Rankings · Universal Credit

Spending on Universal Credit, per resident

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Rank 1 is the highest value. Money is in 2026-27 prices, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared2026-27 prices, using CPI inflation, adjusted for inflation so that years can be comparedcash terms, not adjusted for inflation. 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 total · per person aged 16 to 64

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Adjusted for inflation (GDP deflator)Adjusted for inflation (CPI)Cash, not adjusted

Money in 2026-27 prices, adjusted for inflation so that years can be compared2026-27 prices, using CPI inflation, adjusted for inflation so that years can be comparedcash terms, not adjusted for inflation.

632 constituencies ranked, 2024-25

Great Britain: £1,044£1,048£990 per resident

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Universal Credit, per resident, 2024-25, constituencies
		Region
1	TottenhamHighest 10	London	£2,624£2,635£2,489
2	Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonHighest 10	London	£2,599£2,610£2,465
3	Brent EastHighest 10	London	£2,592£2,603£2,459
4	Enfield NorthHighest 10	London	£2,549£2,560£2,418
5	Edmonton and Winchmore HillHighest 10	London	£2,544£2,555£2,413
6	Queen's Park and Maida ValeHighest 10	London	£2,072£2,081£1,966
7	Bethnal Green and StepneyHighest 10	London	£1,992£2,001£1,890
8	Croydon WestHighest 10	London	£1,989£1,998£1,887
9	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull NorthHighest 10	West Midlands	£1,958£1,966£1,857
10	Lewisham EastHighest 10	London	£1,953£1,961£1,852
11	East Ham	London	£1,929£1,937£1,830
12	Barking	London	£1,915£1,924£1,817
13	Blackpool South	North West	£1,885£1,893£1,788
14	Blackley and Middleton South	North West	£1,874£1,882£1,778
15	Poplar and Limehouse	London	£1,872£1,880£1,776
16	Birmingham Ladywood	West Midlands	£1,857£1,865£1,761
17	Southgate and Wood Green	London	£1,848£1,855£1,752
18	Birmingham Erdington	West Midlands	£1,846£1,854£1,751
19	Birmingham Perry Barr	West Midlands	£1,838£1,846£1,744
20	Ealing North	London	£1,817£1,825£1,724
21	Liverpool Walton	North West	£1,807£1,815£1,714
22	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,806£1,814£1,713
23	Leeds South	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,806£1,814£1,713
24	West Ham and Beckton	London	£1,789£1,796£1,697
25	Bradford East	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,781£1,788£1,689
26	Gorton and Denton	North West	£1,777£1,785£1,686
27	Birmingham Yardley	West Midlands	£1,777£1,785£1,686
28	Peckham	London	£1,764£1,771£1,673
29	Bradford West	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,744£1,752£1,655
30	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East	North East	£1,735£1,742£1,645
31	Walsall and Bloxwich	West Midlands	£1,732£1,740£1,643
32	Birmingham Northfield	West Midlands	£1,731£1,738£1,642
33	Hackney South and Shoreditch	London	£1,730£1,737£1,641
34	Erith and Thamesmead	London	£1,728£1,736£1,640
35	Bootle	North West	£1,697£1,704£1,610
36	East Thanet	South East	£1,695£1,702£1,608
37	Hendon	London	£1,692£1,699£1,605
38	Nottingham North and Kimberley	East Midlands	£1,681£1,688£1,595
39	Islington North	London	£1,670£1,677£1,584
40	Ealing Central and Acton	London	£1,668£1,675£1,582
41	Wolverhampton South East	West Midlands	£1,658£1,665£1,573
42	Bradford South	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,657£1,664£1,572
43	Bolton South and Walkden	North West	£1,650£1,657£1,565
44	Stratford and Bow	London	£1,641£1,648£1,556
45	Glasgow North East	Scotland	£1,639£1,646£1,555
46	Feltham and Heston	London	£1,637£1,643£1,552
47	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,623£1,630£1,539
48	Walthamstow	London	£1,622£1,629£1,539
49	Derby South	East Midlands	£1,620£1,627£1,537
50	Hartlepool	North East	£1,620£1,626£1,536
51	Birkenhead	North West	£1,616£1,623£1,533
52	Knowsley	North West	£1,603£1,610£1,521
53	Vauxhall and Camberwell Green	London	£1,603£1,610£1,521
54	Ilford South	London	£1,598£1,605£1,516
55	Finchley and Golders Green	London	£1,598£1,604£1,515
56	Dagenham and Rainham	London	£1,591£1,598£1,509
57	Coventry East	West Midlands	£1,589£1,595£1,507
58	Lewisham North	London	£1,587£1,594£1,505
59	Ealing Southall	London	£1,584£1,590£1,502
60	Streatham and Croydon North	London	£1,577£1,584£1,496
61	Blackburn	North West	£1,575£1,582£1,494
62	Easington	North East	£1,570£1,577£1,490
63	Islington South and Finsbury	London	£1,569£1,575£1,488
64	Liverpool Riverside	North West	£1,569£1,575£1,488
65	Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley	West Midlands	£1,559£1,566£1,479
66	Liverpool West Derby	North West	£1,559£1,566£1,479
67	Kingston upon Hull East	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,557£1,564£1,477
68	Southend East and Rochford	East of England	£1,554£1,560£1,474
69	Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton	North West	£1,554£1,560£1,474
70	Croydon East	London	£1,547£1,553£1,467
71	Brentford and Isleworth	London	£1,544£1,550£1,464
72	Glasgow East	Scotland	£1,542£1,548£1,463
73	Hayes and Harlington	London	£1,540£1,546£1,461
74	Peterborough	East of England	£1,538£1,545£1,459
75	Dulwich and West Norwood	London	£1,516£1,522£1,438
76	Halifax	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,500£1,507£1,423
77	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	London	£1,498£1,504£1,421
78	Tipton and Wednesbury	West Midlands	£1,496£1,503£1,419
79	Wythenshawe and Sale East	North West	£1,492£1,499£1,415
80	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,486£1,493£1,410
81	Dewsbury and Batley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,485£1,491£1,409
82	Glenrothes and Mid Fife	Scotland	£1,481£1,487£1,405
83	Swansea West	Wales	£1,480£1,487£1,404
84	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West	North East	£1,473£1,479£1,397
85	Leeds East	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,469£1,475£1,393
86	Rochdale	North West	£1,468£1,474£1,393
87	Manchester Rusholme	North West	£1,452£1,458£1,377
88	Oldham East and Saddleworth	North West	£1,447£1,453£1,372
89	Leicester West	East Midlands	£1,444£1,450£1,370
90	Holborn and St Pancras	London	£1,442£1,448£1,368
91	Burnley	North West	£1,436£1,442£1,362
92	Ashton-under-Lyne	North West	£1,434£1,440£1,360
93	Wolverhampton North East	West Midlands	£1,434£1,440£1,360
94	Aberafan Maesteg	Wales	£1,428£1,434£1,354
95	Brent West	London	£1,428£1,434£1,354
96	Hastings and Rye	South East	£1,427£1,434£1,354
97	Sheffield Heeley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,427£1,433£1,354
98	Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney	Wales	£1,424£1,431£1,351
99	Glasgow South West	Scotland	£1,422£1,429£1,349
100	Luton South and South Bedfordshire	East of England	£1,418£1,425£1,345
101	Harrow West	London	£1,418£1,424£1,345
102	Nottingham East	East Midlands	£1,415£1,421£1,342
103	Great Yarmouth	East of England	£1,413£1,419£1,340
