Rankings · Pension Credit

People receiving Pension Credit, total

People receiving Pension Credit, in each month with published figures. Extra money for people over State Pension age who have a low income.^1-4

Rank 1 is the highest value. Some areas have no rank. This is because fewer than 1,000 people are in the age group, the source does not publish the figure, or it covers only some benefits.

Same measure, counted another way per 1,000 residents · per 1,000 people aged 66 and over

Area type

ConstituenciesLocal authorities

632 constituencies ranked, March 2026

Great Britain: 1,380,853 total

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Pension Credit, total, March 2026, constituencies
		Region
1	Glasgow North EastHighest 10	Scotland	4,774
2	Queen's Park and Maida ValeHighest 10	London	4,675
3	Liverpool RiversideHighest 10	North West	4,590
4	TottenhamHighest 10	London	4,508
5	Leicester EastHighest 10	East Midlands	4,417
6	Brent EastHighest 10	London	4,359
7	Blackpool SouthHighest 10	North West	4,078
8	Birmingham LadywoodHighest 10	West Midlands	3,992
9	Kensington and BayswaterHighest 10	London	3,989
10	Glasgow EastHighest 10	Scotland	3,914
11	Edmonton and Winchmore Hill	London	3,830
12	Bethnal Green and Stepney	London	3,804
13	Bootle	North West	3,774
14	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	London	3,759
15	Knowsley	North West	3,757
16	Boston and Skegness	East Midlands	3,742
17	Liverpool Walton	North West	3,717
18	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West	North East	3,715
19	Clacton	East of England	3,692
20	Southgate and Wood Green	London	3,686
21	Holborn and St Pancras	London	3,674
22	Wolverhampton South East	West Midlands	3,672
23	Hackney South and Shoreditch	London	3,666
24	Torbay	South West	3,658
25	Liverpool West Derby	North West	3,603
26	Bolton South and Walkden	North West	3,568
27	West Ham and Beckton	London	3,548
28	Tipton and Wednesbury	West Midlands	3,517
29	East Ham	London	3,503
30	Clwyd North	Wales	3,476
31	Birmingham Perry Barr	West Midlands	3,474
32	Walsall and Bloxwich	West Midlands	3,470
33	Hartlepool	North East	3,469
34	Houghton and Sunderland South	North East	3,454
35	Feltham and Heston	London	3,411
35	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East	North East	3,411
37	Ealing Southall	London	3,403
38	Birkenhead	North West	3,402
39	Glasgow South West	Scotland	3,395
39	Swansea West	Wales	3,395
41	Ealing North	London	3,387
42	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,371
43	Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney	Wales	3,355
44	Peckham	London	3,353
45	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	North East	3,345
46	Islington North	London	3,341
47	Birmingham Erdington	West Midlands	3,336
47	Sunderland Central	North East	3,336
49	East Thanet	South East	3,334
50	Jarrow and Gateshead East	North East	3,328
51	Islington South and Finsbury	London	3,325
52	Hastings and Rye	South East	3,315
53	Brent West	London	3,278
54	Vauxhall and Camberwell Green	London	3,263
55	Glasgow North	Scotland	3,259
56	Smethwick	West Midlands	3,241
57	Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley	West Midlands	3,234
58	Ealing Central and Acton	London	3,227
59	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	West Midlands	3,216
60	Rhondda and Ogmore	Wales	3,209
61	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,205
62	Chelsea and Fulham	London	3,181
63	Redcar	North East	3,175
64	Bradford West	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,174
65	Washington and Gateshead South	North East	3,164
66	Kingston upon Hull East	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,157
67	South Shields	North East	3,135
68	Wallasey	North West	3,126
69	Great Yarmouth	East of England	3,122
70	Erith and Thamesmead	London	3,120
71	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	North West	3,116
72	Peterborough	East of England	3,105
73	Cities of London and Westminster	London	3,096
74	Gorton and Denton	North West	3,082
75	Hampstead and Highgate	London	3,071
76	Blackley and Middleton South	North West	3,060
77	Bolton North East	North West	3,052
78	Liverpool Garston	North West	3,042
79	Scarborough and Whitby	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,027
80	Blackburn	North West	3,020
81	Easington	North East	3,017
81	Enfield North	London	3,017
83	Coatbridge and Bellshill	Scotland	3,005
84	Stratford and Bow	London	3,003
85	Finchley and Golders Green	London	2,991
86	Aberafan Maesteg	Wales	2,979
87	Derby South	East Midlands	2,978
88	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,974
89	Dundee Central	Scotland	2,973
90	Bridlington and The Wolds	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,965
91	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	2,963
92	Leicester South	East Midlands	2,962
93	Bradford East	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,948
94	Hendon	London	2,945
95	North Ayrshire and Arran	Scotland	2,930
96	Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare	Wales	2,928
97	Coventry East	West Midlands	2,919
98	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	2,918
99	Ilford South	London	2,917
100	Manchester Central	North West	2,913
101	Glasgow West	Scotland	2,906
102	Wythenshawe and Sale East	North West	2,895
103	Liverpool Wavertree	North West	2,894
104	Wolverhampton West	West Midlands	2,887
105	Bishop Auckland	North East	2,884
106	Barnsley South	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,879
107	Camborne and Redruth	South West	2,876
108	Sheffield Heeley	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,874
109	West Bromwich	West Midlands	2,873
110	Mid and South Pembrokeshire	Wales	2,867
110	North Durham	North East	2,867
112	Hammersmith and Chiswick	London	2,861
113	Southport	North West	2,859
