Rankings · Universal Credit

People aged 16 to 64 on Universal Credit, total

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.^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 16 to 64

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ConstituenciesLocal authorities

632 constituencies ranked, May 2026

Great Britain: 8,145,172 total

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Universal Credit, total, May 2026, constituencies
		Region
1	Birmingham LadywoodHighest 10	West Midlands	39,560
2	TottenhamHighest 10	London	32,617
3	Birmingham Perry BarrHighest 10	West Midlands	32,009
4	Brent EastHighest 10	London	29,753
5	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull NorthHighest 10	West Midlands	29,278
6	Bradford WestHighest 10	Yorkshire and The Humber	29,238
7	Birmingham ErdingtonHighest 10	West Midlands	28,569
8	Leeds SouthHighest 10	Yorkshire and The Humber	27,913
9	Bradford EastHighest 10	Yorkshire and The Humber	27,904
10	West Ham and BecktonHighest 10	London	27,878
11	Bethnal Green and Stepney	London	27,546
12	Barking	London	26,815
13	Edmonton and Winchmore Hill	London	26,660
14	Birmingham Yardley	West Midlands	26,528
15	Walsall and Bloxwich	West Midlands	26,397
16	Poplar and Limehouse	London	26,204
17	Enfield North	London	26,202
18	Liverpool Riverside	North West	26,153
19	Bolton South and Walkden	North West	26,026
20	Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley	West Midlands	25,829
21	East Ham	London	25,792
22	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	London	25,526
23	Blackpool South	North West	25,460
24	Wolverhampton South East	West Midlands	25,459
25	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	Yorkshire and The Humber	25,350
26	Glasgow North East	Scotland	24,824
27	Blackley and Middleton South	North West	24,709
28	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East	North East	24,657
29	Croydon West	London	24,526
30	Gorton and Denton	North West	24,410
31	Derby South	East Midlands	24,261
32	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West	North East	24,228
33	Queen's Park and Maida Vale	London	24,061
34	Blackburn	North West	23,891
35	Peterborough	East of England	23,880
36	Leicester West	East Midlands	23,749
37	Salford	North West	23,280
38	Coventry East	West Midlands	23,130
39	Erith and Thamesmead	London	22,981
40	Stratford and Bow	London	22,928
41	Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton	North West	22,852
42	Manchester Central	North West	22,737
43	Nottingham East	East Midlands	22,604
44	Ealing North	London	22,411
45	Feltham and Heston	London	22,208
46	Ilford South	London	22,156
47	Nottingham North and Kimberley	East Midlands	22,091
48	Tipton and Wednesbury	West Midlands	22,069
49	Southgate and Wood Green	London	22,043
50	Bradford South	Yorkshire and The Humber	21,879
51	Luton South and South Bedfordshire	East of England	21,838
52	Liverpool Walton	North West	21,681
53	Manchester Rusholme	North West	21,553
54	Hayes and Harlington	London	21,508
55	Lewisham East	London	21,334
56	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	21,307
57	Hendon	London	21,258
58	Glasgow East	Scotland	21,257
59	Hackney South and Shoreditch	London	21,237
60	Birmingham Northfield	West Midlands	21,166
61	Dewsbury and Batley	Yorkshire and The Humber	21,135
62	Burnley	North West	21,110
63	Kingston upon Hull East	Yorkshire and The Humber	21,094
64	Preston	North West	21,021
65	Stoke-on-Trent Central	West Midlands	20,915
66	Ealing Southall	London	20,910
67	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes	Yorkshire and The Humber	20,884
68	Smethwick	West Midlands	20,795
69	Leeds East	Yorkshire and The Humber	20,627
70	Slough	South East	20,544
71	Rochdale	North West	20,513
72	Leicester South	East Midlands	20,330
73	Birkenhead	North West	20,269
74	Huddersfield	Yorkshire and The Humber	20,174
75	Brent West	London	20,171
76	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	North East	20,140
77	Walthamstow	London	20,124
78	Bootle	North West	20,088
79	Bolton North East	North West	20,022
80	Dagenham and Rainham	London	19,972
81	Ealing Central and Acton	London	19,828
82	Birmingham Edgbaston	West Midlands	19,744
83	Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham	Yorkshire and The Humber	19,674
84	Leicester East	East Midlands	19,615
85	Sheffield Heeley	Yorkshire and The Humber	19,605
86	Swansea West	Wales	19,481
87	Halifax	Yorkshire and The Humber	19,419
88	Wythenshawe and Sale East	North West	19,394
89	Peckham	London	19,365
90	Northampton North	East Midlands	19,151
91	Oldham East and Saddleworth	North West	19,117
92	Islington South and Finsbury	London	19,099
93	Boston and Skegness	East Midlands	19,042
94	Wolverhampton North East	West Midlands	18,950
95	Newport East	Wales	18,924
96	Brentford and Isleworth	London	18,812
97	East Thanet	South East	18,808
98	Doncaster Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	18,805
99	Lewisham North	London	18,747
100	Islington North	London	18,594
101	Glasgow South West	Scotland	18,502
102	Barnsley South	Yorkshire and The Humber	18,487
