Residents aged 16 to 64 claiming unemployment related benefits, every council ranked
Residents aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work, against everyone that age. Figures for August 2026, published for 361 councils in the UK. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Lowest: City of London, 1.1%. The council in the middle: Chichester, 3.2%. Highest: Birmingham, 10.1%.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of LondonLondon | 1.1% |
| 2 | Shetland IslandsScotland | 1.2% |
| 3 | Isles of ScillySouth West | 1.5% |
| 4 | Orkney IslandsScotland | 1.6% |
| 5 joint | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 1.8% |
| 5 joint | East RenfrewshireScotland | 1.8% |
| 5 joint | HarboroughEast Midlands | 1.8% |
| 5 joint | HartSouth East | 1.8% |
| 5 joint | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 1.8% |
| 5 joint | RutlandEast Midlands | 1.8% |
| 5 joint | South OxfordshireSouth East | 1.8% |
| 5 joint | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 1.8% |
| 5 joint | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 1.8% |
| 14 joint | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 1.9% |
| 14 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 1.9% |
| 14 joint | Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland | 1.9% |
| 14 joint | West OxfordshireSouth East | 1.9% |
| 18 joint | CambridgeEast of England | 2% |
| 18 joint | East DunbartonshireScotland | 2% |
| 18 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 2% |
| 18 joint | FarehamSouth East | 2% |
| 18 joint | GuildfordSouth East | 2% |
| 18 joint | HorshamSouth East | 2% |
| 18 joint | Lisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland | 2% |
| 18 joint | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 2% |
| 18 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 2% |
| 18 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 2% |
| 18 joint | UttlesfordEast of England | 2% |
| 18 joint | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 2% |
| 18 joint | WaverleySouth East | 2% |
| 18 joint | WokinghamSouth East | 2% |
| 32 joint | AberdeenshireScotland | 2.1% |
| 32 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 2.1% |
| 32 joint | CotswoldSouth West | 2.1% |
| 32 joint | East DevonSouth West | 2.1% |
| 32 joint | East HampshireSouth East | 2.1% |
| 32 joint | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 2.1% |
| 32 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 2.1% |
| 32 joint | Mid SussexSouth East | 2.1% |
| 32 joint | North KestevenEast Midlands | 2.1% |
| 32 joint | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 2.1% |
| 32 joint | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 2.1% |
| 32 joint | South GloucestershireSouth West | 2.1% |
| 32 joint | South HamsSouth West | 2.1% |
| 32 joint | StroudSouth West | 2.1% |
| 32 joint | WinchesterSouth East | 2.1% |
| 47 joint | Antrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland | 2.2% |
| 47 joint | BlabyEast Midlands | 2.2% |
| 47 joint | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 2.2% |
| 47 joint | ExeterSouth West | 2.2% |
| 47 joint | Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland | 2.2% |
| 47 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 2.2% |
| 47 joint | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 2.2% |
| 47 joint | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 2.2% |
| 47 joint | TeignbridgeSouth West | 2.2% |
| 47 joint | West DevonSouth West | 2.2% |
| 57 joint | CherwellSouth East | 2.3% |
| 57 joint | DorsetSouth West | 2.3% |
| 57 joint | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 2.3% |
| 57 joint | EastleighSouth East | 2.3% |
| 57 joint | Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland | 2.3% |
| 57 joint | HighlandScotland | 2.3% |
| 57 joint | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 2.3% |
| 57 joint | Mid DevonSouth West | 2.3% |
| 57 joint | MonmouthshireWales | 2.3% |
| 57 joint | New ForestSouth East | 2.3% |
| 57 joint | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 2.3% |
| 57 joint | RochfordEast of England | 2.3% |
| 57 joint | SevenoaksSouth East | 2.3% |
| 57 joint | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 2.3% |
| 57 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | 2.3% |
| 57 joint | StirlingScotland | 2.3% |
| 57 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 2.3% |
| 57 joint | WiltshireSouth West | 2.3% |
| 75 joint | BaberghEast of England | 2.4% |
| 75 joint | Cheshire EastNorth West | 2.4% |
| 75 joint | LichfieldWest Midlands | 2.4% |
| 75 joint | North HertfordshireEast of England | 2.4% |
| 75 joint | Perth and KinrossScotland | 2.4% |
| 75 joint | ShropshireWest Midlands | 2.4% |