114	Louth and Horncastle	East Midlands	2,853
115	Birmingham Yardley	West Midlands	2,852
116	Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor	North East	2,849
117	Harrow East	London	2,847
118	Barking	London	2,844
119	Glasgow South	Scotland	2,828
120	Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,825
121	Burnley	North West	2,809
122	Neath and Swansea East	Wales	2,808
122	Sheffield South East	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,808
124	St Ives	South West	2,807
125	Stockton North	North East	2,803
126	Eastbourne	South East	2,798
127	Nottingham North and Kimberley	East Midlands	2,792
128	Leeds South	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,789
129	Leicester West	East Midlands	2,782
130	Blyth and Ashington	North East	2,772
130	Stoke-on-Trent Central	West Midlands	2,772
132	Lewisham East	London	2,769
133	Manchester Rusholme	North West	2,766
134	Salford	North West	2,764
135	Brentford and Isleworth	London	2,761
136	Wolverhampton North East	West Midlands	2,758
137	Newport East	Wales	2,756
138	Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven	South East	2,751
139	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Wales	2,748
140	Rutherglen	Scotland	2,745
141	Llanelli	Wales	2,734
142	Preston	North West	2,730
143	Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke	Scotland	2,728
144	Croydon West	London	2,727
145	Harrow West	London	2,724
146	Airdrie and Shotts	Scotland	2,715
147	Ilford North	London	2,714
148	Hamilton and Clyde Valley	Scotland	2,703
149	Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,701
150	Rochdale	North West	2,697
151	Blaydon and Consett	North East	2,695
152	Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West	Scotland	2,685
153	Caerphilly	Wales	2,682
153	Gateshead Central and Whickham	North East	2,682
155	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	North East	2,681
156	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	2,668
157	Leeds East	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,661
158	Poplar and Limehouse	London	2,654
159	Hayes and Harlington	London	2,652
160	Central Ayrshire	Scotland	2,651
161	Dagenham and Rainham	London	2,649
162	Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton	North West	2,634
163	Bradford South	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,629
163	Wigan	North West	2,629
165	Heywood and Middleton North	North West	2,626
166	Birmingham Northfield	West Midlands	2,624
167	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Scotland	2,623
168	Aldershot	South East	2,621
169	Doncaster Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,619
170	Streatham and Croydon North	London	2,612
171	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	South East	2,610
172	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Scotland	2,598
173	Lewisham North	London	2,597
173	Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr	Wales	2,597
175	Dudley	West Midlands	2,588
176	Barnsley North	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,587
176	Herne Bay and Sandwich	South East	2,587
176	Lowestoft	East of England	2,587
179	Northampton North	East Midlands	2,586
180	North East Cambridgeshire	East of England	2,566
181	North West Norfolk	East of England	2,565
181	Walthamstow	London	2,565
183	Torfaen	Wales	2,563
184	Leigh and Atherton	North West	2,561
185	Greenwich and Woolwich	London	2,551
186	Bournemouth West	South West	2,548
187	Plymouth Moor View	South West	2,543
188	Birmingham Edgbaston	West Midlands	2,530
189	Nottingham East	East Midlands	2,528
190	St Helens North	North West	2,525
191	Luton South and South Bedfordshire	East of England	2,522
192	St Helens South and Whiston	North West	2,512
193	Clapham and Brixton Hill	London	2,511
194	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Scotland	2,508
194	Southend East and Rochford	East of England	2,508
196	Ashton-under-Lyne	North West	2,506
197	Bournemouth East	South West	2,502
198	Eltham and Chislehurst	London	2,482
199	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	London	2,478
199	Rawmarsh and Conisbrough	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,478
199	Slough	South East	2,478
202	Leyton and Wanstead	London	2,477
202	Pendle and Clitheroe	North West	2,477
204	Clwyd East	Wales	2,475
205	Darlington	North East	2,473
206	Halifax	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,472
207	Plymouth Sutton and Devonport	South West	2,469
208	St Austell and Newquay	South West	2,468
209	Caerfyrddin	Wales	2,463
210	Chesterfield	East Midlands	2,459
211	Mitcham and Morden	London	2,457
212	Doncaster North	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,454
213	Huddersfield	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,445
214	Ceredigion Preseli	Wales	2,443
215	Telford	West Midlands	2,441
216	Dulwich and West Norwood	London	2,436
217	Scunthorpe	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,435
218	Glenrothes and Mid Fife	Scotland	2,434
218	South Devon	South West	2,434
220	Dewsbury and Batley	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,430
221	Widnes and Halewood	North West	2,427
222	Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe	Wales	2,423
223	Stoke-on-Trent North	West Midlands	2,422
224	Norwich South	East of England	2,421
225	North Cornwall	South West	2,419
226	Weston-super-Mare	South West	2,413
227	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	2,411
228	Pontypridd	Wales	2,393
229	Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber	Scotland	2,392
230	Hyndburn	North West	2,391
230	Portsmouth South	South East	2,391
232	Bolsover	East Midlands	2,390
233	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	2,388
234	South Holland and The Deepings	East Midlands	2,383
235	Normanton and Hemsworth	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,380