103	Easington	North East	18,442
104	Liverpool West Derby	North West	18,358
105	Glasgow North	Scotland	18,304
106	Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney	Wales	18,288
107	Streatham and Croydon North	London	18,282
108	Knowsley	North West	18,215
109	Hartlepool	North East	18,060
110	West Bromwich	West Midlands	18,011
111	Plymouth Sutton and Devonport	South West	17,951
112	Ashton-under-Lyne	North West	17,946
113	Stockton North	North East	17,845
114	Heywood and Middleton North	North West	17,780
115	Telford	West Midlands	17,750
116	Blyth and Ashington	North East	17,486
117	Cardiff East	Wales	17,419
118	Holborn and St Pancras	London	17,395
119	Rhondda and Ogmore	Wales	17,379
120	Mitcham and Morden	London	17,366
121	Harrow West	London	17,329
122	Dundee Central	Scotland	17,285
123	Houghton and Sunderland South	North East	17,218
124	Greenwich and Woolwich	London	17,183
125	Ipswich	East of England	17,155
126	Sheffield South East	Yorkshire and The Humber	17,073
127	Liverpool Wavertree	North West	17,064
128	Glenrothes and Mid Fife	Scotland	17,029
129	Birmingham Selly Oak	West Midlands	16,976
130	Hyndburn	North West	16,962
131	Wolverhampton West	West Midlands	16,961
132	Dudley	West Midlands	16,957
133	Portsmouth South	South East	16,910
134	Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare	Wales	16,903
135	Hastings and Rye	South East	16,885
136	Great Yarmouth	East of England	16,834
137	Finchley and Golders Green	London	16,781
138	Luton North	East of England	16,739
139	Vauxhall and Camberwell Green	London	16,672
140	Milton Keynes Central	South East	16,560
141	Aberafan Maesteg	Wales	16,532
142	Southampton Test	South East	16,495
143	Bedford	East of England	16,485
144	Stockport	North West	16,467
145	Stoke-on-Trent North	West Midlands	16,415
146	Glasgow West	Scotland	16,292
147	Crawley	South East	16,230
148	Clwyd North	Wales	16,224
149	Croydon East	London	16,204
150	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	South East	16,167
151	Southend East and Rochford	East of England	16,134
152	Bristol South	South West	16,107
153	Pendle and Clitheroe	North West	16,095
154	Thurrock	East of England	16,078
155	Barnsley North	Yorkshire and The Humber	16,015
156	Cardiff West	Wales	15,978
157	Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice	Yorkshire and The Humber	15,918
158	Leigh and Atherton	North West	15,877
159	Lincoln	East Midlands	15,813
160	Jarrow and Gateshead East	North East	15,806
161	Nottingham South	East Midlands	15,790
162	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	15,753
163	Sunderland Central	North East	15,671
164	Leyton and Wanstead	London	15,652
165	Bury South	North West	15,626
166	Mansfield	East Midlands	15,610
167	Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley	Yorkshire and The Humber	15,607
168	Dulwich and West Norwood	London	15,604
169	Doncaster North	Yorkshire and The Humber	15,590
170	Southampton Itchen	South East	15,572
171	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	London	15,542
172	Coventry South	West Midlands	15,535
173	Redcar	North East	15,531
174	Washington and Gateshead South	North East	15,524
175	Wigan	North West	15,487
176	Gloucester	South West	15,459
177	Wakefield and Rothwell	Yorkshire and The Humber	15,419
178	Ilford North	London	15,369
179	Leeds West and Pudsey	Yorkshire and The Humber	15,316
180	Bristol East	South West	15,311
181	Scunthorpe	Yorkshire and The Humber	15,282
182	Wallasey	North West	15,267
183	Clacton	East of England	15,172
184	Normanton and Hemsworth	Yorkshire and The Humber	15,135
185	Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor	North East	15,041
186	Gateshead Central and Whickham	North East	14,956
187	Stalybridge and Hyde	North West	14,890
188	South Shields	North East	14,854
189	Worsley and Eccles	North West	14,837
190	Torfaen	Wales	14,764
191	Rawmarsh and Conisbrough	Yorkshire and The Humber	14,735
192	St Helens South and Whiston	North West	14,734
193	Torbay	South West	14,720
194	Aberdeen North	Scotland	14,691
194	Harlow	East of England	14,691
196	Hammersmith and Chiswick	London	14,688
197	Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven	South East	14,685
198	Derby North	East Midlands	14,676
199	Plymouth Moor View	South West	14,675
200	Neath and Swansea East	Wales	14,643
201	Norwich South	East of England	14,635
202	Coventry North West	West Midlands	14,576
203	Coatbridge and Bellshill	Scotland	14,543
204	Glasgow South	Scotland	14,530
205	Eastbourne	South East	14,300
206	Airdrie and Shotts	Scotland	14,290
207	Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke	Scotland	14,274
208	Wellingborough and Rushden	East Midlands	14,200
209	St Helens North	North West	14,150
210	North Ayrshire and Arran	Scotland	14,133
211	Clapham and Brixton Hill	London	14,105
212	Darlington	North East	14,086
213	Bury North	North West	14,068
214	Burton and Uttoxeter	West Midlands	14,065
215	North West Cambridgeshire	East of England	14,037
216	Caerphilly	Wales	13,981
217	Kensington and Bayswater	London	13,980