104	Heywood and Middleton North	North West	£1,410£1,416£1,337
105	Stockton North	North East	£1,408£1,414£1,336
106	Salford	North West	£1,402£1,408£1,330
107	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	North East	£1,401£1,407£1,329
108	Birmingham Edgbaston	West Midlands	£1,399£1,405£1,327
109	Manchester Central	North West	£1,396£1,402£1,324
110	Smethwick	West Midlands	£1,380£1,386£1,309
111	Mitcham and Morden	London	£1,379£1,384£1,308
112	Barnsley South	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,375£1,381£1,304
113	Greenwich and Woolwich	London	£1,375£1,380£1,304
114	Leyton and Wanstead	London	£1,366£1,372£1,296
115	Newport East	Wales	£1,364£1,370£1,294
116	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£1,360£1,366£1,290
117	Preston	North West	£1,359£1,365£1,289
118	Cardiff East	Wales	£1,353£1,359£1,284
119	Cardiff West	Wales	£1,349£1,355£1,279
120	Bolton North East	North West	£1,347£1,353£1,278
121	Hyndburn	North West	£1,346£1,352£1,277
122	South Shields	North East	£1,345£1,351£1,276
123	Telford	West Midlands	£1,336£1,342£1,268
124	Huddersfield	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,335£1,341£1,266
125	Jarrow and Gateshead East	North East	£1,331£1,337£1,263
126	Clapham and Brixton Hill	London	£1,331£1,336£1,262
127	Portsmouth South	South East	£1,330£1,336£1,262
128	Bristol South	South West	£1,329£1,335£1,261
129	Stoke-on-Trent Central	West Midlands	£1,327£1,333£1,259
130	Hammersmith and Chiswick	London	£1,322£1,327£1,254
131	Redcar	North East	£1,319£1,325£1,251
132	Clacton	East of England	£1,317£1,323£1,250
133	Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare	Wales	£1,316£1,322£1,249
134	Wallasey	North West	£1,316£1,321£1,248
135	Dudley	West Midlands	£1,312£1,318£1,245
136	Rhondda and Ogmore	Wales	£1,311£1,317£1,244
137	Washington and Gateshead South	North East	£1,310£1,315£1,242
138	Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven	South East	£1,307£1,312£1,240
139	Houghton and Sunderland South	North East	£1,305£1,310£1,238
140	Plymouth Sutton and Devonport	South West	£1,303£1,309£1,236
141	Lewisham West and East Dulwich	London	£1,300£1,306£1,233
142	Dundee Central	Scotland	£1,300£1,305£1,233
143	Stockport	North West	£1,295£1,300£1,228
144	Southampton Test	South East	£1,294£1,300£1,228
145	Clwyd North	Wales	£1,290£1,295£1,224
146	Doncaster North	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,289£1,294£1,222
147	Blyth and Ashington	North East	£1,286£1,292£1,220
148	Slough	South East	£1,282£1,287£1,216
149	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	South East	£1,276£1,281£1,210
150	Boston and Skegness	East Midlands	£1,273£1,278£1,207
151	Sheffield South East	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,272£1,277£1,206
152	Torfaen	Wales	£1,268£1,273£1,203
153	North Ayrshire and Arran	Scotland	£1,262£1,268£1,198
154	Doncaster Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,248£1,253£1,184
155	Bury South	North West	£1,241£1,246£1,177
156	Thurrock	East of England	£1,241£1,246£1,177
157	West Bromwich	West Midlands	£1,235£1,241£1,172
158	Bedford	East of England	£1,232£1,237£1,169
159	Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West	Scotland	£1,232£1,237£1,169
160	Chatham and Aylesford	South East	£1,229£1,234£1,166
161	Liverpool Wavertree	North West	£1,229£1,234£1,166
162	Eastbourne	South East	£1,229£1,234£1,165
163	Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor	North East	£1,228£1,233£1,165
164	Ipswich	East of England	£1,228£1,233£1,164
165	St Helens South and Whiston	North West	£1,226£1,231£1,163
166	Leicester South	East Midlands	£1,225£1,230£1,162
167	Leeds West and Pudsey	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,223£1,228£1,160
168	Hornsey and Friern Barnet	London	£1,218£1,223£1,156
169	Northampton North	East Midlands	£1,217£1,222£1,154
170	Plymouth Moor View	South West	£1,217£1,222£1,154
171	Southampton Itchen	South East	£1,211£1,216£1,148
172	Gateshead Central and Whickham	North East	£1,210£1,215£1,148
173	Glasgow West	Scotland	£1,207£1,212£1,145
174	Birmingham Selly Oak	West Midlands	£1,205£1,210£1,143
175	Stalybridge and Hyde	North West	£1,205£1,210£1,143
176	Runcorn and Helsby	North West	£1,205£1,210£1,143
177	Rawmarsh and Conisbrough	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,204£1,210£1,142
178	Glasgow South	Scotland	£1,203£1,208£1,141
179	Lowestoft	East of England	£1,198£1,204£1,137
180	Harlow	East of England	£1,198£1,203£1,136
181	Widnes and Halewood	North West	£1,197£1,202£1,135
182	Hampstead and Highgate	London	£1,196£1,201£1,135
183	Basildon and Billericay	East of England	£1,192£1,197£1,131
184	Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,192£1,197£1,130
185	Airdrie and Shotts	Scotland	£1,188£1,193£1,127
186	Stoke-on-Trent North	West Midlands	£1,188£1,193£1,127
187	Carshalton and Wallington	London	£1,184£1,190£1,124
188	Ilford North	London	£1,184£1,189£1,123
189	Eltham and Chislehurst	London	£1,183£1,188£1,122
190	Gravesham	South East	£1,182£1,187£1,121
191	Harrow East	London	£1,178£1,183£1,118
192	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Scotland	£1,176£1,181£1,115
193	Sunderland Central	North East	£1,175£1,180£1,115
194	Torbay	South West	£1,174£1,179£1,114
195	Barnsley North	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,173£1,178£1,112
196	Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,171£1,176£1,111
197	Liverpool Garston	North West	£1,170£1,175£1,110
198	Coatbridge and Bellshill	Scotland	£1,169£1,174£1,109
199	Glasgow North	Scotland	£1,168£1,173£1,108
200	Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke	Scotland	£1,168£1,173£1,108
201	Crawley	South East	£1,167£1,172£1,107
202	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Scotland	£1,160£1,165£1,101
203	Dover and Deal	South East	£1,155£1,160£1,095
204	Chipping Barnet	London	£1,153£1,158£1,094
205	Wolverhampton West	West Midlands	£1,152£1,157£1,092
206	Neath and Swansea East	Wales	£1,152£1,156£1,092
207	Bristol East	South West	£1,148£1,153£1,089
208	Bournemouth East	South West	£1,147£1,152£1,088
209	Luton North	East of England	£1,141£1,145£1,082
210	St Helens North	North West	£1,139£1,144£1,081
211	Scunthorpe	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,138£1,143£1,079
212	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	North East	£1,138£1,142£1,079
213	Kensington and Bayswater	London	£1,134£1,139£1,076
214	Broxbourne	East of England	£1,133£1,138£1,075
215	Bishop Auckland	North East	£1,132£1,137£1,074
216	South Basildon and East Thurrock	East of England	£1,132£1,137£1,074
217	Mansfield	East Midlands	£1,128£1,133£1,070
218	Romford	London	£1,128£1,133£1,070
219	Weston-super-Mare	South West	£1,128£1,132£1,070
220	North Durham	North East	£1,118£1,122£1,060
221	Putney	London	£1,118£1,122£1,060
222	Darlington	North East	£1,117£1,122£1,059
223	Leigh and Atherton	North West	£1,107£1,112£1,050
224	Leicester East	East Midlands	£1,106£1,110£1,049