236	Oldham East and Saddleworth	North West	2,379
237	Bangor Aberconwy	Wales	2,377
238	Newport West and Islwyn	Wales	2,376
239	Makerfield	North West	2,361
240	Cardiff West	Wales	2,356
241	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	South East	2,351
242	West Lancashire	North West	2,340
243	Stockport	North West	2,339
244	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Scotland	2,336
245	Cardiff East	Wales	2,334
246	South West Norfolk	East of England	2,332
247	Morecambe and Lunesdale	North West	2,328
248	North Norfolk	East of England	2,327
249	Nottingham South	East Midlands	2,323
250	Torridge and Tavistock	South West	2,321
251	Cramlington and Killingworth	North East	2,317
252	Fylde	North West	2,313
253	Lincoln	East Midlands	2,312
254	Dover and Deal	South East	2,310
255	Falkirk	Scotland	2,308
256	Tynemouth	North East	2,302
257	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Scotland	2,299
258	Chipping Barnet	London	2,296
259	Runcorn and Helsby	North West	2,295
260	Wrexham	Wales	2,294
261	Bexhill and Battle	South East	2,287
262	Worsley and Eccles	North West	2,284
263	Stalybridge and Hyde	North West	2,279
264	South East Cornwall	South West	2,275
265	Stretford and Urmston	North West	2,274
266	South Dorset	South West	2,272
267	North Devon	South West	2,270
267	Southampton Test	South East	2,270
269	Halesowen	West Midlands	2,265
270	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	Scotland	2,262
271	Hove and Portslade	South East	2,252
272	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Scotland	2,250
272	Luton North	East of England	2,250
274	Bury South	North West	2,235
275	Alyn and Deeside	Wales	2,234
276	Birmingham Selly Oak	West Midlands	2,220
276	Hornsey and Friern Barnet	London	2,220
278	South Shropshire	West Midlands	2,218
279	Arbroath and Broughty Ferry	Scotland	2,217
280	Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch	Scotland	2,215
281	Newton Abbot	South West	2,212
282	Brigg and Immingham	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,209
283	Chingford and Woodford Green	London	2,205
284	Mansfield	East Midlands	2,200
284	Wellingborough and Rushden	East Midlands	2,200
286	Havant	South East	2,199
287	Isle of Wight East	South East	2,193
287	North Northumberland	North East	2,193
289	North Shropshire	West Midlands	2,190
290	The Wrekin	West Midlands	2,169
291	Bridgwater	South West	2,166
292	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	2,159
293	Tiverton and Minehead	South West	2,154
294	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Scotland	2,153
295	Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,152
296	Thurrock	East of England	2,151
297	Wakefield and Rothwell	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,150
298	Croydon East	London	2,148
299	Coventry North West	West Midlands	2,147
300	Carlisle	North West	2,144
301	Ashfield	East Midlands	2,141
302	Bedford	East of England	2,140
303	Bristol East	South West	2,139
304	Ashford	South East	2,131
305	Whitehaven and Workington	North West	2,128
306	Southend West and Leigh	East of England	2,124
307	Southampton Itchen	South East	2,121
307	Worthing West	South East	2,121
309	Bury North	North West	2,117
309	Thirsk and Malton	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,117
311	Gloucester	South West	2,114
311	Gower	Wales	2,114
311	Livingston	Scotland	2,114
314	Chichester	South East	2,113
315	Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy	Scotland	2,109
316	Rossendale and Darwen	North West	2,107
317	Ipswich	East of England	2,104
318	Cardiff South and Penarth	Wales	2,089
319	West Dorset	South West	2,079
320	Putney	London	2,076
320	Warrington North	North West	2,076
322	Poole	South West	2,073
323	Swindon South	South West	2,070
324	Bridgend	Wales	2,063
325	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	2,058
326	Aldridge-Brownhills	West Midlands	2,055
326	Castle Point	East of England	2,055
328	Christchurch	South West	2,051
329	Basildon and Billericay	East of England	2,050
330	City of Durham	North East	2,047
331	Barrow and Furness	North West	2,041
332	Angus and Perthshire Glens	Scotland	2,035
333	Harlow	East of England	2,033
333	Stourbridge	West Midlands	2,033
335	Taunton and Wellington	South West	2,031
336	East Worthing and Shoreham	South East	2,027
337	Aberdeenshire North and Moray East	Scotland	2,025
338	Broxbourne	East of England	2,022
338	Sefton Central	North West	2,022
340	Aberdeen North	Scotland	2,021
340	Bristol South	South West	2,021
342	Ynys Môn	Wales	2,016
343	Chester North and Neston	North West	2,010
344	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	2,006
345	Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,002
346	Leeds West and Pudsey	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,995
346	South Basildon and East Thurrock	East of England	1,995
348	Ellesmere Port and Bromborough	North West	1,992
348	Uxbridge and South Ruislip	London	1,992
350	West Worcestershire	West Midlands	1,990
351	Bathgate and Linlithgow	Scotland	1,983
352	Battersea	London	1,981
353	Gainsborough	East Midlands	1,980
354	Bolton West	North West	1,973
355	East Kilbride and Strathaven	Scotland	1,972
356	Yeovil	South West	1,969
357	Beverley and Holderness	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,966
357	Derby North	East Midlands	1,966
357	Epping Forest	East of England	1,966
360	Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire	Scotland	1,964
361	Norwich North	East of England	1,963
362	Amber Valley	East Midlands	1,962
363	Erewash	East Midlands	1,957
364	Truro and Falmouth	South West	1,955
365	Coventry South	West Midlands	1,953
366	Perth and Kinross-shire	Scotland	1,948
366	Tamworth	West Midlands	1,948
368	Keighley and Ilkley	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,947
369	Nuneaton	West Midlands	1,944
370	Shrewsbury	West Midlands	1,943