218	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Scotland	13,964
219	Chatham and Aylesford	South East	13,955
220	Gravesham	South East	13,922
221	Basildon and Billericay	East of England	13,920
222	Colchester	East of England	13,918
223	Swindon South	South West	13,887
224	Ashfield	East Midlands	13,851
225	Eltham and Chislehurst	London	13,843
226	Dover and Deal	South East	13,808
227	Lowestoft	East of England	13,769
228	Uxbridge and South Ruislip	London	13,733
229	Corby and East Northamptonshire	East Midlands	13,727
230	Nuneaton	West Midlands	13,724
231	Pontypridd	Wales	13,685
232	Edinburgh North and Leith	Scotland	13,676
233	Crewe and Nantwich	North West	13,659
234	Bournemouth West	South West	13,634
235	Bolsover	East Midlands	13,587
236	Bournemouth East	South West	13,565
237	Stretford and Urmston	North West	13,549
238	Llanelli	Wales	13,540
239	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Scotland	13,531
240	North Durham	North East	13,472
241	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	13,467
242	Bishop Auckland	North East	13,444
243	Livingston	Scotland	13,435
244	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	North East	13,400
245	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Scotland	13,388
246	Widnes and Halewood	North West	13,335
247	Hamilton and Clyde Valley	Scotland	13,319
248	Bristol North East	South West	13,297
249	Hampstead and Highgate	London	13,247
250	Liverpool Garston	North West	13,237
251	Runcorn and Helsby	North West	13,213
252	Cardiff South and Penarth	Wales	13,140
253	Keighley and Ilkley	Yorkshire and The Humber	13,122
254	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Scotland	13,101
255	Watford	East of England	13,100
256	Harrow East	London	13,082
257	North East Cambridgeshire	East of England	13,059
258	Reading Central	South East	13,055
259	Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy	Scotland	13,050
260	Camborne and Redruth	South West	13,015
261	St Austell and Newquay	South West	13,010
262	Mid and South Pembrokeshire	Wales	12,993
263	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	South East	12,973
264	Rossendale and Darwen	North West	12,964
265	Kettering	East Midlands	12,914
265	Lewisham West and East Dulwich	London	12,914
267	Rochester and Strood	South East	12,888
268	Halesowen	West Midlands	12,860
269	Weston-super-Mare	South West	12,859
270	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	North West	12,857
271	Chesterfield	East Midlands	12,848
272	Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West	Scotland	12,824
273	Alloa and Grangemouth	Scotland	12,753
274	Ellesmere Port and Bromborough	North West	12,719
275	Portsmouth North	South East	12,669
276	Stourbridge	West Midlands	12,638
277	Falkirk	Scotland	12,628
278	Gillingham and Rainham	South East	12,605
279	Hemel Hempstead	East of England	12,602
280	Romford	London	12,574
281	Scarborough and Whitby	Yorkshire and The Humber	12,568
282	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Scotland	12,560
283	Wrexham	Wales	12,505
284	Arbroath and Broughty Ferry	Scotland	12,484
285	Erewash	East Midlands	12,472
286	Putney	London	12,448
287	Newport West and Islwyn	Wales	12,412
288	Ashford	South East	12,408
289	Oxford East	South East	12,389
290	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	12,348
291	South Basildon and East Thurrock	East of England	12,328
292	Norwich North	East of England	12,293
293	Broxbourne	East of England	12,279
294	Chingford and Woodford Green	London	12,237
295	Bathgate and Linlithgow	Scotland	12,228
296	Carshalton and Wallington	London	12,199
297	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	12,175
298	Cities of London and Westminster	London	12,161
299	Rutherglen	Scotland	12,094
300	Hove and Portslade	South East	12,055
301	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	12,046
302	Bridgwater	South West	12,017
303	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	11,988
304	Leeds Central and Headingley	Yorkshire and The Humber	11,972
305	Warrington North	North West	11,955
306	Havant	South East	11,947
307	Sherwood Forest	East Midlands	11,941
308	South Holland and The Deepings	East Midlands	11,935
309	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	11,925
310	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	11,904
311	Makerfield	North West	11,871
312	North West Norfolk	East of England	11,850
313	Stevenage	East of England	11,831
314	Dartford	South East	11,817
315	Chelsea and Fulham	London	11,812
316	Bristol North West	South West	11,793
317	Central Ayrshire	Scotland	11,752
318	Brighton Pavilion	South East	11,730
319	Worcester	West Midlands	11,725
320	Alyn and Deeside	Wales	11,714
321	Bolton West	North West	11,699
322	Wycombe	South East	11,695
323	Hornsey and Friern Barnet	London	11,682
324	Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard	East of England	11,626
325	Chipping Barnet	London	11,616
326	Meriden and Solihull East	West Midlands	11,583
327	Carlisle	North West	11,581
328	Aylesbury	South East	11,481
329	Herne Bay and Sandwich	South East	11,479
330	Redditch	West Midlands	11,477