225	Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,104£1,108£1,047
226	Caerphilly	Wales	£1,102£1,107£1,045
227	Havant	South East	£1,102£1,107£1,045
228	Hemel Hempstead	East of England	£1,100£1,104£1,043
229	Wigan	North West	£1,099£1,103£1,042
230	Hamilton and Clyde Valley	Scotland	£1,099£1,103£1,042
231	Folkestone and Hythe	South East	£1,097£1,102£1,041
232	Watford	East of England	£1,097£1,102£1,041
233	Llanelli	Wales	£1,097£1,101£1,040
234	Ashfield	East Midlands	£1,096£1,101£1,040
235	Nuneaton	West Midlands	£1,094£1,099£1,038
236	Normanton and Hemsworth	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,093£1,098£1,037
237	Gloucester	South West	£1,093£1,098£1,037
238	Nottingham South	East Midlands	£1,090£1,094£1,034
239	Uxbridge and South Ruislip	London	£1,088£1,092£1,032
240	Worsley and Eccles	North West	£1,086£1,091£1,031
241	Derby North	East Midlands	£1,086£1,091£1,030
242	Bristol North East	South West	£1,085£1,090£1,030
243	Rochester and Strood	South East	£1,084£1,089£1,029
244	Milton Keynes Central	South East	£1,083£1,087£1,027
245	Ellesmere Port and Bromborough	North West	£1,082£1,086£1,026
246	Coventry North West	West Midlands	£1,079£1,084£1,024
247	Tooting	London	£1,078£1,083£1,023
248	Stretford and Urmston	North West	£1,073£1,078£1,018
249	Gillingham and Rainham	South East	£1,072£1,077£1,017
250	Bournemouth West	South West	£1,071£1,075£1,016
251	Pendle and Clitheroe	North West	£1,070£1,075£1,015
252	Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy	Scotland	£1,069£1,074£1,014
253	Portsmouth North	South East	£1,068£1,073£1,013
254	Chingford and Woodford Green	London	£1,068£1,072£1,013
255	Meriden and Solihull East	West Midlands	£1,068£1,072£1,013
256	Central Ayrshire	Scotland	£1,060£1,064£1,005
257	Halesowen	West Midlands	£1,060£1,064£1,005
258	Stourbridge	West Midlands	£1,058£1,062£1,004
259	Warrington North	North West	£1,057£1,062£1,003
260	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£1,055£1,060£1,001
261	Alloa and Grangemouth	Scotland	£1,053£1,057£999
262	Erewash	East Midlands	£1,052£1,057£998
263	Wrexham	Wales	£1,049£1,053£995
264	Hove and Portslade	South East	£1,047£1,051£993
265	Keighley and Ilkley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,046£1,050£992
266	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	North West	£1,043£1,048£990
267	Chelsea and Fulham	London	£1,042£1,046£988
268	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Scotland	£1,042£1,046£988
269	Lincoln	East Midlands	£1,040£1,045£987
270	Bury North	North West	£1,039£1,043£985
271	Wakefield and Rothwell	Yorkshire and The Humber	£1,038£1,043£985
272	Isle of Wight East	South East	£1,036£1,040£983
273	Bexleyheath and Crayford	London	£1,025£1,030£973
274	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	South East	£1,022£1,026£969
275	Colchester	East of England	£1,021£1,026£969
276	Whitehaven and Workington	North West	£1,021£1,026£969
277	Bridgwater	South West	£1,013£1,017£961
278	Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch	Scotland	£1,005£1,009£953
279	Norwich South	East of England	£1,002£1,007£951
280	Camborne and Redruth	South West	£1,001£1,005£949
281	Chesterfield	East Midlands	£1,001£1,005£949
282	Bathgate and Linlithgow	Scotland	£999£1,003£947
283	Stevenage	East of England	£998£1,002£947
284	St Austell and Newquay	South West	£998£1,002£947
285	Scarborough and Whitby	Yorkshire and The Humber	£996£1,000£944
286	Ashford	South East	£994£999£943
287	Wellingborough and Rushden	East Midlands	£992£997£941
288	Pontypridd	Wales	£989£993£938
289	Herne Bay and Sandwich	South East	£989£993£938
290	Cardiff South and Penarth	Wales	£989£993£938
291	Rutherglen	Scotland	£988£992£937
292	Arbroath and Broughty Ferry	Scotland	£982£987£932
293	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Scotland	£981£985£930
294	Rossendale and Darwen	North West	£980£984£930
295	Hertsmere	East of England	£979£983£929
296	Aberdeen North	Scotland	£977£981£926
297	North East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£976£981£926
298	Wycombe	South East	£976£980£926
299	Mid Cheshire	North West	£976£980£926
300	North West Cambridgeshire	East of England	£976£980£925
301	Croydon South	London	£974£978£924
302	Mid and South Pembrokeshire	Wales	£974£978£923
303	Swindon South	South West	£972£977£922
304	Cities of London and Westminster	London	£972£976£922
305	Crewe and Nantwich	North West	£970£974£920
306	Falkirk	Scotland	£969£973£919
307	Hornchurch and Upminster	London	£968£972£918
308	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	£965£969£915
309	Gosport	South East	£965£969£915
310	Blaydon and Consett	North East	£961£965£912
311	Corby and East Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£961£965£912
312	Southend West and Leigh	East of England	£961£965£912
313	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	£960£965£911
314	Reading Central	South East	£960£964£911
315	Battersea	London	£957£961£908
316	Faversham and Mid Kent	South East	£957£961£908
317	Alyn and Deeside	Wales	£955£959£906
318	Amber Valley	East Midlands	£953£957£904
319	Redditch	West Midlands	£952£956£903
320	North Warwickshire and Bedworth	West Midlands	£951£955£902
321	Kingston and Surbiton	London	£950£954£901
322	Bolsover	East Midlands	£949£953£900
323	Spen Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£949£953£900
324	Newport West and Islwyn	Wales	£948£952£899
325	Coventry South	West Midlands	£946£950£897
326	Livingston	Scotland	£945£949£896
327	Orpington	London	£943£947£894
328	Oxford East	South East	£939£943£891
329	Ynys Môn	Wales	£938£942£890
330	Beckenham and Penge	London	£938£942£889
331	South Dorset	South West	£933£937£885
332	Brighton Pavilion	South East	£932£936£884
333	Burton and Uttoxeter	West Midlands	£931£935£883
334	Aylesbury	South East	£929£933£881
335	Dartford	South East	£929£933£881
336	Wyre Forest	West Midlands	£926£930£879
337	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	£925£929£878
338	Morecambe and Lunesdale	North West	£925£928£877
339	Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr	Wales	£921£925£874
340	Midlothian	Scotland	£919£923£872
341	Worcester	West Midlands	£916£920£869
342	Kettering	East Midlands	£913£917£866
343	Cannock Chase	West Midlands	£913£917£866
344	Buckingham and Bletchley	South East	£913£917£866
345	Isle of Wight West	South East	£912£916£865
346	Canterbury	South East	£911£915£864
347	Leeds South West and Morley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£909£913£862
348	Norwich North	East of England	£903£907£856
349	Swindon North	South West	£901£905£855
350	Spelthorne	South East	£900£904£854
351	Southport	North West	£897£901£851
352	West Lancashire	North West	£891£894£845
353	North Cornwall	South West	£890£893£844
354	Rother Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£888£892£843
355	Milton Keynes North	South East	£886£890£840
356	Aberdeenshire North and Moray East	Scotland	£885£889£840
357	Bristol North West	South West	£884£888£839
358	Poole	South West	£881£885£836