371	Milton Keynes Central	South East	1,942
372	Hornchurch and Upminster	London	1,941
373	Corby and East Northamptonshire	East Midlands	1,938
374	Hereford and South Herefordshire	West Midlands	1,929
375	Bristol North East	South West	1,921
375	Penistone and Stocksbridge	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,921
377	Mid Norfolk	East of England	1,919
378	Alloa and Grangemouth	Scotland	1,914
379	Gravesham	South East	1,912
380	North Herefordshire	West Midlands	1,908
381	North Warwickshire and Bedworth	West Midlands	1,903
382	Portsmouth North	South East	1,895
383	Newcastle upon Tyne North	North East	1,891
383	Rochester and Strood	South East	1,891
385	Harwich and North Essex	East of England	1,890
386	Romford	London	1,889
387	Calder Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,887
388	Canterbury	South East	1,885
389	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	1,879
390	Tooting	London	1,877
391	Reading Central	South East	1,876
392	Honiton and Sidmouth	South West	1,875
393	Exeter	South West	1,873
394	Redditch	West Midlands	1,871
395	Chatham and Aylesford	South East	1,863
395	Penrith and Solway	North West	1,863
397	West Suffolk	East of England	1,859
398	Lewisham West and East Dulwich	London	1,857
399	Worcester	West Midlands	1,856
400	Burton and Uttoxeter	West Midlands	1,855
400	Central Devon	South West	1,855
402	Meriden and Solihull East	West Midlands	1,852
403	Kettering	East Midlands	1,851
404	Forest of Dean	South West	1,850
404	Gedling	East Midlands	1,850
404	Rother Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,850
407	Lewes	South East	1,844
408	Stoke-on-Trent South	West Midlands	1,842
409	Hazel Grove	North West	1,841
410	Leeds North East	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,839
411	Monmouthshire	Wales	1,836
412	Hertsmere	East of England	1,831
412	Spen Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,831
414	Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey	Scotland	1,828
415	Stirling and Strathallan	Scotland	1,818
416	Crawley	South East	1,800
417	Grantham and Bourne	East Midlands	1,799
418	North West Cambridgeshire	East of England	1,797
418	Sherwood Forest	East Midlands	1,797
420	Droitwich and Evesham	West Midlands	1,791
420	Shipley	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,791
422	Chorley	North West	1,786
423	Exmouth and Exeter East	South West	1,784
423	Kingston and Surbiton	London	1,784
425	Beckenham and Penge	London	1,773
425	Glastonbury and Somerton	South West	1,773
427	Faversham and Mid Kent	South East	1,772
428	Gosport	South East	1,766
429	Suffolk Coastal	East of England	1,764
430	Newark	East Midlands	1,763
431	Lancaster and Wyre	North West	1,762
432	Sleaford and North Hykeham	East Midlands	1,759
433	Waveney Valley	East of England	1,757
434	Skipton and Ripon	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,756
435	Manchester Withington	North West	1,755
435	Wirral West	North West	1,755
437	Kingswinford and South Staffordshire	West Midlands	1,753
438	Edinburgh North and Leith	Scotland	1,749
439	Witham	East of England	1,745
440	New Forest West	South East	1,744
441	Isle of Wight West	South East	1,742
442	Broxtowe	East Midlands	1,738
443	Bristol North West	South West	1,737
444	High Peak	East Midlands	1,735
445	Maldon	East of England	1,733
446	Colchester	East of England	1,724
447	Midlothian	Scotland	1,723
448	Leeds South West and Morley	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,722
449	Carshalton and Wallington	London	1,720
450	Hexham	North East	1,714
451	Weald of Kent	South East	1,713
452	Goole and Pocklington	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,711
453	Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge	West Midlands	1,701
454	Richmond Park	London	1,696
455	Crewe and Nantwich	North West	1,693
456	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner	London	1,691
457	Oxford East	South East	1,683
458	North Dorset	South West	1,677
459	Sutton and Cheam	London	1,674
460	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	1,672
461	Broadland and Fakenham	East of England	1,668
462	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	1,662
463	Arundel and South Downs	South East	1,661
464	Ely and East Cambridgeshire	East of England	1,660
465	Maidstone and Malling	South East	1,651
466	Mid Cheshire	North West	1,648
466	South West Wiltshire	South West	1,648
466	Stevenage	East of England	1,648
469	Richmond and Northallerton	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,647
470	South Suffolk	East of England	1,643
471	Brighton Pavilion	South East	1,634
472	Gillingham and Rainham	South East	1,630
473	Lothian East	Scotland	1,624
473	Swindon North	South West	1,624
475	Rugby	West Midlands	1,623
476	Hemel Hempstead	East of England	1,614
477	Northampton South	East Midlands	1,607
478	Fareham and Waterlooville	South East	1,597
478	York Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,597
480	Selby	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,591
481	South Ribble	North West	1,585
482	Braintree	East of England	1,581
483	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	1,580
484	North East Fife	Scotland	1,577
484	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	1,577
486	Lichfield	West Midlands	1,570
487	Sussex Weald	South East	1,567
488	Runnymede and Weybridge	South East	1,563
489	South West Devon	South West	1,560
490	Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard	East of England	1,557
491	Ossett and Denby Dale	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,554
491	Watford	East of England	1,554
493	Old Bexley and Sidcup	London	1,544
494	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,543
495	Edinburgh South West	Scotland	1,535
495	Melton and Syston	East Midlands	1,535
497	Bath	South West	1,533
498	Basingstoke	South East	1,532
