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Birmingham Perry Barr has the most people aged 16 to 64 on Universal Credit per 1,000 residents in May 2026.

People aged 16 to 64 on Universal Credit, in each month with published figures. Help with living costs for working-age people on a low income, in or out of work.

People aged 16 to 64 on Universal Credit, per 1,000 residents, May 2026, by constituency

Selected Hastings and Rye: 160.5 per 1,000 residents, May 2026, 111th of 632 constituencies.

Per 1,000 residents, low to high

  1. Under 83.6
  2. 83.6 to 109.9
  3. 109.9 to 136.1
  4. 136.1 to 162.4
  5. 162.4 to 188.6
  6. 188.6 and over
People aged 16 to 64 on Universal Credit, per 1,000 residents, May 2026, by constituency. Boundaries are simplified. London is also shown larger, in a separate box. Northern Ireland is not covered. Every value is in the table below.
More ways to look at itHow ranks change, why spending changed, and spending compared with the expected level

Total or per person

Does the order change when you count per person?

Each line is one of the 632 ranked constituencies. It joins the area's rank for each way of counting. The 10 highest per 1,000 residents are drawn in dark lines, and the selected area in gold.

TotalPer 1,000 residentsPer 1,000 people aged 16 to 641632Birmingham Perry Barr 1Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North 2Blackpool South 3Birmingham Yardley 4Birmingham Erdington 5Bradford West 6Bradford East 7Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough 8Tottenham 14Birmingham Ladywood 17Hastings and Rye 83

What changed

More people, more claims or bigger payments?

Hastings and Rye, Universal Credit: yearly spending at the rate in May 2023 and in May 2026. The chart splits the change into three parts: the number of people in the age group, the share of them claiming, and the average payment. 2026-27 prices.

£124.0mMay 2023−£0.15mPopulation+£37.4mShare claiming+£22.4mPayment size£183.6mMay 2026
What changed: Universal Credit
May 2023£124.0m
Population−£0.15m
Share claiming+£37.4m
Payment size+£22.4m
May 2026£183.6m
The share claiming is the number of households claiming per person aged 16 to 64. Yearly spending here is the number claiming, times the average weekly payment, times 52. It is not the amount paid out over the year. Population after mid-2024 stays at the mid-2024 figure, so later growth shows in the share claiming.

Compared with similar areas

Is spending higher or lower than expected?

Spending on working-age benefits per person aged 16 to 64, 2024-25. We compare it with the level we would expect from each area's share of children and of people aged 66 and over, how deprived it is compared with the rest of its nation, and the typical pay of people who live there. 2026-27 prices.

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Expected level = −£2,631 + £5,734 × share aged 0 to 15 + £551 × share aged 66 and over − £201 × deprivation decile + £429 × ln(median pay) + £353 × Wales + £111 × Scotland. Fitted by ordinary least squares across 626 constituencies. R² = 0.85. Gold dots are above the expected level and grey dots are below it.

Every constituency

People aged 16 to 64 on Universal Credit, May 2026. Rank is for per 1,000 residents, and 1 is the highest. Areas with fewer than 1,000 people in the age group have no rank. The first 50 of 632 rows are shown.

People aged 16 to 64 on Universal Credit for every constituency, May 2026
RankNotes
1Birmingham Perry Barr32,009255.5389.6
2Birmingham Ladywood39,560237.0323.1
3Tottenham32,617235.6330.1
4Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North29,278233.4374.4
5Bradford West29,238230.1354.2
6Birmingham Erdington28,569226.4354.6
7Blackpool South25,460226.1361.3
8Birmingham Yardley26,528225.1355.6
9Bradford East27,904225.1353.0
10Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough25,350219.8345.5
11Hackney North and Stoke Newington25,526217.4315.8
12Brent East29,753216.9319.0
13Glasgow North East24,824215.7303.7
14Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley25,829214.4331.9
15Blackley and Middleton South24,709214.2343.6
16Edmonton and Winchmore Hill26,660213.1334.3
17Liverpool Walton21,681211.6335.3
18Leeds South27,913211.2311.4
19Walsall and Bloxwich26,397211.0334.5
20Enfield North26,202205.5320.7
21Gorton and Denton24,410205.0320.3
22Bethnal Green and Stepney27,546204.6266.3
23Middlesbrough and Thornaby East24,657203.4315.2
24Kingston upon Hull East21,094202.2328.8
25Glasgow East21,257201.5287.0
26Nottingham North and Kimberley22,091201.0323.4
27Blackburn23,891200.8319.2
28Bolton South and Walkden26,026199.5317.6
29Liverpool Riverside26,153198.7259.0
30Wolverhampton South East25,459198.4316.2
31Dewsbury and Batley21,135197.8309.5
32Bradford South21,879195.0313.6
33Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton22,852194.3310.0
34Birmingham Northfield21,166193.5315.4
35Derby South24,261193.5298.9
36Queen's Park and Maida Vale24,061193.0268.6
37Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes20,884192.8316.7
38Bootle20,088192.7304.7
39Easington18,442191.7312.0
40Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney18,288191.3309.7
41Rochdale20,513189.9302.2
42East Ham25,792189.1274.5
43West Ham and Beckton27,878188.4255.6
44Barking26,815188.2280.6
45Tipton and Wednesbury22,069188.0300.6
46Croydon West24,526185.8267.2
47Rotherham21,307185.6295.1
48Birkenhead20,269184.6294.6
49Coventry East23,130184.6290.0
50Hartlepool18,060183.9301.1

League table of every constituency for the latest period

Values are per 1,000 residents unless a column says otherwise. Sources: Department for Work and Pensions, Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland.

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