359	North West Norfolk	East of England	£880£884£835
360	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Scotland	£879£883£834
361	Calder Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£878£882£833
362	Tamworth	West Midlands	£876£880£831
363	Sherwood Forest	East Midlands	£876£880£831
364	Stoke-on-Trent South	West Midlands	£876£879£831
365	Maidstone and Malling	South East	£871£875£827
366	South West Wiltshire	South West	£871£875£826
367	Edinburgh North and Leith	Scotland	£869£873£824
368	Bridlington and The Wolds	Yorkshire and The Humber	£869£873£824
369	Yeovil	South West	£867£870£822
370	Bolton West	North West	£865£869£820
371	Carlisle	North West	£863£867£819
372	Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme	Yorkshire and The Humber	£863£867£819
373	Bridgend	Wales	£863£867£819
374	Makerfield	North West	£862£866£818
375	Chichester	South East	£858£862£814
376	Sutton and Cheam	London	£856£859£812
377	St Ives	South West	£852£856£809
378	Manchester Withington	North West	£848£851£804
379	Louth and Horncastle	East Midlands	£847£850£803
380	Northampton South	East Midlands	£846£850£803
381	South East Cornwall	South West	£846£850£803
382	Bangor Aberconwy	Wales	£846£849£802
383	North Devon	South West	£843£846£799
384	Basingstoke	South East	£840£844£797
385	Lewes	South East	£840£844£797
386	Bexhill and Battle	South East	£840£843£796
387	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Scotland	£837£840£793
388	Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard	East of England	£835£838£792
389	Dunfermline and Dollar	Scotland	£832£836£789
390	Tynemouth	North East	£830£834£787
391	Worthing West	South East	£829£833£786
392	Cramlington and Killingworth	North East	£829£832£786
393	Frome and East Somerset	South West	£827£831£785
394	Clwyd East	Wales	£827£831£785
395	Gainsborough	East Midlands	£824£827£782
396	Caerfyrddin	Wales	£823£826£780
397	Epping Forest	East of England	£822£825£780
398	Gedling	East Midlands	£821£824£778
399	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Scotland	£820£823£778
400	Angus and Perthshire Glens	Scotland	£816£820£774
401	Harwich and North Essex	East of England	£816£820£774
402	Leeds North East	Yorkshire and The Humber	£812£816£770
403	Chorley	North West	£811£815£770
404	South West Norfolk	East of England	£809£813£768
405	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	Scotland	£808£812£767
406	South Holland and The Deepings	East Midlands	£806£810£765
407	Taunton and Wellington	South West	£804£807£762
408	Tiverton and Minehead	South West	£800£803£758
409	Lothian East	Scotland	£798£802£757
410	Grantham and Bourne	East Midlands	£795£798£754
411	South Devon	South West	£794£797£753
412	Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire	Scotland	£793£796£752
413	North West Hampshire	South East	£791£795£751
414	Newcastle-under-Lyme	West Midlands	£790£794£750
415	Newton Abbot	South West	£788£792£748
416	Rugby	West Midlands	£788£792£748
417	Barrow and Furness	North West	£787£790£746
418	East Worthing and Shoreham	South East	£785£789£745
419	Chester North and Neston	North West	£781£784£741
420	The Wrekin	West Midlands	£781£784£741
421	Aldershot	South East	£781£784£741
422	Chelmsford	East of England	£778£781£738
423	East Kilbride and Strathaven	Scotland	£776£779£736
424	Aldridge-Brownhills	West Midlands	£773£776£733
425	Castle Point	East of England	£772£775£732
426	Witham	East of England	£771£774£731
427	Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe	Wales	£770£773£730
428	Exeter	South West	£768£772£729
429	Forest of Dean	South West	£768£771£729
430	Hereford and South Herefordshire	West Midlands	£765£768£725
431	Braintree	East of England	£762£765£723
432	Weald of Kent	South East	£761£764£722
433	Banbury	South East	£760£764£721
434	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Wales	£759£762£720
435	Hazel Grove	North West	£759£762£720
436	Shipley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£759£762£720
437	North East Hertfordshire	East of England	£758£761£719
438	Torridge and Tavistock	South West	£758£761£719
439	Reading West and Mid Berkshire	South East	£756£760£717
440	Droitwich and Evesham	West Midlands	£753£757£715
441	Bromley and Biggin Hill	London	£753£756£714
442	South Derbyshire	East Midlands	£752£755£713
443	York Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	£751£755£713
444	Ceredigion Preseli	Wales	£751£754£713
445	Bracknell	South East	£749£752£711
446	Gower	Wales	£746£750£708
447	North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	£745£748£707
448	Edinburgh South West	Scotland	£745£748£706
449	Thornbury and Yate	South West	£743£747£705
450	Newbury	South East	£743£746£705
451	Exmouth and Exeter East	South West	£743£746£705
452	Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber	Scotland	£742£745£704
453	Hinckley and Bosworth	East Midlands	£742£745£704
454	Perth and Kinross-shire	Scotland	£742£745£704
455	Stafford	West Midlands	£741£745£703
456	City of Durham	North East	£740£743£702
457	Warwick and Leamington	West Midlands	£739£742£701
458	Melton and Syston	East Midlands	£739£742£701
459	Warrington South	North West	£737£740£699
460	Loughborough	East Midlands	£730£734£693
461	Glastonbury and Somerton	South West	£730£733£692
462	Leeds Central and Headingley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£728£731£691
463	Shrewsbury	West Midlands	£728£731£691
464	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	£727£730£690
465	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner	London	£727£730£689
466	Lancaster and Wyre	North West	£724£728£687
467	Wimbledon	London	£724£727£686
468	High Peak	East Midlands	£723£726£686
469	Chippenham	South West	£722£726£685
470	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£721£724£684
471	St Albans	East of England	£721£724£684
472	Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket	East of England	£721£724£683
473	Twickenham	London	£720£723£683
474	North Norfolk	East of England	£719£722£682
475	West Suffolk	East of England	£719£722£682
476	Truro and Falmouth	South West	£718£721£681
477	Broxtowe	East Midlands	£718£721£681
478	Salisbury	South West	£716£719£679
479	Newark	East Midlands	£715£718£678
480	East Surrey	South East	£713£716£677
481	Didcot and Wantage	South East	£712£715£675
482	Colne Valley	Yorkshire and The Humber	£710£713£673
483	North Shropshire	West Midlands	£709£712£672
484	West Worcestershire	West Midlands	£707£710£670
485	Old Bexley and Sidcup	London	£704£707£668
486	Melksham and Devizes	South West	£704£707£667
487	Richmond Park	London	£703£706£667
488	Runnymede and Weybridge	South East	£696£699£661
489	Central Devon	South West	£696£699£660
490	Bath	South West	£696£698£660
491	Woking	South East	£694£697£658
492	Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey	Scotland	£693£696£658
493	Cheltenham	South West	£693£696£657
494	Tonbridge	South East	£693£696£657
495	West Dorset	South West	£692£695£657
496	Windsor	South East	£692£695£657
497	New Forest East	South East	£691£694£655