| 75 joint | St AlbansEast of England | 2.4% |
| 75 joint | TewkesburySouth West | 2.4% |
| 75 joint | WealdenSouth East | 2.4% |
| 75 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 2.4% |
| 85 joint | Argyll and ButeScotland | 2.5% |
| 85 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 2.5% |
| 85 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 2.5% |
| 85 joint | ChorleyNorth West | 2.5% |
| 85 joint | CumberlandNorth West | 2.5% |
| 85 joint | East LothianScotland | 2.5% |
| 85 joint | ElmbridgeSouth East | 2.5% |
| 85 joint | High PeakEast Midlands | 2.5% |
| 85 joint | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 2.5% |
| 85 joint | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 2.5% |
| 85 joint | North SomersetSouth West | 2.5% |
| 85 joint | South RibbleNorth West | 2.5% |
| 85 joint | TandridgeSouth East | 2.5% |
| 85 joint | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 2.5% |
| 85 joint | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 2.5% |
| 85 joint | WarwickWest Midlands | 2.5% |
| 85 joint | West SuffolkEast of England | 2.5% |
| 85 joint | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 2.5% |
| 103 joint | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | Ards and North DownNorthern Ireland | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | BrecklandEast of England | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | Castle PointEast of England | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | CeredigionWales | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | Forest of DeanSouth West | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | MaldonEast of England | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | MidlothianScotland | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | MorayScotland | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | OxfordSouth East | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | RunnymedeSouth East | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | SomersetSouth West | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | StaffordWest Midlands | 2.6% |
| 103 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 2.6% |
| 125 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 2.7% |
| 125 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 2.7% |
| 125 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 2.7% |
| 125 joint | CheltenhamSouth West | 2.7% |
| 125 joint | FyldeNorth West | 2.7% |
| 125 joint | Mid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland | 2.7% |
| 125 joint | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 2.7% |
| 125 joint | North DevonSouth West | 2.7% |
| 125 joint | North NorfolkEast of England | 2.7% |
| 125 joint | PowysWales | 2.7% |
| 125 joint | Three RiversEast of England | 2.7% |
| 125 joint | TorridgeSouth West | 2.7% |
| 125 joint | WarringtonNorth West | 2.7% |
| 125 joint | West LothianScotland | 2.7% |
| 125 joint | WokingSouth East | 2.7% |
| 140 joint | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 2.8% |
| 140 joint | City of EdinburghScotland | 2.8% |
| 140 joint | East SuffolkEast of England | 2.8% |
| 140 joint | MeltonEast Midlands | 2.8% |
| 140 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 2.8% |
| 140 joint | South LanarkshireScotland | 2.8% |
| 140 joint | West LancashireNorth West | 2.8% |
| 147 joint | AshfordSouth East | 2.9% |
| 147 joint | BolsoverEast Midlands | 2.9% |
| 147 joint | Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland | 2.9% |
| 147 joint | Dumfries and GallowayScotland | 2.9% |
| 147 joint | GwyneddWales | 2.9% |
| 147 joint | LancasterNorth West | 2.9% |
| 147 joint | NorthumberlandNorth East | 2.9% |
| 147 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 2.9% |
| 147 joint | RugbyWest Midlands | 2.9% |
| 147 joint | Scottish BordersScotland | 2.9% |
| 157 joint | BridgendWales | 3% |
| 157 joint | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 3% |
| 157 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 3% |
| 157 joint | CarmarthenshireWales | 3% |
| 157 joint | ClackmannanshireScotland | 3% |
| 157 joint | CornwallSouth West | 3% |
| 157 joint | FalkirkScotland | 3% |
| 157 joint | FlintshireWales | 3% |
| 157 joint | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 3% |
| 157 joint | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 3% |
| 157 joint | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 3% |
| 157 joint | RenfrewshireScotland | 3% |
| 157 joint | RushmoorSouth East | 3% |
| 157 joint | StockportNorth West | 3% |
| 157 joint | TraffordNorth West | 3% |
| 157 joint | WrexhamWales | 3% |
| 157 joint | WyreNorth West | 3% |
| 174 joint | AdurSouth East | 3.1% |