498	Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket	East of England	1,532
500	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	1,531
501	Mid Dorset and North Poole	South West	1,530
501	Wycombe	South East	1,530
503	Bexleyheath and Crayford	London	1,529
504	Mid Leicestershire	East Midlands	1,527
505	Brentwood and Ongar	East of England	1,523
506	Salisbury	South West	1,521
507	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	1,520
508	Stroud	South West	1,519
508	Warwick and Leamington	West Midlands	1,519
508	Wells and Mendip Hills	South West	1,519
511	Rayleigh and Wickford	East of England	1,515
511	Windsor	South East	1,515
513	Buckingham and Bletchley	South East	1,514
513	Milton Keynes North	South East	1,514
515	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	1,507
516	Cardiff North	Wales	1,496
517	Banbury	South East	1,495
517	Solihull West and Shirley	West Midlands	1,495
519	Orpington	London	1,494
520	Wimbledon	London	1,488
521	Sevenoaks	South East	1,487
522	North East Hertfordshire	East of England	1,480
523	Loughborough	East Midlands	1,479
524	Cheadle	North West	1,478
524	Sutton Coldfield	West Midlands	1,478
526	Warrington South	North West	1,477
527	Cheltenham	South West	1,471
528	Macclesfield	North West	1,469
529	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	East of England	1,467
530	Spelthorne	South East	1,462
531	Westmorland and Lonsdale	North West	1,460
532	Croydon South	London	1,459
533	Tunbridge Wells	South East	1,456
534	Altrincham and Sale West	North West	1,444
535	Stockton West	North East	1,443
536	Frome and East Somerset	South West	1,442
537	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	1,439
538	Stafford	West Midlands	1,435
539	Colne Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,433
540	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	1,428
541	Leeds Central and Headingley	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,419
542	South Leicestershire	East Midlands	1,406
543	East Wiltshire	South West	1,398
544	Cambridge	East of England	1,393
545	North East Somerset and Hanham	South West	1,392
546	Sheffield Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,391
547	Chippenham	South West	1,389
548	Bromley and Biggin Hill	London	1,386
549	Dunfermline and Dollar	Scotland	1,383
550	Melksham and Devizes	South West	1,380
551	Romsey and Southampton North	South East	1,379
552	Edinburgh South	Scotland	1,374
553	Chelmsford	East of England	1,373
554	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	1,370
554	Huntingdon	East of England	1,370
556	Rutland and Stamford	East Midlands	1,368
557	South Cotswolds	South West	1,364
558	Congleton	North West	1,362
559	North West Essex	East of England	1,360
560	North Cotswolds	South West	1,357
560	Twickenham	London	1,357
562	Ribble Valley	North West	1,351
563	Daventry	East Midlands	1,345
563	New Forest East	South East	1,345
565	South Norfolk	East of England	1,344
566	Dartford	South East	1,343
567	Newbury	South East	1,342
568	Tewkesbury	South West	1,338
569	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	1,335
570	Tatton	North West	1,333
571	Tonbridge	South East	1,327
572	Winchester	South East	1,323
573	South West Hertfordshire	East of England	1,319
574	Aylesbury	South East	1,310
575	Bracknell	South East	1,306
576	Mid Derbyshire	East Midlands	1,305
577	Leeds North West	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,303
578	North Somerset	South West	1,301
579	South Northamptonshire	East Midlands	1,299
580	Farnham and Bordon	South East	1,296
581	Reading West and Mid Berkshire	South East	1,291
582	East Surrey	South East	1,290
583	Mid Dunbartonshire	Scotland	1,288
584	North West Hampshire	South East	1,263
585	Aberdeen South	Scotland	1,261
586	Chester South and Eddisbury	North West	1,260
587	Epsom and Ewell	South East	1,258
588	Beaconsfield	South East	1,254
589	Woking	South East	1,245
590	Reigate	South East	1,236
591	North Bedfordshire	East of England	1,234
592	Wetherby and Easingwold	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,229
593	Edinburgh West	Scotland	1,221
594	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	1,217
595	Esher and Walton	South East	1,210
596	Hertford and Stortford	East of England	1,197
597	St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire	East of England	1,196
598	Horsham	South East	1,189
599	York Outer	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,188
600	Earley and Woodley	South East	1,184
601	Hamble Valley	South East	1,183
602	East Grinstead and Uckfield	South East	1,176
603	Godalming and Ash	South East	1,172
604	Maidenhead	South East	1,169
604	Mid Sussex	South East	1,169
606	Kenilworth and Southam	West Midlands	1,148
607	Mid Bedfordshire	East of England	1,146
608	Dorking and Horley	South East	1,138
609	Witney	South East	1,130
610	Thornbury and Yate	South West	1,128
611	Hitchin	East of England	1,124
612	Eastleigh	South East	1,112
613	St Albans	East of England	1,111
614	Surrey Heath	South East	1,107
615	East Hampshire	South East	1,097
616	Chesham and Amersham	South East	1,082
617	Henley and Thame	South East	1,081
618	Didcot and Wantage	South East	1,075
619	Filton and Bradley Stoke	South West	1,073
620	Bicester and Woodstock	South East	1,060
621	Gordon and Buchan	Scotland	1,058
622	Guildford	South East	1,001
623	Sheffield HallamLowest 10	Yorkshire and The Humber	997
624	Oxford West and AbingdonLowest 10	South East	991
625	West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLowest 10	Scotland	989
626	North East HampshireLowest 10	South East	978
627	Mid BuckinghamshireLowest 10	South East	943
628	Harpenden and BerkhamstedLowest 10	East of England	884
629	Na h-Eileanan an IarLowest 10	Scotland	882
630	Bristol CentralLowest 10	South West	873
631	WokinghamLowest 10	South East	821
632	Orkney and ShetlandLowest 10	Scotland	715