498	Selby	Yorkshire and The Humber	£690£693£654
499	Eastleigh	South East	£689£692£654
500	North Bedfordshire	East of England	£687£690£652
501	Hertford and Stortford	East of England	£684£687£649
502	Suffolk Coastal	East of England	£683£686£648
503	Tewkesbury	South West	£683£686£648
504	Mid Norfolk	East of England	£682£685£647
505	Fareham and Waterlooville	South East	£682£685£647
506	Fylde	North West	£674£677£640
507	Witney	South East	£672£675£637
508	South West Hertfordshire	East of England	£671£674£637
509	Earley and Woodley	South East	£671£674£637
510	Monmouthshire	Wales	£668£671£633
511	Cardiff North	Wales	£668£670£633
512	South Suffolk	East of England	£667£670£633
513	Wells and Mendip Hills	South West	£664£667£630
514	Sussex Weald	South East	£663£666£629
515	North East Fife	Scotland	£661£664£627
516	Daventry	East Midlands	£660£663£626
517	Stirling and Strathallan	Scotland	£660£663£626
518	Sheffield Central	Yorkshire and The Humber	£660£662£626
519	Hitchin	East of England	£658£660£624
520	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	£657£660£623
521	Cambridge	East of England	£656£659£623
522	Thirsk and Malton	Yorkshire and The Humber	£656£659£622
523	Ossett and Denby Dale	Yorkshire and The Humber	£655£658£621
524	South Ribble	North West	£654£657£621
525	Brentwood and Ongar	East of England	£653£656£619
526	Lichfield	West Midlands	£651£654£617
527	Maldon	East of England	£650£653£617
528	East Wiltshire	South West	£650£652£616
529	Brigg and Immingham	Yorkshire and The Humber	£649£651£615
530	North Northumberland	North East	£647£650£614
531	St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire	East of England	£645£648£612
532	Bicester and Woodstock	South East	£641£644£608
533	North East Somerset and Hanham	South West	£641£643£608
534	Penrith and Solway	North West	£640£643£607
535	Sevenoaks	South East	£639£642£607
536	North Dorset	South West	£639£642£606
537	Mid Dorset and North Poole	South West	£639£642£606
538	Filton and Bradley Stoke	South West	£639£642£606
539	North West Essex	East of England	£639£641£606
540	Christchurch	South West	£634£636£601
541	Waveney Valley	East of England	£632£635£600
542	Ely and East Cambridgeshire	East of England	£632£635£600
543	Huntingdon	East of England	£631£634£599
544	Stroud	South West	£631£633£598
545	Sleaford and North Hykeham	East Midlands	£628£631£596
546	North Cotswolds	South West	£626£629£594
547	Hamble Valley	South East	£625£628£593
548	North Herefordshire	West Midlands	£624£627£592
549	Newcastle upon Tyne North	North East	£621£624£589
550	South Norfolk	East of England	£621£623£589
551	Esher and Walton	South East	£620£623£588
552	Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge	West Midlands	£619£622£587
553	Aberdeen South	Scotland	£619£621£587
554	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	East of England	£618£620£586
555	East Grinstead and Uckfield	South East	£616£619£585
556	Broadland and Fakenham	East of England	£615£618£584
557	Penistone and Stocksbridge	Yorkshire and The Humber	£615£617£583
558	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Yorkshire and The Humber	£614£616£582
559	Macclesfield	North West	£608£611£577
560	Mid Bedfordshire	East of England	£608£611£577
561	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	£608£610£576
562	Mid Sussex	South East	£600£602£569
563	Honiton and Sidmouth	South West	£597£600£567
564	Epsom and Ewell	South East	£596£599£566
565	New Forest West	South East	£596£598£565
566	Solihull West and Shirley	West Midlands	£594£596£563
567	Congleton	North West	£592£594£561
568	Romsey and Southampton North	South East	£589£592£559
569	Beverley and Holderness	Yorkshire and The Humber	£588£591£558
570	Mid Leicestershire	East Midlands	£586£589£556
571	South Shropshire	West Midlands	£584£586£554
572	Horsham	South East	£583£586£553
573	Richmond and Northallerton	Yorkshire and The Humber	£583£586£553
574	South Leicestershire	East Midlands	£580£582£550
575	Bromsgrove	West Midlands	£580£582£550
576	Beaconsfield	South East	£576£578£546
577	Winchester	South East	£574£577£545
578	Reigate	South East	£571£574£542
579	Godalming and Ash	South East	£569£571£539
580	Arundel and South Downs	South East	£567£570£538
581	Hexham	North East	£565£567£535
582	Maidenhead	South East	£562£564£533
583	Rayleigh and Wickford	East of England	£562£564£533
584	Dorking and Horley	South East	£561£564£533
585	Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	£561£564£532
586	East Hampshire	South East	£559£561£530
587	Orkney and Shetland	Scotland	£558£560£529
588	Sefton Central	North West	£556£559£528
589	South Cotswolds	South West	£552£554£523
590	South West Devon	South West	£551£553£522
591	Kingswinford and South Staffordshire	West Midlands	£549£551£521
592	Bristol Central	South West	£548£550£520
593	Altrincham and Sale West	North West	£544£546£516
594	Guildford	South East	£542£544£514
595	Rutland and Stamford	East Midlands	£541£544£514
596	Mid Derbyshire	East Midlands	£540£542£512
597	Kenilworth and Southam	West Midlands	£537£540£510
598	Sutton Coldfield	West Midlands	£537£539£509
599	Chester South and Eddisbury	North West	£534£536£506
600	Leeds North West	Yorkshire and The Humber	£531£533£503
601	Surrey Heath	South East	£529£531£502
602	Edinburgh South	Scotland	£526£529£499
603	Edinburgh West	Scotland	£526£529£499
604	Tatton	North West	£523£525£496
605	Goole and Pocklington	Yorkshire and The Humber	£522£525£496
606	Skipton and Ripon	Yorkshire and The Humber	£520£523£494
607	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	£520£522£493
608	Chesham and Amersham	South East	£519£521£492
609	Ribble Valley	North West	£519£521£492
610	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scotland	£519£521£492
611	Wirral West	North West	£518£520£491
612	Gordon and Buchan	Scotland	£517£519£490
613	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	£514£516£488
614	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	£513£515£487
615	North Somerset	South West	£512£514£486
616	Farnham and Bordon	South East	£512£514£486
617	Henley and Thame	South East	£510£513£484
618	Stockton West	North East	£504£506£478
619	South Northamptonshire	East Midlands	£495£497£469
620	Oxford West and Abingdon	South East	£495£497£469
621	Wokingham	South East	£484£486£459
622	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	£466£468£442
623	North East HampshireLowest 10	South East	£465£467£441
624	Westmorland and LonsdaleLowest 10	North West	£455£457£432
625	CheadleLowest 10	North West	£451£453£428
626	Harpenden and BerkhamstedLowest 10	East of England	£449£451£426
627	Mid DunbartonshireLowest 10	Scotland	£428£430£406
628	Mid BuckinghamshireLowest 10	South East	£426£428£404
629	Wetherby and EasingwoldLowest 10	Yorkshire and The Humber	£414£416£393
630	West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLowest 10	Scotland	£414£416£393
631	York OuterLowest 10	Yorkshire and The Humber	£407£408£386
632	Sheffield HallamLowest 10	Yorkshire and The Humber	£309£311£293