| 174 joint | BassetlawEast Midlands | 3.1% |
| 174 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 3.1% |
| 174 joint | North LanarkshireScotland | 3.1% |
| 174 joint | South HollandEast Midlands | 3.1% |
| 174 joint | West LindseyEast Midlands | 3.1% |
| 180 joint | CanterburySouth East | 3.2% |
| 180 joint | ChichesterSouth East | 3.2% |
| 180 joint | ColchesterEast of England | 3.2% |
| 180 joint | County DurhamNorth East | 3.2% |
| 180 joint | DacorumEast of England | 3.2% |
| 180 joint | East LindseyEast Midlands | 3.2% |
| 180 joint | Epping ForestEast of England | 3.2% |
| 180 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 3.2% |
| 180 joint | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 3.2% |
| 180 joint | Neath Port TalbotWales | 3.2% |
| 180 joint | Rhondda Cynon TafWales | 3.2% |
| 180 joint | RotherSouth East | 3.2% |
| 180 joint | South AyrshireScotland | 3.2% |
| 180 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 3.2% |
| 194 joint | AngusScotland | 3.3% |
| 194 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 3.3% |
| 194 joint | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 3.3% |
| 194 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 3.3% |
| 194 joint | DartfordSouth East | 3.3% |
| 194 joint | DoverSouth East | 3.3% |
| 194 joint | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 3.3% |
| 194 joint | ErewashEast Midlands | 3.3% |
| 194 joint | HavantSouth East | 3.3% |
| 194 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 3.3% |
| 194 joint | TamworthWest Midlands | 3.3% |
| 194 joint | Vale of GlamorganWales | 3.3% |
| 194 joint | WorthingSouth East | 3.3% |
| 207 joint | BexleyLondon | 3.4% |
| 207 joint | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 3.4% |
| 207 joint | FifeScotland | 3.4% |
| 207 joint | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 3.4% |
| 207 joint | Merthyr TydfilWales | 3.4% |
| 207 joint | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 3.4% |
| 207 joint | PembrokeshireWales | 3.4% |
| 207 joint | PlymouthSouth West | 3.4% |
| 207 joint | SwanseaWales | 3.4% |
| 207 joint | SwindonSouth West | 3.4% |
| 207 joint | TorbaySouth West | 3.4% |
| 207 joint | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 3.4% |
| 207 joint | WorcesterWest Midlands | 3.4% |
| 207 joint | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 3.4% |
| 221 joint | BromleyLondon | 3.5% |
| 221 joint | CaerphillyWales | 3.5% |
| 221 joint | GloucesterSouth West | 3.5% |
| 221 joint | InverclydeScotland | 3.5% |
| 221 joint | Isle of AngleseyWales | 3.5% |
| 221 joint | LewesSouth East | 3.5% |
| 221 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 3.5% |
| 221 joint | SuttonLondon | 3.5% |
| 221 joint | SwaleSouth East | 3.5% |
| 221 joint | WirralNorth West | 3.5% |
| 231 joint | BristolSouth West | 3.6% |
| 231 joint | DarlingtonNorth East | 3.6% |
| 231 joint | DenbighshireWales | 3.6% |
| 231 joint | GosportSouth East | 3.6% |
| 231 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 3.6% |
| 231 joint | Isle of WightSouth East | 3.6% |
| 231 joint | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 3.6% |
| 231 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 3.6% |
| 231 joint | SolihullWest Midlands | 3.6% |
| 231 joint | SpelthorneSouth East | 3.6% |
| 231 joint | StevenageEast of England | 3.6% |
| 231 joint | WiganNorth West | 3.6% |
| 243 joint | ArunSouth East | 3.7% |
| 243 joint | ConwyWales | 3.7% |
| 243 joint | East AyrshireScotland | 3.7% |
| 243 joint | St. HelensNorth West | 3.7% |
| 243 joint | TorfaenWales | 3.7% |
| 248 joint | Aberdeen CityScotland | 3.8% |
| 248 joint | AshfieldEast Midlands | 3.8% |
| 248 joint | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 3.8% |
| 248 joint | LincolnEast Midlands | 3.8% |
| 248 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 3.8% |
| 248 joint | SeftonNorth West | 3.8% |
| 248 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 3.8% |
| 248 joint | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 3.8% |
| 256 joint | BasildonEast of England | 3.9% |
| 256 joint | BelfastNorthern Ireland | 3.9% |
| 256 joint | Blaenau GwentWales | 3.9% |
| 256 joint | CardiffWales | 3.9% |
| 256 joint | FenlandEast of England | 3.9% |
| 256 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 3.9% |
| 256 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 3.9% |
| 256 joint | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 3.9% |
| 256 joint | West DunbartonshireScotland | 3.9% |
| 265 joint | MansfieldEast Midlands | 4% |
| 265 joint | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 4% |
| 265 joint | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 4% |
| 265 joint | WandsworthLondon | 4% |