331	Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr	Wales	11,418
331	Swindon North	South West	11,418
333	Spen Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	11,408
334	The Wrekin	West Midlands	11,383
335	Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch	Scotland	11,372
336	Maidstone and Malling	South East	11,363
337	Blaydon and Consett	North East	11,314
338	Amber Valley	East Midlands	11,297
339	Buckingham and Bletchley	South East	11,295
340	Canterbury	South East	11,291
341	Whitehaven and Workington	North West	11,285
342	Stoke-on-Trent South	West Midlands	11,265
343	Northampton South	East Midlands	11,262
344	Mid Cheshire	North West	11,253
345	Tooting	London	11,243
346	North Cornwall	South West	11,237
347	Basingstoke	South East	11,217
348	Midlothian	Scotland	11,181
349	Aberdeenshire North and Moray East	Scotland	11,167
350	South Dorset	South West	11,156
351	West Lancashire	North West	11,138
352	Edinburgh South West	Scotland	11,127
353	Gosport	South East	11,109
354	Leeds South West and Morley	Yorkshire and The Humber	11,093
355	Louth and Horncastle	East Midlands	11,084
356	North Warwickshire and Bedworth	West Midlands	11,014
357	Kingston and Surbiton	London	10,909
358	Tamworth	West Midlands	10,867
359	Faversham and Mid Kent	South East	10,859
360	Gedling	East Midlands	10,846
361	Aldershot	South East	10,833
362	Yeovil	South West	10,796
363	Southport	North West	10,791
364	Cramlington and Killingworth	North East	10,788
365	South West Norfolk	East of England	10,754
366	Rugby	West Midlands	10,739
367	Hornchurch and Upminster	London	10,701
368	Angus and Perthshire Glens	Scotland	10,697
369	West Suffolk	East of England	10,689
370	Bridlington and The Wolds	Yorkshire and The Humber	10,661
371	Battersea	London	10,633
372	Bridgend	Wales	10,591
373	Rother Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	10,588
374	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Scotland	10,585
375	Milton Keynes North	South East	10,571
376	Taunton and Wellington	South West	10,564
377	Chorley	North West	10,559
378	Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire	Scotland	10,541
379	Morecambe and Lunesdale	North West	10,516
380	Chichester	South East	10,470
381	Gainsborough	East Midlands	10,466
381	North Devon	South West	10,466
383	Hertsmere	East of England	10,451
384	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	10,449
385	Southend West and Leigh	East of England	10,434
386	Caerfyrddin	Wales	10,381
387	Spelthorne	South East	10,366
388	Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme	Yorkshire and The Humber	10,352
389	York Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	10,346
390	Bangor Aberconwy	Wales	10,295
391	Dunfermline and Dollar	Scotland	10,258
392	Grantham and Bourne	East Midlands	10,240
393	Bexleyheath and Crayford	London	10,224
394	Leeds North East	Yorkshire and The Humber	10,222
395	City of Durham	North East	10,159
396	Calder Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	10,158
397	Tynemouth	North East	10,125
398	Croydon South	London	10,082
399	Barrow and Furness	North West	10,073
400	Exeter	South West	10,016
401	Worthing West	South East	10,005
402	Newark	East Midlands	9,997
403	Beckenham and Penge	London	9,989
404	Perth and Kinross-shire	Scotland	9,962
405	East Kilbride and Strathaven	Scotland	9,942
405	Poole	South West	9,942
407	Clwyd East	Wales	9,939
408	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Wales	9,928
409	Sheffield Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	9,877
410	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Scotland	9,854
411	St Ives	South West	9,824
412	South West Wiltshire	South West	9,809
413	Lothian East	Scotland	9,800
414	Exmouth and Exeter East	South West	9,777
415	Ceredigion Preseli	Wales	9,718
416	North West Hampshire	South East	9,686
417	South East Cornwall	South West	9,671
418	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	9,661
419	Droitwich and Evesham	West Midlands	9,659
420	Manchester Withington	North West	9,639
421	Chelmsford	East of England	9,632
422	Aberdeen South	Scotland	9,595
423	Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe	Wales	9,547
424	Loughborough	East Midlands	9,545
425	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	9,532
426	Cambridge	East of England	9,518
426	Hereford and South Herefordshire	West Midlands	9,518
428	Witham	East of England	9,493
429	Gower	Wales	9,444
430	Harwich and North Essex	East of England	9,434
431	East Worthing and Shoreham	South East	9,423
432	Shipley	Yorkshire and The Humber	9,399
433	Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey	Scotland	9,390
434	Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket	East of England	9,382
435	Torridge and Tavistock	South West	9,374
436	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	9,360
436	Warwick and Leamington	West Midlands	9,360
438	Braintree	East of England	9,351
439	Warrington South	North West	9,332
440	North Shropshire	West Midlands	9,311
441	Stafford	West Midlands	9,290
442	Broxtowe	East Midlands	9,279
443	Banbury	South East	9,223