350 local authorities ranked, 2024-25

Great Britain: £1,044£1,048£990 per resident

Nation350 shownSee it on the map

Universal Credit, per resident, 2024-25, local authorities
		Nation
1	EnfieldHighest 10	England	£2,285£2,295£2,168
2	HackneyHighest 10	England	£2,096£2,105£1,988
3	HaringeyHighest 10	England	£2,031£2,040£1,927
4	BrentHighest 10	England	£2,001£2,009£1,898
5	Tower HamletsHighest 10	England	£1,884£1,892£1,787
6	Barking and DagenhamHighest 10	England	£1,843£1,851£1,748
7	NewhamHighest 10	England	£1,762£1,770£1,672
8	BlackpoolHighest 10	England	£1,696£1,703£1,608
9	LewishamHighest 10	England	£1,694£1,702£1,607
10	EalingHighest 10	England	£1,660£1,667£1,574
11	Hartlepool	England	£1,625£1,632£1,541
12	Birmingham	England	£1,612£1,619£1,529
13	Islington	England	£1,605£1,612£1,522
14	Manchester	England	£1,591£1,598£1,509
15	Middlesbrough	England	£1,546£1,552£1,466
16	Croydon	England	£1,545£1,552£1,466
17	Thanet	England	£1,531£1,538£1,452
18	Hounslow	England	£1,524£1,530£1,445
19	Southwark	England	£1,519£1,526£1,441
20	Hastings	England	£1,512£1,518£1,434
21	Lambeth	England	£1,503£1,509£1,426
22	Barnet	England	£1,501£1,507£1,423
23	Waltham Forest	England	£1,493£1,499£1,416
24	Liverpool	England	£1,492£1,499£1,415
25	Oldham	England	£1,489£1,496£1,413
26	Knowsley	England	£1,481£1,487£1,405
27	Burnley	England	£1,457£1,463£1,382
28	Kingston upon Hull, City of	England	£1,451£1,457£1,376
29	Bradford	England	£1,446£1,452£1,372
30	Greenwich	England	£1,443£1,449£1,369
31	Nottingham	England	£1,436£1,442£1,362
32	Blackburn with Darwen	England	£1,428£1,434£1,354
33	Rochdale	England	£1,415£1,421£1,343
34	Great Yarmouth	England	£1,411£1,417£1,338
35	Salford	England	£1,410£1,416£1,337
36	Wolverhampton	England	£1,402£1,408£1,330
37	Sandwell	England	£1,387£1,393£1,316
38	Hammersmith and Fulham	England	£1,379£1,385£1,308
39	Hyndburn	England	£1,377£1,383£1,306
40	Glasgow City	Scotland	£1,375£1,381£1,305
41	Walsall	England	£1,372£1,378£1,302
42	Halton	England	£1,362£1,367£1,292
43	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£1,356£1,362£1,287
44	Inverclyde	Scotland	£1,355£1,361£1,285
45	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	£1,350£1,356£1,281
46	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	£1,338£1,344£1,269
47	Peterborough	England	£1,332£1,338£1,264
48	South Tyneside	England	£1,330£1,336£1,262
49	Camden	England	£1,325£1,330£1,256
50	Luton	England	£1,324£1,330£1,256
51	North Ayrshire	Scotland	£1,321£1,326£1,253
52	Harlow	England	£1,321£1,326£1,253
53	Westminster	England	£1,307£1,313£1,240
54	Slough	England	£1,292£1,298£1,226
55	North East Lincolnshire	England	£1,291£1,296£1,224
56	Tameside	England	£1,288£1,294£1,222
57	Southend-on-Sea	England	£1,282£1,287£1,216
58	Pendle	England	£1,279£1,285£1,214
59	Sunderland	England	£1,279£1,285£1,213
60	Torfaen	Wales	£1,269£1,274£1,204
61	Leicester	England	£1,267£1,273£1,202
62	Bolton	England	£1,264£1,270£1,199
63	Derby	England	£1,259£1,264£1,194
64	Redcar and Cleveland	England	£1,257£1,262£1,192
65	Stoke-on-Trent	England	£1,250£1,256£1,186
66	Redbridge	England	£1,249£1,254£1,185
67	Dundee City	Scotland	£1,247£1,253£1,183
68	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	£1,238£1,243£1,174
69	Eastbourne	England	£1,229£1,234£1,165
70	Hillingdon	England	£1,227£1,232£1,164
71	Boston	England	£1,223£1,228£1,160
72	Newport	Wales	£1,215£1,220£1,153
73	Calderdale	England	£1,213£1,218£1,150
74	Portsmouth	England	£1,211£1,216£1,149
75	Coventry	England	£1,206£1,211£1,144
76	Harrow	England	£1,203£1,209£1,142
77	Swale	England	£1,199£1,204£1,138
78	Rotherham	England	£1,199£1,204£1,138
79	Southampton	England	£1,199£1,204£1,137
80	East Ayrshire	Scotland	£1,197£1,202£1,135
81	Doncaster	England	£1,196£1,201£1,135
82	Ipswich	England	£1,195£1,200£1,133
83	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	£1,195£1,200£1,133
84	Tendring	England	£1,193£1,198£1,131
85	Gateshead	England	£1,184£1,189£1,123
86	Gravesham	England	£1,181£1,186£1,120
87	St. Helens	England	£1,179£1,184£1,118
88	Cardiff	Wales	£1,178£1,183£1,117
89	Broxbourne	England	£1,177£1,182£1,116
90	Crawley	England	£1,169£1,174£1,109
91	Caerphilly	Wales	£1,166£1,171£1,106
92	Medway	England	£1,164£1,169£1,104
93	Barnsley	England	£1,163£1,168£1,103
94	Thurrock	England	£1,163£1,168£1,103
95	Wirral	England	£1,162£1,167£1,102
96	Preston	England	£1,161£1,166£1,101
97	Clackmannanshire	Scotland	£1,158£1,162£1,098
98	Swansea	Wales	£1,156£1,161£1,096
99	Basildon	England	£1,141£1,146£1,082
100	Telford and Wrekin	England	£1,139£1,144£1,080
101	County Durham	England	£1,138£1,143£1,080
102	Torbay	England	£1,137£1,142£1,078
103	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	£1,134£1,138£1,075
104	Norwich	England	£1,133£1,137£1,074
105	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	£1,127£1,132£1,069
106	Lincoln	England	£1,115£1,120£1,058
107	Denbighshire	Wales	£1,114£1,118£1,056
108	Watford	England	£1,114£1,118£1,056
109	Mansfield	England	£1,114£1,118£1,056
110	Plymouth	England	£1,110£1,114£1,053
111	Dover	England	£1,108£1,113£1,051
112	Kirklees	England	£1,098£1,103£1,042
113	Sheffield	England	£1,097£1,101£1,040
114	Wrexham	Wales	£1,096£1,101£1,039
115	Sefton	England	£1,094£1,098£1,037
116	Nuneaton and Bedworth	England	£1,091£1,096£1,035
117	Ashfield	England	£1,088£1,092£1,032
118	Stockton-on-Tees	England	£1,085£1,089£1,029