350 local authorities ranked, March 2026

Great Britain: 1,380,853 total

Nation350 shownSee it on the map

Pension Credit, total, March 2026, local authorities
		Nation
1	BirminghamHighest 10	England	28,418
2	Glasgow CityHighest 10	Scotland	21,830
3	LiverpoolHighest 10	England	16,941
4	County DurhamHighest 10	England	15,081
5	LeedsHighest 10	England	15,067
6	CornwallHighest 10	England	14,786
7	ManchesterHighest 10	England	14,209
8	SheffieldHighest 10	England	12,528
9	BradfordHighest 10	England	12,484
10	North YorkshireHighest 10	England	11,951
11	Somerset	England	11,199
12	Leicester	England	10,162
13	Brent	England	9,836
14	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	9,825
15	Sandwell	England	9,724
16	Ealing	England	9,512
17	Sunderland	England	9,324
18	Wirral	England	8,981
19	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	England	8,902
20	Newham	England	8,892
21	Barnet	England	8,716
22	Enfield	England	8,687
23	Kirklees	England	8,517
24	Sefton	England	8,401
25	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	8,327
26	Hackney	England	8,254
27	Lambeth	England	8,081
28	Southwark	England	7,910
29	Bristol, City of	England	7,840
30	Dorset	England	7,835
31	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	7,812
32	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	7,798
33	Wigan	England	7,749
34	Haringey	England	7,660
35	Tower Hamlets	England	7,615
36	Wiltshire	England	7,585
37	Croydon	England	7,564
38	Kingston upon Hull, City of	England	7,526
39	Bolton	England	7,512
40	Dudley	England	7,481
41	Wakefield	England	7,478
42	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	7,476
43	Fife	Scotland	7,460
44	Doncaster	England	7,457
45	Northumberland	England	7,455
46	Wolverhampton	England	7,443
47	Walsall	England	7,396
48	Cardiff	Wales	7,358
49	Nottingham	England	7,336
50	Coventry	England	7,013
51	Shropshire	England	6,823
52	Greenwich	England	6,671
53	Lewisham	England	6,653
54	Buckinghamshire	England	6,622
55	Swansea	Wales	6,602
56	Hounslow	England	6,592
56	Redbridge	England	6,592
58	Camden	England	6,551
59	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	6,545
60	Cheshire West and Chester	England	6,538
61	West Northamptonshire	England	6,526
62	Westminster	England	6,483
63	Rotherham	England	6,466
64	Islington	England	6,457
65	North Northamptonshire	England	6,299
66	Salford	England	6,298
67	Stoke-on-Trent	England	6,210
68	Barnsley	England	6,128
69	Waltham Forest	England	5,988
70	Brighton and Hove	England	5,941
71	Wandsworth	England	5,936
72	Plymouth	England	5,908
73	Cheshire East	England	5,881
74	Gateshead	England	5,835
75	Cumberland	England	5,824
76	Rochdale	England	5,758
77	Harrow	England	5,744
78	Hillingdon	England	5,728
79	Knowsley	England	5,714
80	Stockport	England	5,658
81	Tameside	England	5,624
82	Derby	England	5,502
83	Oldham	England	5,501
84	North Tyneside	England	5,327
85	East Suffolk	England	5,280
86	South Tyneside	England	5,218
87	Carmarthenshire	Wales	5,201
88	Bromley	England	5,186
89	Blackpool	England	5,164
90	Caerphilly	Wales	5,111
91	Highland	Scotland	5,020
92	Medway	England	4,984
93	Barking and Dagenham	England	4,953
94	Southampton	England	4,877
95	Hammersmith and Fulham	England	4,830
96	Tendring	England	4,813
97	Stockton-on-Tees	England	4,742
98	East Lindsey	England	4,732
99	Torbay	England	4,717
100	St. Helens	England	4,685
101	Havering	England	4,667
102	North East Lincolnshire	England	4,608
103	Kensington and Chelsea	England	4,550
104	Luton	England	4,518
105	Peterborough	England	4,478
106	North Ayrshire	Scotland	4,472
107	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	4,471
108	Milton Keynes	England	4,461
109	Thanet	England	4,400
110	Redcar and Cleveland	England	4,383
111	Renfrewshire	Scotland	4,364
112	Calderdale	England	4,360
113	Portsmouth	England	4,287
114	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	4,265
115	Middlesbrough	England	4,246
116	Trafford	England	4,211
117	Southend-on-Sea	England	4,189
118	North Somerset	England	4,143
119	Telford and Wrekin	England	4,140
120	Westmorland and Furness	England	4,085
121	Bexley	England	4,026
122	Dundee City	Scotland	4,011