444	Aldridge-Brownhills	West Midlands	9,209
445	Shrewsbury	West Midlands	9,207
446	Isle of Wight East	South East	9,186
447	Lewes	South East	9,152
448	Bracknell	South East	9,127
449	Stirling and Strathallan	Scotland	9,113
450	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	Scotland	9,096
451	Epping Forest	East of England	9,060
452	Chester North and Neston	North West	9,059
453	Orpington	London	9,056
454	Hazel Grove	North West	9,020
455	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	8,985
456	Newton Abbot	South West	8,966
457	Tiverton and Minehead	South West	8,948
458	Truro and Falmouth	South West	8,947
459	Daventry	East Midlands	8,868
460	Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber	Scotland	8,842
461	Bexhill and Battle	South East	8,823
462	Sutton and Cheam	London	8,761
463	Forest of Dean	South West	8,748
464	Filton and Bradley Stoke	South West	8,736
465	Newcastle upon Tyne North	North East	8,708
466	Didcot and Wantage	South East	8,698
467	South Devon	South West	8,694
468	Fylde	North West	8,638
469	Melton and Syston	East Midlands	8,603
470	Lancaster and Wyre	North West	8,574
471	Tunbridge Wells	South East	8,538
472	Selby	Yorkshire and The Humber	8,530
473	Cheltenham	South West	8,520
474	Huntingdon	East of England	8,515
475	Mid Norfolk	East of England	8,507
476	High Peak	East Midlands	8,456
477	North East Hertfordshire	East of England	8,442
478	Ynys Môn	Wales	8,439
479	Ely and East Cambridgeshire	East of England	8,437
480	Windsor	South East	8,429
481	North Northumberland	North East	8,420
482	North Bedfordshire	East of England	8,397
483	St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire	East of England	8,392
484	West Worcestershire	West Midlands	8,371
485	Isle of Wight West	South East	8,339
486	Colne Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	8,249
487	Chippenham	South West	8,242
488	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	8,225
489	North Norfolk	East of England	8,186
490	Frome and East Somerset	South West	8,185
491	Central Devon	South West	8,181
492	Tewkesbury	South West	8,178
493	Fareham and Waterlooville	South East	8,154
494	Sleaford and North Hykeham	East Midlands	8,140
495	Woking	South East	8,132
496	Earley and Woodley	South East	8,123
497	North East Fife	Scotland	8,086
498	Weald of Kent	South East	8,078
499	Newbury	South East	8,076
500	Brigg and Immingham	Yorkshire and The Humber	8,023
501	Lichfield	West Midlands	8,016
502	Ossett and Denby Dale	Yorkshire and The Humber	7,975
503	Monmouthshire	Wales	7,963
504	Hertford and Stortford	East of England	7,939
505	Glastonbury and Somerton	South West	7,907
506	Suffolk Coastal	East of England	7,906
507	South Ribble	North West	7,880
508	Penrith and Solway	North West	7,876
509	Thornbury and Yate	South West	7,861
510	Thirsk and Malton	Yorkshire and The Humber	7,833
511	Cardiff North	Wales	7,826
512	Runnymede and Weybridge	South East	7,821
513	West Dorset	South West	7,806
514	Hamble Valley	South East	7,777
515	Wimbledon	London	7,733
516	South Suffolk	East of England	7,725
517	Stroud	South West	7,714
518	Reading West and Mid Berkshire	South East	7,705
519	Castle Point	East of England	7,679
520	Bath	South West	7,677
521	Broadland and Fakenham	East of England	7,641
522	Salisbury	South West	7,640
523	Penistone and Stocksbridge	Yorkshire and The Humber	7,623
524	Melksham and Devizes	South West	7,601
525	St Albans	East of England	7,599
526	Bromley and Biggin Hill	London	7,545
527	East Wiltshire	South West	7,526
528	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Yorkshire and The Humber	7,523
529	East Surrey	South East	7,515
530	Maldon	East of England	7,495
531	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	7,489
532	Witney	South East	7,474
533	Eastleigh	South East	7,463
534	Beverley and Holderness	Yorkshire and The Humber	7,453
535	South Norfolk	East of England	7,449
536	Tonbridge	South East	7,440
537	Hitchin	East of England	7,425
538	Edinburgh West	Scotland	7,405
539	North West Essex	East of England	7,386
540	Mid Leicestershire	East Midlands	7,363
541	Macclesfield	North West	7,326
542	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner	London	7,310
543	Ribble Valley	North West	7,300
544	Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge	West Midlands	7,299
544	Waveney Valley	East of England	7,299
546	Twickenham	London	7,283
547	Goole and Pocklington	Yorkshire and The Humber	7,279
548	Bicester and Woodstock	South East	7,260
549	North Herefordshire	West Midlands	7,245
550	South Leicestershire	East Midlands	7,210
551	New Forest East	South East	7,203
552	North Dorset	South West	7,195
553	Mid Dorset and North Poole	South West	7,192
554	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	7,139
554	Edinburgh South	Scotland	7,139
556	Bristol Central	South West	7,129
557	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	East of England	7,128
558	Old Bexley and Sidcup	London	7,087
559	Mid Bedfordshire	East of England	7,066
560	Richmond Park	London	7,049
561	Romsey and Southampton North	South East	7,030
562	Reigate	South East	7,023