119	Bury	England	£1,085£1,089£1,029
120	Havering	England	£1,084£1,089£1,029
121	Brighton and Hove	England	£1,083£1,088£1,028
122	Merton	England	£1,081£1,086£1,025
123	Gosport	England	£1,079£1,083£1,023
124	Dudley	England	£1,066£1,070£1,011
125	Bridgend	Wales	£1,063£1,068£1,009
126	Wakefield	England	£1,060£1,064£1,005
127	Stevenage	England	£1,057£1,061£1,002
128	Kensington and Chelsea	England	£1,056£1,060£1,002
129	Leeds	England	£1,054£1,059£1,000
130	Darlington	England	£1,050£1,054£996
131	Reading	England	£1,045£1,049£991
132	Wandsworth	England	£1,043£1,048£990
133	Milton Keynes	England	£1,025£1,030£973
134	Sutton	England	£1,024£1,029£972
135	Havant	England	£1,023£1,027£970
136	Bexley	England	£1,022£1,027£970
137	Folkestone and Hythe	England	£1,020£1,025£968
138	Gloucester	England	£1,018£1,023£966
139	Fife	Scotland	£1,017£1,021£965
140	Chesterfield	England	£1,015£1,019£962
141	Redditch	England	£1,014£1,018£961
142	Hertsmere	England	£1,011£1,015£959
143	Bristol, City of	England	£1,008£1,012£956
144	Wigan	England	£1,005£1,009£953
145	Rossendale	England	£1,002£1,006£950
146	East Lindsey	England	£997£1,001£945
147	Bedford	England	£990£994£939
148	Conwy	Wales	£981£985£930
149	West Lothian	Scotland	£977£981£926
150	Isle of Wight	England	£975£979£925
151	Tamworth	England	£974£978£923
152	Fenland	England	£971£976£921
153	Erewash	England	£971£975£921
154	North Lincolnshire	England	£970£974£920
155	Lancaster	England	£968£972£918
156	Bolsover	England	£966£970£916
157	Carmarthenshire	Wales	£962£966£913
158	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	England	£962£966£913
159	North Tyneside	England	£958£962£909
160	Ashford	England	£949£953£900
161	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	£948£952£899
162	South Ayrshire	Scotland	£945£949£896
163	Canterbury	England	£945£949£896
164	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	£944£948£896
165	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	£942£946£893
166	Pembrokeshire	Wales	£937£941£888
167	Falkirk	Scotland	£936£940£888
168	Welwyn Hatfield	England	£934£938£886
169	North Northamptonshire	England	£932£936£884
170	Swindon	England	£931£935£883
171	Wyre Forest	England	£929£933£882
172	Lewes	England	£928£932£881
173	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£925£929£878
174	Flintshire	Wales	£923£927£876
175	Renfrewshire	Scotland	£922£926£875
176	Midlothian	Scotland	£919£923£872
177	Worcester	England	£917£921£870
178	Cannock Chase	England	£914£918£867
179	Solihull	England	£913£917£866
180	Angus	Scotland	£908£912£861
181	Dartford	England	£907£911£860
182	Kingston upon Thames	England	£906£910£860
183	Spelthorne	England	£905£909£859
184	Dacorum	England	£896£900£850
185	Maidstone	England	£896£899£849
186	Bromley	England	£891£895£846
187	Cornwall	England	£891£895£845
188	Bassetlaw	England	£884£888£839
189	Arun	England	£884£888£838
190	Colchester	England	£874£878£829
191	East Staffordshire	England	£874£877£829
192	Rother	England	£871£875£826
193	Cumberland	England	£868£871£823
194	Warrington	England	£860£864£816
195	Worthing	England	£856£860£812
196	Stockport	England	£855£859£811
197	East Suffolk	England	£849£853£805
198	North Warwickshire	England	£847£851£804
199	Braintree	England	£845£849£801
200	North Devon	England	£844£848£801
201	West Lancashire	England	£840£844£797
202	West Northamptonshire	England	£840£843£797
203	Cheshire West and Chester	England	£838£842£795
204	Adur	England	£836£840£793
205	Northumberland	England	£830£834£787
206	South Holland	England	£829£832£786
207	Amber Valley	England	£827£830£784
208	West Lindsey	England	£826£830£784
209	East Lothian	Scotland	£825£829£783
210	Rushmoor	England	£825£828£782
211	Wyre	England	£824£828£782
212	Somerset	England	£824£827£781
213	Newark and Sherwood	England	£820£823£778
214	Torridge	England	£818£822£776
215	North Somerset	England	£804£808£763
216	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	England	£802£806£761
217	Breckland	England	£797£800£756
218	Aberdeen City	Scotland	£795£799£755
219	Gwynedd	Wales	£795£798£754
220	Epping Forest	England	£794£798£754
221	Gedling	England	£794£797£753
222	Rugby	England	£793£796£752
223	Trafford	England	£788£791£747
224	Forest of Dean	England	£778£781£738
225	Scottish Borders	Scotland	£777£780£737
226	Chichester	England	£776£779£736
227	Highland	Scotland	£776£779£736
228	Oxford	England	£767£770£728
229	Exeter	England	£767£770£727
230	Castle Point	England	£765£768£725
231	Newcastle-under-Lyme	England	£764£767£725
232	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	£761£764£721
233	South Kesteven	England	£756£759£717
234	Teignbridge	England	£753£756£714
235	Chorley	England	£751£754£712
236	Mid Devon	England	£750£753£711
237	Ceredigion	Wales	£745£748£707
238	Tewkesbury	England	£743£746£704
239	Tonbridge and Malling	England	£742£745£703
240	North East Derbyshire	England	£738£741£700
241	Basingstoke and Deane	England	£736£739£698
242	Melton	England	£734£737£696
243	Moray	Scotland	£733£736£695
244	Central Bedfordshire	England	£733£736£695
245	North Norfolk	England	£729£732£691
246	Hinckley and Bosworth	England	£728£731£691
247	Tunbridge Wells	England	£727£730£689
248	West Suffolk	England	£726£729£689
249	South Derbyshire	England	£725£728£688
250	Runnymede	England	£725£728£687
251	High Peak	England	£724£727£686
252	North West Leicestershire	England	£722£725£685
