| Characteristic | Proportion claiming unemployment benefits |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4% |
| West Midlands (Met County) | 7.7% |
| Luton | 7.1% |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 6.3% |
| Nottingham | 6.3% |
| Blackpool | 6.2% |
| Leicester | 6.2% |
| Middlesbrough | 6.1% |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 6.1% |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 6.1% |
| Slough | 6.1% |
| Peterborough | 5.9% |
| London | 5.6% |
| Derby | 5.5% |
| Greater Manchester (Met County) | 5.4% |
| West Yorkshire (Met County) | 5.4% |
| Hartlepool | 5% |
| Portsmouth | 4.9% |
| Merseyside (Met County) | 4.8% |
| Halton | 4.5% |
| North East Lincolnshire | 4.5% |
| South Yorkshire (Met County) | 4.5% |
| Southend-on-Sea | 4.5% |
| Thurrock | 4.5% |
| Southampton | 4.5% |
| Tyne and Wear (Met County) | 4.4% |
| Bedford | 4.4% |
| Reading | 4.4% |
| Milton Keynes | 4.3% |
| Brighton and Hove | 4.2% |
| Medway | 4.2% |
| Darlington | 4.1% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 4.1% |
| Isle of Wight | 4.1% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 4% |
| Lancashire | 4% |
| Telford and Wrekin | 3.9% |
| North Lincolnshire | 3.7% |
| East Sussex | 3.7% |
| Bristol, City of | 3.7% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 3.6% |
| Kent | 3.5% |
| Plymouth | 3.5% |
| County Durham | 3.4% |
| North Northamptonshire | 3.4% |
| West Northamptonshire | 3.4% |
| Swindon | 3.4% |
| Torbay | 3.3% |
| Lincolnshire | 3.2% |
| Nottinghamshire | 3.2% |
| Worcestershire | 3.2% |
| Essex | 3.2% |
| Northumberland | 3.1% |
| Buckinghamshire | 3.1% |
| Cornwall | 3.1% |
| Staffordshire | 3% |
| Hertfordshire | 3% |
| Norfolk | 3% |
| West Sussex | 3% |
| Derbyshire | 2.9% |
| Suffolk | 2.9% |
| Herefordshire, County of | 2.8% |
| Warwickshire | 2.8% |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 2.7% |
| Gloucestershire | 2.7% |
| Cumberland | 2.6% |
| Warrington | 2.6% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 2.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire | 2.6% |
| North Somerset | 2.6% |
| Somerset | 2.6% |
| Shropshire | 2.5% |
| Bracknell Forest | 2.5% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 2.5% |
| Dorset | 2.5% |
| Cheshire East | 2.4% |
| Leicestershire | 2.4% |
| Cambridgeshire | 2.4% |
| Hampshire | 2.4% |
| West Berkshire | 2.3% |
| Oxfordshire | 2.3% |
| Surrey | 2.3% |
| Wiltshire | 2.3% |
| Devon | 2.3% |
| North Yorkshire | 2.1% |
| South Gloucestershire | 2.1% |
| Westmorland and Furness | 2% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 2% |
| York | 1.9% |
| Wokingham | 1.9% |
| Rutland | 1.8% |
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July 2025
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United Kingdom (England)
Survey time period
April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025
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