123	Bury	England	3,983
124	Swindon	England	3,945
125	Isle of Wight	England	3,934
126	Solihull	England	3,886
127	North Lincolnshire	England	3,870
128	Central Bedfordshire	England	3,847
129	Herefordshire, County of	England	3,839
130	Arun	England	3,833
131	Blackburn with Darwen	England	3,804
132	Newport	Wales	3,803
133	West Lothian	Scotland	3,759
134	Basildon	England	3,722
135	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	England	3,720
136	Warrington	England	3,696
137	South Gloucestershire	England	3,665
138	Merton	England	3,629
139	Bridgend	Wales	3,592
140	Conwy	Wales	3,588
141	Falkirk	Scotland	3,518
142	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	3,508
143	Pembrokeshire	Wales	3,488
144	Hartlepool	England	3,469
145	East Ayrshire	Scotland	3,436
146	Flintshire	Wales	3,425
147	Powys	Wales	3,396
148	Sutton	England	3,391
149	Halton	England	3,389
150	Wrexham	Wales	3,315
151	Norwich	England	3,299
152	Aberdeen City	Scotland	3,284
153	Gwynedd	Wales	3,253
154	Preston	England	3,176
155	Wyre	England	3,151
156	Swale	England	3,126
157	Great Yarmouth	England	3,122
158	New Forest	England	3,085
159	Canterbury	England	3,083
160	Teignbridge	England	3,064
161	East Devon	England	3,052
162	Lancaster	England	3,042
163	Thurrock	England	3,041
164	Reading	England	3,015
165	Denbighshire	Wales	2,999
166	Breckland	England	2,994
167	Colchester	England	2,989
168	Folkestone and Hythe	England	2,970
169	Bedford	England	2,936
170	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	2,920
171	South Ayrshire	Scotland	2,889
172	Hastings	England	2,888
173	Slough	England	2,867
174	Bath and North East Somerset	England	2,863
175	West Suffolk	England	2,839
176	Maidstone	England	2,824
177	Eastbourne	England	2,798
178	Charnwood	England	2,793
179	York	England	2,786
180	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	2,782
181	Richmond upon Thames	England	2,750
182	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	2,747
183	Havant	England	2,739
183	Wealden	England	2,739
185	West Lancashire	England	2,734
186	Chesterfield	England	2,727
187	Ashford	England	2,726
188	Nuneaton and Bedworth	England	2,716
189	North Norfolk	England	2,709
190	Ashfield	England	2,704
191	Bassetlaw	England	2,633
192	Dover	England	2,630
193	Darlington	England	2,618
194	Ipswich	England	2,615
195	Fenland	England	2,566
195	Kingston upon Thames	England	2,566
197	Torfaen	Wales	2,563
198	Braintree	England	2,562
199	Inverclyde	Scotland	2,549
200	Epping Forest	England	2,541
201	Scottish Borders	Scotland	2,493
202	Amber Valley	England	2,488
203	Rother	England	2,477
204	South Kesteven	England	2,476
205	Newcastle-under-Lyme	England	2,449
206	Rushmoor	England	2,438
207	Pendle	England	2,427
208	Burnley	England	2,410
209	Angus	Scotland	2,400
210	Wyre Forest	England	2,388
211	South Norfolk	England	2,387
212	Huntingdonshire	England	2,384
213	Chelmsford	England	2,363
214	Worthing	England	2,311
215	Wychavon	England	2,308
216	Mansfield	England	2,298
217	South Staffordshire	England	2,285
218	Chichester	England	2,276
218	Gloucester	England	2,276
220	Exeter	England	2,273
221	North Devon	England	2,270
222	North East Derbyshire	England	2,269
223	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	2,262
224	Basingstoke and Deane	England	2,259
224	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	2,259
226	Erewash	England	2,247
227	Stratford-on-Avon	England	2,246
228	Newark and Sherwood	England	2,243
229	Broadland	England	2,200
230	North Kesteven	England	2,190
231	Dacorum	England	2,177
232	Cannock Chase	England	2,159
233	Lewes	England	2,149
234	South Holland	England	2,144
235	Hyndburn	England	2,125
236	Lincoln	England	2,076
237	Gedling	England	2,064
238	Broxtowe	England	2,037
239	West Berkshire	England	2,026
240	Stafford	England	2,022
241	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	2,016
242	Cherwell	England	2,006
243	Castle Point	England	2,005
244	Chorley	England	2,001
245	Oxford	England	1,994
246	East Staffordshire	England	1,980
246	West Lindsey	England	1,980
248	Warwick	England	1,968
249	Fylde	England	1,962
250	East Lothian	Scotland	1,949