563	South Shropshire	West Midlands	7,013
564	South West Hertfordshire	East of England	6,995
565	Horsham	South East	6,990
566	South West Devon	South West	6,984
567	Epsom and Ewell	South East	6,969
568	Sussex Weald	South East	6,934
569	Sevenoaks	South East	6,915
570	Hexham	North East	6,908
571	Honiton and Sidmouth	South West	6,872
572	Wells and Mendip Hills	South West	6,832
573	Winchester	South East	6,817
574	Brentwood and Ongar	East of England	6,810
575	Mid Sussex	South East	6,797
576	North Cotswolds	South West	6,793
577	Congleton	North West	6,784
578	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	6,780
579	Richmond and Northallerton	Yorkshire and The Humber	6,761
580	Solihull West and Shirley	West Midlands	6,747
581	Sefton Central	North West	6,719
582	Esher and Walton	South East	6,664
583	Maidenhead	South East	6,612
584	North East Somerset and Hanham	South West	6,608
585	Guildford	South East	6,525
586	East Grinstead and Uckfield	South East	6,509
587	Kingswinford and South Staffordshire	West Midlands	6,476
588	Farnham and Bordon	South East	6,435
589	Sutton Coldfield	West Midlands	6,414
590	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	6,404
591	Leeds North West	Yorkshire and The Humber	6,393
592	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	6,387
593	Arundel and South Downs	South East	6,322
594	Stockton West	North East	6,308
595	Godalming and Ash	South East	6,292
596	Christchurch	South West	6,263
597	Skipton and Ripon	Yorkshire and The Humber	6,257
598	Rutland and Stamford	East Midlands	6,254
599	Rayleigh and Wickford	East of England	6,171
600	Altrincham and Sale West	North West	6,163
601	Dorking and Horley	South East	6,136
602	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	6,124
603	Surrey Heath	South East	6,117
604	South Northamptonshire	East Midlands	6,083
605	Beaconsfield	South East	6,073
606	New Forest West	South East	6,033
607	Chester South and Eddisbury	North West	6,027
608	Gordon and Buchan	Scotland	6,024
609	Oxford West and Abingdon	South East	6,011
610	Tatton	North West	6,010
611	Mid Derbyshire	East Midlands	5,988
612	East Hampshire	South East	5,959
613	Kenilworth and Southam	West Midlands	5,880
614	South Cotswolds	South West	5,860
615	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	5,803
616	Wirral West	North West	5,656
617	Cheadle	North West	5,581
618	Mid Dunbartonshire	Scotland	5,533
619	Chesham and Amersham	South East	5,477
619	North Somerset	South West	5,477
621	Mid Buckinghamshire	South East	5,439
622	Westmorland and Lonsdale	North West	5,437
623	WokinghamLowest 10	South East	5,402
624	West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLowest 10	Scotland	5,384
625	North East HampshireLowest 10	South East	5,284
626	Henley and ThameLowest 10	South East	5,134
627	York OuterLowest 10	Yorkshire and The Humber	4,962
628	Wetherby and EasingwoldLowest 10	Yorkshire and The Humber	4,760
629	Harpenden and BerkhamstedLowest 10	East of England	4,358
630	Sheffield HallamLowest 10	Yorkshire and The Humber	4,122
631	Orkney and ShetlandLowest 10	Scotland	3,282
632	Na h-Eileanan an IarLowest 10	Scotland	2,125

350 local authorities ranked, May 2026

Great Britain: 8,145,172 total

Nation350 shownSee it on the map

Universal Credit, total, May 2026, local authorities
		Nation
1	BirminghamHighest 10	England	241,990
2	Glasgow CityHighest 10	Scotland	117,372
3	ManchesterHighest 10	England	109,596
4	LeedsHighest 10	England	109,449
5	BradfordHighest 10	England	101,539
6	LiverpoolHighest 10	England	92,408
7	SheffieldHighest 10	England	81,231
8	County DurhamHighest 10	England	76,404
9	NewhamHighest 10	England	67,458
10	CornwallHighest 10	England	65,617
11	Leicester	England	63,695
12	Enfield	England	63,083
13	Tower Hamlets	England	62,886
14	Brent	England	62,813
15	Kirklees	England	62,562
16	Sandwell	England	61,658
17	Croydon	England	59,815
18	Ealing	England	59,371
19	Nottingham	England	59,162
20	Bristol, City of	England	58,737
21	Somerset	England	55,685
22	Coventry	England	53,236
23	Kingston upon Hull, City of	England	52,511
24	Barnet	England	52,457
25	Hackney	England	52,043
26	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	51,033
27	Cardiff	Wales	51,000
28	Wakefield	England	50,484
29	North Yorkshire	England	50,373
30	Haringey	England	50,367
31	Lewisham	England	49,736
32	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	49,642
33	Walsall	England	49,489
34	Bolton	England	49,262
35	Salford	England	48,785
36	Fife	Scotland	48,255
37	Doncaster	England	47,857
38	Wolverhampton	England	47,491
39	Lambeth	England	47,401
40	Southwark	England	46,422
41	Sunderland	England	45,860
42	Oldham	England	45,136
43	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	44,961
44	Wirral	England	44,611
45	Stoke-on-Trent	England	44,457
46	Dudley	England	44,300
47	Wigan	England	44,175
48	Greenwich	England	44,070
49	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	England	43,976
50	West Northamptonshire	England	43,681
51	Hounslow	England	43,355
52	Buckinghamshire	England	43,137
53	Barking and Dagenham	England	42,596