253	Wychavon	England	£721£724£684
254	Cherwell	England	£721£724£684
255	South Gloucestershire	England	£721£724£684
256	North Hertfordshire	England	£720£723£683
257	Dorset	England	£719£722£682
258	Eastleigh	England	£719£722£682
259	Chelmsford	England	£714£717£678
260	Malvern Hills	England	£713£716£676
261	Bath and North East Somerset	England	£713£716£676
262	Cheltenham	England	£712£715£675
263	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	£711£714£674
264	South Ribble	England	£710£713£673
265	Wiltshire	England	£710£713£673
266	Fylde	England	£706£709£670
267	Broxtowe	England	£704£707£668
268	Richmond upon Thames	England	£702£705£666
269	Charnwood	England	£701£704£665
270	Powys	Wales	£700£703£664
271	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	£698£701£662
272	Herefordshire, County of	England	£693£696£657
273	Woking	England	£692£695£656
274	Buckinghamshire	England	£691£694£655
275	Tandridge	England	£690£693£654
276	Maldon	England	£689£691£653
277	Cheshire East	England	£685£688£650
278	Three Rivers	England	£683£686£648
279	Test Valley	England	£682£685£647
280	Bracknell Forest	England	£682£685£647
281	Oadby and Wigston	England	£681£684£646
282	Stirling	Scotland	£681£684£646
283	Vale of White Horse	England	£679£682£644
284	Stafford	England	£675£678£640
285	Huntingdonshire	England	£672£675£638
286	East Hertfordshire	England	£670£673£635
287	West Berkshire	England	£669£671£634
288	Babergh	England	£668£671£634
289	Monmouthshire	Wales	£666£669£632
290	Sevenoaks	England	£665£667£630
291	Lichfield	England	£663£666£629
292	West Devon	England	£662£665£628
293	Shropshire	England	£660£663£626
294	North Yorkshire	England	£659£662£626
295	East Devon	England	£655£658£622
296	Wealden	England	£652£655£618
297	Stratford-on-Avon	England	£651£653£617
298	West Oxfordshire	England	£649£651£615
299	New Forest	England	£646£649£613
300	Rochford	England	£636£639£604
301	South Hams	England	£636£639£603
302	Warwick	England	£635£638£603
303	Brentwood	England	£632£635£600
304	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	£628£631£596
305	East Cambridgeshire	England	£628£631£596
306	Reigate and Banstead	England	£628£631£596
307	Cambridge	England	£626£629£594
308	St Albans	England	£625£628£593
309	South Norfolk	England	£622£624£590
310	Winchester	England	£621£623£589
311	South Staffordshire	England	£619£622£587
312	Stroud	England	£614£616£582
313	Mid Sussex	England	£612£615£581
314	North Kesteven	England	£609£612£578
315	Blaby	England	£605£608£574
316	York	England	£598£601£567
317	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	£590£593£560
318	Westmorland and Furness	England	£590£593£560
319	Elmbridge	England	£590£592£559
320	Windsor and Maidenhead	England	£589£591£559
321	Epsom and Ewell	England	£589£591£559
322	Mid Suffolk	England	£587£589£556
323	Bromsgrove	England	£581£584£551
324	Horsham	England	£572£574£543
325	Cotswold	England	£570£573£541
326	South Oxfordshire	England	£567£570£538
327	South Cambridgeshire	England	£567£569£538
328	Uttlesford	England	£566£568£537
329	Broadland	England	£563£566£534
330	East Hampshire	England	£559£561£530
331	Orkney Islands	Scotland	£559£561£530
332	Shetland Islands	Scotland	£558£560£529
333	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£557£560£529
334	Guildford	England	£550£552£522
335	Staffordshire Moorlands	England	£546£549£518
336	Surrey Heath	England	£542£544£514
337	Mole Valley	England	£534£536£506
338	Fareham	England	£520£522£493
339	Derbyshire Dales	England	£520£522£493
340	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	£519£521£492
341	East RenfrewshireLowest 10	Scotland	£514£516£488
342	HarboroughLowest 10	England	£508£510£481
343	HartLowest 10	England	£490£492£465
344	WaverleyLowest 10	England	£489£491£464
345	RushcliffeLowest 10	England	£478£480£453
346	WokinghamLowest 10	England	£477£479£453
347	RutlandLowest 10	England	£468£470£444
348	Ribble ValleyLowest 10	England	£443£445£420
349	City of LondonLowest 10	England	£330£331£313
350	Isles of ScillyLowest 10	England	£229£230£217

Limits and sources

Covers the DWP benefits in each group and the Social Security Scotland benefits that replace them. It does not include tax credits, Child Benefit, Cost of Living Payments, Council Tax Benefit (paid until 2012-13) or Discretionary Housing Payments.

Money paid to people who live abroad, mostly State Pension, is in DWP's Great Britain totals but not in any area.

Constituency figures on the 2024 boundaries start in 2018-19. Universal Credit starts in 2019-20 and State Pension in 2023-24. Local authority figures start in 2010-11.

Per person figures for a year use the population estimate for 30 June in the year it starts. For example, 2024-25 uses mid-2024.

1Department for Work and Pensions. Benefit expenditure by local authority, 2024-25. Published 15 December 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
2Department for Work and Pensions. Benefit expenditure by parliamentary constituency, 2024-25. Published 15 December 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data release 2026-10-08.2.
3Department 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.
4Office 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.
5Office 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.
6National 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.