251	North Hertfordshire	England	1,916
252	Horsham	England	1,913
253	Bolsover	England	1,912
253	Gravesham	England	1,912
255	South Hams	England	1,901
256	South Cambridgeshire	England	1,899
257	Windsor and Maidenhead	England	1,885
258	South Ribble	England	1,884
259	Broxbourne	England	1,877
260	Boston	England	1,867
261	Hertsmere	England	1,861
262	Worcester	England	1,856
263	Monmouthshire	Wales	1,836
264	Ceredigion	Wales	1,825
265	Stroud	England	1,808
266	Crawley	England	1,800
267	Elmbridge	England	1,797
268	Mid Sussex	England	1,794
269	Forest of Dean	England	1,777
270	Sevenoaks	England	1,772
271	Harlow	England	1,770
272	Moray	Scotland	1,766
273	Hinckley and Bosworth	England	1,762
274	Lichfield	England	1,757
275	Reigate and Banstead	England	1,756
275	Torridge	England	1,756
277	Cheltenham	England	1,752
278	East Hertfordshire	England	1,748
279	Tonbridge and Malling	England	1,747
280	High Peak	England	1,735
281	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	1,729
282	Eastleigh	England	1,726
283	Midlothian	Scotland	1,723
284	Staffordshire Moorlands	England	1,717
285	Redditch	England	1,709
286	Test Valley	England	1,665
287	Stirling	Scotland	1,661
288	South Oxfordshire	England	1,647
289	Babergh	England	1,643
290	Tamworth	England	1,642
290	Tunbridge Wells	England	1,642
292	Malvern Hills	England	1,641
293	Rugby	England	1,634
294	Welwyn Hatfield	England	1,633
295	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	1,622
295	Winchester	England	1,622
297	Cambridge	England	1,600
298	Blaby	England	1,598
299	Mid Devon	England	1,588
299	Rossendale	England	1,588
301	North West Leicestershire	England	1,580
302	East Hampshire	England	1,579
303	Waverley	England	1,573
304	Mid Suffolk	England	1,567
304	South Derbyshire	England	1,567
306	Rushcliffe	England	1,558
307	Gosport	England	1,553
308	Bracknell Forest	England	1,548
309	Fareham	England	1,514
310	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	1,507
311	Dartford	England	1,490
312	Guildford	England	1,487
313	St Albans	England	1,486
314	Cotswold	England	1,480
315	Stevenage	England	1,479
316	Wokingham	England	1,475
317	Watford	England	1,470
318	Vale of White Horse	England	1,466
319	Spelthorne	England	1,462
320	Rochford	England	1,451
321	Bromsgrove	England	1,428
322	Tewkesbury	England	1,419
323	West Oxfordshire	England	1,399
324	Adur	England	1,393
325	East Cambridgeshire	England	1,379
326	Maldon	England	1,291
327	Harborough	England	1,266
328	Three Rivers	England	1,260
329	North Warwickshire	England	1,258
330	Woking	England	1,245
331	West Devon	England	1,198
332	Derbyshire Dales	England	1,161
333	Uttlesford	England	1,154
334	Runnymede	England	1,149
335	Tandridge	England	1,132
336	Brentwood	England	1,128
337	Clackmannanshire	Scotland	1,088
338	Mole Valley	England	1,086
339	Oadby and Wigston	England	1,045
340	Surrey Heath	England	1,038
341	HartLowest 10	England	965
342	Epsom and EwellLowest 10	England	930
343	Na h-Eileanan SiarLowest 10	Scotland	882
344	Ribble ValleyLowest 10	England	836
345	MeltonLowest 10	England	783
346	RutlandLowest 10	England	569
347	Orkney IslandsLowest 10	Scotland	398
348	Shetland IslandsLowest 10	Scotland	314
349	City of LondonLowest 10	England	99
350	Isles of ScillyLowest 10	England	24

Limits and sources

Rates per 1,000 people use the mid-2024 population estimates, the latest for every area.

State Pension age is 66. It rises to 67 between 2026 and 2028. Counts from benefit records can be higher than population estimates.

1Department for Work and Pensions. Stat-Xplore benefit caseloads and awards. Published 6 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
2Office for National Statistics. Population estimates by local authority (Nomis NM_2002_1). Published 5 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
3Office for National Statistics. Population estimates by 2024 parliamentary constituency (Nomis NM_2014_1). Published 5 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
4National Records of Scotland. Population estimates for other geographies, mid-2011 to mid-2024. Published 31 August 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.