54	North Northamptonshire	England	42,528
55	Waltham Forest	England	42,255
56	Wiltshire	England	42,122
57	Derby	England	41,778
58	Rotherham	England	41,681
59	Rochdale	England	41,214
60	Redbridge	England	41,196
61	Hillingdon	England	40,027
62	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	39,892
63	Luton	England	37,459
64	Tameside	England	37,442
65	Barnsley	England	36,924
66	Sefton	England	36,781
67	Medway	England	36,543
68	Plymouth	England	36,542
69	Islington	England	36,307
70	Cheshire West and Chester	England	36,259
71	Northumberland	England	36,250
72	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	35,870
73	Brighton and Hove	England	35,788
74	Milton Keynes	England	35,446
75	Peterborough	England	35,193
76	Southampton	England	35,041
77	Swansea	Wales	34,865
78	Cheshire East	England	34,385
79	Wandsworth	England	34,323
80	Dorset	England	32,777
81	Stockport	England	31,074
82	Harrow	England	30,804
83	Camden	England	29,699
84	Blackpool	England	29,630
85	Portsmouth	England	29,584
86	Calderdale	England	29,575
87	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	29,568
88	Havering	England	29,557
89	Blackburn with Darwen	England	29,433
90	Cumberland	England	29,386
91	Bromley	England	29,128
92	Gateshead	England	29,027
93	Middlesbrough	England	28,438
94	Knowsley	England	28,009
95	Telford and Wrekin	England	27,419
96	Shropshire	England	27,247
97	Stockton-on-Tees	England	27,230
98	Westminster	England	27,188
99	St. Helens	England	27,019
100	Caerphilly	Wales	26,996
101	Bury	England	26,570
102	Swindon	England	26,362
103	Central Bedfordshire	England	25,933
104	North Tyneside	England	25,592
105	East Suffolk	England	25,474
106	North East Lincolnshire	England	25,075
107	Bexley	England	24,720
108	South Tyneside	England	24,618
109	South Gloucestershire	England	24,460
110	Aberdeen City	Scotland	24,285
111	Southend-on-Sea	England	24,184
112	Hammersmith and Fulham	England	24,135
113	Newport	Wales	24,120
114	Carmarthenshire	Wales	23,916
115	West Lothian	Scotland	23,803
116	Slough	England	23,632
117	Merton	England	23,497
118	Preston	England	23,483
119	Dundee City	Scotland	23,337
120	Basildon	England	23,233
121	Thanet	England	23,228
122	Highland	Scotland	23,186
123	Renfrewshire	Scotland	23,051
124	Solihull	England	22,405
125	Bedford	England	22,297
126	Norwich	England	22,250
127	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	22,238
128	Trafford	England	21,867
129	Warrington	England	21,815
130	Thurrock	England	21,774
131	North Ayrshire	Scotland	21,597
132	Redcar and Cleveland	England	21,481
133	Sutton	England	20,962
134	North Lincolnshire	England	20,951
135	Tendring	England	20,857
136	Swale	England	20,655
137	Reading	England	20,634
138	Halton	England	20,494
139	Ipswich	England	20,265
140	North Somerset	England	20,250
141	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	20,190
142	Falkirk	Scotland	19,997
143	Colchester	England	19,955
144	Bridgend	Wales	19,599
145	East Lindsey	England	19,160
146	Torbay	England	18,955
147	Maidstone	England	18,543
148	Nuneaton and Bedworth	England	18,453
149	Burnley	England	18,194
150	East Ayrshire	Scotland	18,153
151	Hartlepool	England	18,060
152	Ashfield	England	18,038
153	Arun	England	17,873
154	Wrexham	Wales	17,741
155	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	17,694
156	Westmorland and Furness	England	17,609
157	Isle of Wight	England	17,529
158	Flintshire	Wales	17,338
159	Canterbury	England	17,175
160	Pendle	England	16,957
161	Great Yarmouth	England	16,834
162	Herefordshire, County of	England	16,762
163	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	England	16,408
164	Gloucester	England	16,355
165	Mansfield	England	16,315
166	West Suffolk	England	16,241
167	Crawley	England	16,230
168	Charnwood	England	16,188
169	Basingstoke and Deane	England	16,110
170	Lancaster	England	16,065
171	Hastings	England	15,478
172	Braintree	England	15,439
173	Pembrokeshire	Wales	15,359
174	York	England	15,311
175	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	15,201
176	Dacorum	England	15,170
177	Hyndburn	England	15,070
178	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	15,032
179	Huntingdonshire	England	15,020
180	Dover	England	14,986
181	Kingston upon Thames	England	14,928
182	Lincoln	England	14,897
183	Chelmsford	England	14,827
184	Torfaen	Wales	14,764
185	Kensington and Chelsea	England	14,746
186	Darlington	England	14,665
187	Bath and North East Somerset	England	14,662
188	Ashford	England	14,634
189	East Staffordshire	England	14,552
190	Bassetlaw	England	14,544
191	Havant	England	14,540
192	Chesterfield	England	14,444
193	Conwy	Wales	14,370
194	Breckland	England	14,334
195	Eastbourne	England	14,300
196	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	14,238
197	Oxford	England	14,179
198	Cherwell	England	13,922
198	Gravesham	England	13,922
200	South Kesteven	England	13,803
201	Amber Valley	England	13,677
202	Harlow	England	13,641
203	South Ayrshire	Scotland	13,630
204	Erewash	England	13,565
205	Newark and Sherwood	England	13,537
206	Angus	Scotland	13,386
207	Newcastle-under-Lyme	England	13,380