| 265 joint | WestminsterLondon | 4% |
| 270 joint | Derry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland | 4.1% |
| 270 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 4.1% |
| 270 joint | Milton KeynesSouth East | 4.1% |
| 270 joint | NorwichEast of England | 4.1% |
| 270 joint | TendringEast of England | 4.1% |
| 275 joint | Dundee CityScotland | 4.2% |
| 275 joint | MedwaySouth East | 4.2% |
| 275 joint | North AyrshireScotland | 4.2% |
| 275 joint | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 4.2% |
| 275 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 4.2% |
| 275 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 4.2% |
| 281 joint | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 4.3% |
| 281 joint | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 4.3% |
| 281 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 4.3% |
| 281 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 4.3% |
| 281 joint | HaltonNorth West | 4.3% |
| 281 joint | KnowsleyNorth West | 4.3% |
| 281 joint | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 4.3% |
| 281 joint | ReadingSouth East | 4.3% |
| 281 joint | ThurrockEast of England | 4.3% |
| 290 joint | BuryNorth West | 4.4% |
| 290 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 4.4% |
| 290 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 4.4% |
| 293 joint | BedfordEast of England | 4.5% |
| 293 joint | HaveringLondon | 4.5% |
| 293 joint | IpswichEast of England | 4.5% |
| 293 joint | MertonLondon | 4.5% |
| 293 joint | NewportWales | 4.5% |
| 293 joint | PortsmouthSouth East | 4.5% |
| 299 joint | CamdenLondon | 4.6% |
| 299 joint | CrawleySouth East | 4.6% |
| 299 joint | DudleyWest Midlands | 4.6% |
| 299 joint | HarlowEast of England | 4.6% |
| 299 joint | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 4.6% |
| 299 joint | PrestonNorth West | 4.6% |
| 299 joint | WatfordEast of England | 4.6% |
| 306 joint | BostonEast Midlands | 4.7% |
| 306 joint | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 4.7% |
| 308 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 4.8% |
| 308 joint | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 4.8% |
| 308 joint | HarrowLondon | 4.8% |
| 308 joint | South TynesideNorth East | 4.8% |
| 312 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 4.9% |
| 312 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 4.9% |
| 312 joint | Glasgow CityScotland | 4.9% |
| 312 joint | TamesideNorth West | 4.9% |
| 316 joint | BarnetLondon | 5% |
| 316 joint | HastingsSouth East | 5% |
| 316 joint | HillingdonLondon | 5% |
| 316 joint | HounslowLondon | 5% |
| 320 joint | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 5.1% |
| 320 joint | SalfordNorth West | 5.1% |
| 322 | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 5.2% |
| 323 | BoltonNorth West | 5.3% |
| 324 joint | IslingtonLondon | 5.4% |
| 324 joint | LeicesterEast Midlands | 5.4% |
| 324 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 5.4% |
| 324 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 5.4% |
| 324 joint | ThanetSouth East | 5.4% |
| 329 | LiverpoolNorth West | 5.5% |
| 330 joint | BurnleyNorth West | 5.6% |
| 330 joint | HyndburnNorth West | 5.6% |
| 330 joint | PendleNorth West | 5.6% |
| 330 joint | SouthwarkLondon | 5.6% |
| 334 | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 5.7% |
| 335 joint | BlackpoolNorth West | 5.8% |
| 335 joint | CoventryWest Midlands | 5.8% |
| 335 joint | GreenwichLondon | 5.8% |
| 338 | SloughSouth East | 5.9% |
| 339 joint | ManchesterNorth West | 6% |
| 339 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 6% |
| 339 joint | RochdaleNorth West | 6% |
| 339 joint | WalsallWest Midlands | 6% |
| 343 | NottinghamEast Midlands | 6.1% |
| 344 | LambethLondon | 6.2% |
| 345 | CroydonLondon | 6.3% |
| 346 | EalingLondon | 6.4% |
| 347 joint | OldhamNorth West | 6.5% |
| 347 joint | Waltham ForestLondon | 6.5% |
| 349 | LutonEast of England | 6.6% |
| 350 joint | SandwellWest Midlands | 6.7% |
| 350 joint | Tower HamletsLondon | 6.7% |
| 350 joint | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 6.7% |
| 353 | LewishamLondon | 6.8% |
| 354 joint | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 6.9% |
| 354 joint | HackneyLondon | 6.9% |
| 356 joint | BrentLondon | 7.2% |
| 356 joint | EnfieldLondon | 7.2% |
| 358 joint | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 7.4% |
| 358 joint | HaringeyLondon | 7.4% |
| 358 joint | NewhamLondon | 7.4% |
| 361 | BirminghamWest Midlands | 10.1% |
ONS claimant count through NOMIS, claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64, August 2026 · August 2026 · fetched 4 October 2026 · How this is measured
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