 128 joint | ShropshireWest Midlands | 0.5% |
| 128 joint | SloughSouth East | 0.5% |
| 128 joint | South RibbleNorth West | 0.5% |
| 128 joint | St AlbansEast of England | 0.5% |
| 128 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 0.5% |
| 128 joint | WinchesterSouth East | 0.5% |
| 138 joint | BarnetLondon | 0.6% |
| 138 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 0.6% |
| 138 joint | CherwellSouth East | 0.6% |
| 138 joint | HillingdonLondon | 0.6% |
| 138 joint | RugbyWest Midlands | 0.6% |
| 138 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 0.6% |
| 138 joint | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 0.6% |
| 138 joint | TorfaenWales | 0.6% |
| 138 joint | WarringtonNorth West | 0.6% |
| 138 joint | WorcesterWest Midlands | 0.6% |
| 148 joint | AshfieldEast Midlands | 0.7% |
| 148 joint | ChichesterSouth East | 0.7% |
| 148 joint | Milton KeynesSouth East | 0.7% |
| 148 joint | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 0.7% |
| 148 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 0.7% |
| 148 joint | RochfordEast of England | 0.7% |
| 148 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 0.7% |
| 148 joint | ThanetSouth East | 0.7% |
| 148 joint | WiltshireSouth West | 0.7% |
| 148 joint | WrexhamWales | 0.7% |
| 158 joint | BridgendWales | 0.8% |
| 158 joint | CrawleySouth East | 0.8% |
| 158 joint | DoverSouth East | 0.8% |
| 158 joint | New ForestSouth East | 0.8% |
| 158 joint | NorthumberlandNorth East | 0.8% |
| 158 joint | SwindonSouth West | 0.8% |
| 158 joint | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 0.8% |
| 158 joint | Waltham ForestLondon | 0.8% |
| 158 joint | West LancashireNorth West | 0.8% |
| 167 joint | CornwallSouth West | 0.9% |
| 167 joint | HaveringLondon | 0.9% |
| 167 joint | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 0.9% |
| 170 joint | BaberghEast of England | 1% |
| 170 joint | BuryNorth West | 1% |
| 170 joint | HarrowLondon | 1% |
| 170 joint | Merthyr TydfilWales | 1% |
| 170 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 1% |
| 170 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 1% |
| 170 joint | StroudSouth West | 1% |
| 177 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 1.1% |
| 177 joint | CarmarthenshireWales | 1.1% |
| 177 joint | ChorleyNorth West | 1.1% |
| 177 joint | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 1.1% |
| 177 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 1.1% |
| 177 joint | South GloucestershireSouth West | 1.1% |
| 177 joint | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 1.1% |
| 184 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 1.2% |
| 184 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 1.2% |
| 184 joint | MertonLondon | 1.2% |
| 184 joint | NewportWales | 1.2% |
| 184 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 1.2% |
| 189 joint | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 1.3% |
| 189 joint | East SuffolkEast of England | 1.3% |
| 189 joint | Rhondda Cynon TafWales | 1.3% |
| 192 joint | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 1.4% |
| 192 joint | North KestevenEast Midlands | 1.4% |
| 192 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 1.4% |
| 195 joint | Forest of DeanSouth West | 1.5% |
| 195 joint | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 1.5% |
| 195 joint | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 1.5% |
| 195 joint | WokinghamSouth East | 1.5% |
| 199 joint | BromleyLondon | 1.6% |
| 199 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 1.6% |
| 199 joint | PowysWales | 1.6% |
| 199 joint | WorthingSouth East | 1.6% |
| 203 joint | CaerphillyWales | 1.7% |
| 203 joint | GwyneddWales | 1.7% |
| 203 joint | HarlowEast of England | 1.7% |
| 206 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 1.8% |
| 206 joint | GuildfordSouth East | 1.8% |
| 206 joint | North NorfolkEast of England | 1.8% |
| 206 joint | TorridgeSouth West | 1.8% |
| 206 joint | WealdenSouth East | 1.8% |
| 211 joint | AdurSouth East | 1.9% |
| 211 joint | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 1.9% |
| 211 joint | HorshamSouth East | 1.9% |
| 211 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 1.9% |
| 211 joint | North DevonSouth West | 1.9% |
| 211 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 1.9% |
| 217 joint | AshfordSouth East | 2% |
| 217 joint | FlintshireWales | 2% |
| 217 joint | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 2% |
| 217 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 2% |
| 217 joint | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 2% |
| 222 joint | ColchesterEast of England | 2.1% |
| 222 joint | WaverleySouth East | 2.1% |
| 224 joint | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 2.2% |
| 224 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 2.2% |
| 224 joint | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 2.2% |