208	Denbighshire	Wales	13,326
209	Folkestone and Hythe	England	13,291
210	New Forest	England	13,240
211	Exeter	England	13,219
212	Fenland	England	13,059
213	Gwynedd	Wales	12,924
214	Richmond upon Thames	England	12,724
215	Powys	Wales	12,650
216	Teignbridge	England	12,531
217	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	12,488
218	West Lancashire	England	12,398
219	Watford	England	12,368
220	East Devon	England	12,364
221	Dartford	England	12,361
222	Inverclyde	Scotland	12,327
223	Welwyn Hatfield	England	12,313
224	Cannock Chase	England	12,175
225	Stafford	England	12,142
226	Gedling	England	12,125
227	Wealden	England	12,066
228	Wyre	England	12,031
229	Scottish Borders	Scotland	12,015
230	West Berkshire	England	11,960
231	Wyre Forest	England	11,904
232	Wychavon	England	11,892
233	Worcester	England	11,725
234	Broxbourne	England	11,669
235	Warwick	England	11,555
236	East Lothian	Scotland	11,501
237	South Norfolk	England	11,488
238	Epping Forest	England	11,483
239	Worthing	England	11,445
240	Chorley	England	11,329
240	Eastleigh	England	11,329
242	Midlothian	Scotland	11,181
243	Stevenage	England	11,107
244	South Cambridgeshire	England	11,102
245	Tonbridge and Malling	England	10,991
246	Bolsover	England	10,986
247	Boston	England	10,969
248	Hertsmere	England	10,922
249	Rugby	England	10,919
250	Chichester	England	10,900
251	East Hertfordshire	England	10,825
252	Cambridge	England	10,812
253	Reigate and Banstead	England	10,799
254	South Holland	England	10,780
255	North Hertfordshire	England	10,777
256	Redditch	England	10,722
257	Broxtowe	England	10,600
258	Vale of White Horse	England	10,596
259	South Derbyshire	England	10,574
260	Mid Sussex	England	10,538
261	North East Derbyshire	England	10,537
262	Stratford-on-Avon	England	10,478
263	North Devon	England	10,466
263	West Lindsey	England	10,466
265	Test Valley	England	10,429
266	Gosport	England	10,377
267	Spelthorne	England	10,366
268	Cheltenham	England	10,356
269	Lewes	England	10,218
270	South Ribble	England	10,214
271	Bracknell Forest	England	10,202
272	Broadland	England	10,185
273	Hinckley and Bosworth	England	10,125
274	Windsor and Maidenhead	England	10,023
275	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	9,999
276	North Norfolk	England	9,829
277	Wokingham	England	9,766
278	North West Leicestershire	England	9,732
279	Rushmoor	England	9,725
280	North Kesteven	England	9,652
281	St Albans	England	9,651
282	Horsham	England	9,589
283	Rother	England	9,490
284	Tamworth	England	9,455
285	Winchester	England	9,441
286	Tunbridge Wells	England	9,397
287	Stroud	England	9,354
288	Moray	Scotland	9,345
289	Guildford	England	9,326
290	South Oxfordshire	England	9,318
291	Rossendale	England	9,312
292	Lichfield	England	8,946
293	South Staffordshire	England	8,903
294	Tewkesbury	England	8,649
295	Stirling	Scotland	8,590
296	Sevenoaks	England	8,540
297	Elmbridge	England	8,486
298	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	8,485
299	High Peak	England	8,456
300	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	8,439
301	East Hampshire	England	8,425
302	Forest of Dean	England	8,404
303	West Oxfordshire	England	8,174
304	Mid Suffolk	England	8,162
305	Woking	England	8,132
306	Monmouthshire	Wales	7,963
307	Blaby	England	7,844
308	Mid Devon	England	7,819
309	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	7,792
310	Babergh	England	7,725
311	Fylde	England	7,564
312	Waverley	England	7,498
313	Clackmannanshire	Scotland	7,410
314	Castle Point	England	7,399
315	Fareham	England	7,389
316	Ceredigion	Wales	7,356
317	Rushcliffe	England	7,282
318	Torridge	England	7,253
319	Bromsgrove	England	7,139
320	South Hams	England	7,106
321	East Cambridgeshire	England	7,038
322	Staffordshire Moorlands	England	7,005
323	Malvern Hills	England	6,899
324	Runnymede	England	6,856
325	North Warwickshire	England	6,800
326	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	6,780
327	Three Rivers	England	6,731
328	Adur	England	6,379
329	Tandridge	England	6,337
330	Harborough	England	6,147
331	Rochford	England	6,143
332	Cotswold	England	5,802
333	Surrey Heath	England	5,748
334	Uttlesford	England	5,746
335	Hart	England	5,430
336	Oadby and Wigston	England	5,393
337	Maldon	England	5,341
338	Mole Valley	England	5,280
339	Brentwood	England	5,159
340	Epsom and Ewell	England	5,145
341	MeltonLowest 10	England	4,760
342	West DevonLowest 10	England	4,719
343	Derbyshire DalesLowest 10	England	4,569
344	Ribble ValleyLowest 10	England	3,787
345	RutlandLowest 10	England	2,358
346	Na h-Eileanan SiarLowest 10	Scotland	2,125
347	Orkney IslandsLowest 10	Scotland	1,654
348	Shetland IslandsLowest 10	Scotland	1,624
349	City of LondonLowest 10	England	506
350	Isles of ScillyLowest 10	England	92

Limits and sources

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

Counts people aged 16 to 64 on Universal Credit, including partners in joint claims. DWP publishes Universal Credit by age for each area. In Great Britain, 98% of people on Universal Credit are aged 16 to 64.

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.