| 224 joint | West OxfordshireSouth East | 2.2% |
| 228 joint | CeredigionWales | 2.3% |
| 228 joint | North SomersetSouth West | 2.3% |
| 228 joint | SomersetSouth West | 2.3% |
| 231 joint | LewesSouth East | 2.4% |
| 231 joint | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 2.4% |
| 233 joint | CheltenhamSouth West | 2.5% |
| 233 joint | CotswoldSouth West | 2.5% |
| 233 joint | EnfieldLondon | 2.5% |
| 236 joint | HaringeyLondon | 2.6% |
| 236 joint | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 2.6% |
| 236 joint | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 2.6% |
| 239 joint | TamworthWest Midlands | 2.7% |
| 239 joint | TeignbridgeSouth West | 2.7% |
| 241 joint | DartfordSouth East | 2.8% |
| 241 joint | RushmoorSouth East | 2.8% |
| 241 joint | WandsworthLondon | 2.8% |
| 241 joint | WestminsterLondon | 2.8% |
| 245 joint | City of LondonLondon | 2.9% |
| 245 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 2.9% |
| 245 joint | MaldonEast of England | 2.9% |
| 248 joint | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 3% |
| 248 joint | MeltonEast Midlands | 3% |
| 248 joint | TandridgeSouth East | 3% |
| 248 joint | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 3% |
| 252 | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 3.1% |
| 253 | SevenoaksSouth East | 3.2% |
| 254 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 3.3% |
| 254 joint | LewishamLondon | 3.3% |
| 256 joint | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 3.4% |
| 256 joint | CumberlandNorth West | 3.4% |
| 256 joint | South HollandEast Midlands | 3.4% |
| 259 | Epping ForestEast of England | 3.5% |
| 260 joint | BassetlawEast Midlands | 3.6% |
| 260 joint | LambethLondon | 3.6% |
| 262 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 3.8% |
| 262 joint | Mid DevonSouth West | 3.8% |
| 264 | SouthwarkLondon | 3.9% |
| 265 joint | CardiffWales | 4.1% |
| 265 joint | LancasterNorth West | 4.1% |
| 267 | ThurrockEast of England | 4.2% |
| 268 | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 4.3% |
| 269 | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 4.4% |
| 270 | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 4.6% |
| 271 | GloucesterSouth West | 4.7% |
| 272 joint | East DevonSouth West | 4.9% |
| 272 joint | IpswichEast of England | 4.9% |
| 274 joint | BristolSouth West | 5% |
| 274 joint | FenlandEast of England | 5% |
| 274 joint | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 5% |
| 277 | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 5.1% |
| 278 | BostonEast Midlands | 5.2% |
| 279 joint | BasildonEast of England | 5.3% |
| 279 joint | ReadingSouth East | 5.3% |
| 281 | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 5.4% |
| 282 | SalfordNorth West | 5.5% |
| 283 joint | MonmouthshireWales | 5.6% |
| 283 joint | OxfordSouth East | 5.6% |
| 285 | NorwichEast of England | 5.7% |
| 286 | TewkesburySouth West | 5.8% |
| 287 joint | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 5.9% |
| 287 joint | WokingSouth East | 5.9% |
| 289 joint | DenbighshireWales | 6.1% |
| 289 joint | TendringEast of England | 6.1% |
| 291 joint | BedfordEast of England | 6.6% |
| 291 joint | CanterburySouth East | 6.6% |
| 293 | NottinghamEast Midlands | 7% |
| 294 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 7.1% |
| 294 joint | NewhamLondon | 7.1% |
| 296 | GreenwichLondon | 7.2% |
| 297 | ExeterSouth West | 7.6% |
| 298 | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 8.2% |
| 299 | BexleyLondon | 9.1% |
| 300 | BroxbourneEast of England | 9.8% |
| 301 | LincolnEast Midlands | 10.6% |
| 302 | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 10.7% |
| 303 | WyreNorth West | 11.3% |
| 304 | SwaleSouth East | 11.5% |
| 305 | Tower HamletsLondon | 11.6% |
| 306 | ConwyWales | 11.9% |
| 307 | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 12.5% |
| 308 | ErewashEast Midlands | 14.1% |
| 309 | SpelthorneSouth East | 14.2% |
| 310 | West LindseyEast Midlands | 14.4% |
| 311 | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 14.8% |
| 312 | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 17.3% |
| 313 | East LindseyEast Midlands | 17.7% |
| 314 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 18.7% |
| 314 joint | RunnymedeSouth East | 18.7% |
| 316 | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 19.2% |
| 317 | ElmbridgeSouth East | 29.9% |
| 318 | Castle PointEast of England | 45.5% |
Not in this list
- Northern Ireland. The Department for Infrastructure's map of past floods is sold under licence.
- Scotland. SEPA publishes maps of flood risk but no outlines of floods that happened.
Environment Agency, Historic Flood Map, 2026-10-20; Natural Resources Wales, Recorded Flood Extents, 2026-10-20, read at every census area · October 2026 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured
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