Compare council areas in England
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Boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Local Authority Districts, December 2024, ultra-generalised. Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
All council areas
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| Council area | Adults seen, 24 months | Children seen, 12 months | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 42% | 54% | 1,176,960 |
| Leeds | 40% | 66% | 840,550 |
| North Yorkshire | 40% | 64% | 639,133 |
| Somerset | 24% | 45% | 590,972 |
| Manchester | 40% | 63% | 588,256 |
| Cornwall | 29% | 52% | 584,782 |
| Buckinghamshire | 35% | 57% | 584,296 |
| Sheffield | 50% | 66% | 579,517 |
| Bradford | 46% | 64% | 557,758 |
| County Durham | 40% | 60% | 539,146 |
| Wiltshire | 34% | 58% | 526,392 |
| Liverpool | 37% | 60% | 507,915 |
| Bristol, City of | 31% | 57% | 495,260 |
| Kirklees | 52% | 70% | 445,832 |
| West Northamptonshire | 35% | 57% | 444,218 |
| Cheshire East | 45% | 67% | 425,459 |
| Croydon | 41% | 53% | 410,085 |
| Barnet | 33% | 51% | 408,087 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 34% | 58% | 405,829 |
| Dorset | 33% | 55% | 391,036 |
| Ealing | 38% | 59% | 387,072 |
| Leicester | 38% | 66% | 383,116 |
| North Northamptonshire | 37% | 59% | 379,569 |
| Newham | 31% | 51% | 376,542 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 45% | 66% | 373,951 |
| Wakefield | 49% | 66% | 369,450 |
| Coventry | 45% | 52% | 364,766 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 42% | 63% | 360,334 |
| Sandwell | 41% | 53% | 352,918 |
| Brent | 36% | 55% | 352,201 |
| Wigan | 49% | 65% | 347,089 |
| Wandsworth | 30% | 46% | 339,859 |
| Bromley | 35% | 57% | 336,048 |
| Tower Hamlets | 29% | 54% | 334,240 |
| Northumberland | 46% | 63% | 333,975 |
| Dudley | 49% | 52% | 333,941 |
| Shropshire | 38% | 60% | 333,162 |
| Wirral | 51% | 62% | 329,896 |
| Enfield | 41% | 53% | 329,400 |
| Hillingdon | 40% | 60% | 326,671 |
| Nottingham | 41% | 64% | 325,765 |
| Doncaster | 54% | 63% | 323,016 |
| Redbridge | 38% | 54% | 321,829 |
| Central Bedfordshire | 39% | 63% | 321,605 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 39% | 57% | 320,838 |
| Lambeth | 39% | 54% | 314,298 |
| Southwark | 39% | 54% | 312,366 |
| Bolton | 48% | 67% | 309,732 |
| Milton Keynes | 31% | 51% | 308,866 |
| South Gloucestershire | 42% | 62% | 308,787 |
| Stockport | 53% | 68% | 304,879 |
| Greenwich | 39% | 56% | 301,225 |
| Lewisham | 46% | 56% | 301,037 |
| Hounslow | 37% | 59% | 299,486 |
| Salford | 40% | 60% | 297,004 |
| Walsall | 39% | 52% | 295,722 |
| Medway | 39% | 61% | 292,697 |
| Sefton | 47% | 63% | 287,583 |
| Sunderland | 40% | 59% | 287,070 |
| Brighton and Hove | 36% | 61% | 284,170 |
| Waltham Forest | 40% | 57% | 283,713 |
| Cumberland | 33% | 51% | 282,343 |
| Wolverhampton | 41% | 57% | 281,434 |
| Havering | 43% | 55% | 280,787 |
| Rotherham | 57% | 66% | 279,161 |
| Derby | 42% | 63% | 275,344 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 38% | 62% | 273,257 |
| Harrow | 37% | 59% | 272,612 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 50% | 64% | 272,282 |
| Plymouth | 21% | 57% | 271,361 |
| Hackney | 36% | 51% | 266,241 |
| Haringey | 36% | 54% | 266,218 |
| Southampton | 36% | 61% | 259,230 |
| Bexley | 42% | 56% | 257,103 |
| Barnsley | 50% | 61% | 252,784 |
| Oldham | 52% | 64% | 251,915 |
| East Suffolk | 41% | 67% | 250,106 |
| Swindon | 30% | 58% | 245,286 |
| Trafford | 50% | 70% | 240,981 |
| Tameside | 49% | 65% | 240,822 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 38% | 49% | 238,295 |
| Rochdale | 46% | 65% | 237,641 |
| Luton | 35% | 66% | 236,380 |
| Westmorland and Furness | 37% | 61% | 231,307 |
| North Somerset | 38% | 65% | 227,160 |
| Peterborough | 21% | 52% | 224,757 |
| Islington | 32% | 52% | 224,551 |
| Solihull | 47% | 59% | 221,449 |
| Merton | 35% | 47% | 218,891 |
| Camden | 30% | 47% | 216,658 |
| Warrington | 47% | 63% | 215,425 |
| North Tyneside | 48% | 66% | 215,401 |
| Sutton | 41% | 58% | 213,972 |
| Westminster | 27% | 43% | 212,367 |
| Portsmouth | 30% | 50% | 211,475 |
| Calderdale | 48% | 65% | 210,734 |
| York | 32% | 69% | 209,118 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 42% | 64% | 207,158 |
| Gateshead | 48% | 58% | 202,509 |
| Colchester | 40% | 60% | 201,163 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 29% | 57% | 200,898 |
| Telford and Wrekin | 47% | 66% | 199,378 |
| Bury | 49% | 62% | 199,271 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 32% | 48% | 196,713 |
| Bedford | 43% | 58% | 196,398 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 41% | 62% | 194,037 |
| Basildon | 48% | 59% | 193,489 |
| Herefordshire, County of | 34% | 54% | 192,539 |
| Huntingdonshire | 36% | 58% | 191,941 |
| Maidstone | 34% | 59% | 191,415 |
| Chelmsford | 50% | 62% | 190,570 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 34% | 48% | 190,216 |
| St. Helens | 47% | 62% | 189,890 |
| Charnwood | 42% | 68% | 189,718 |
| West Suffolk | 33% | 45% | 189,407 |
| Wokingham | 42% | 60% | 189,024 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 47% | 59% | 185,214 |
| Reading | 29% | 54% | 183,762 |
| Thurrock | 39% | 52% | 181,664 |
| New Forest | 37% | 62% | 175,930 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 40% | 61% | 174,641 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 36% | 56% | 172,761 |
| Arun | 32% | 59% | 172,326 |
| Cherwell | 38% | 55% | 172,178 |
| North Lincolnshire | 42% | 61% | 171,421 |
| Wealden | 38% | 60% | 168,308 |
| Slough | 34% | 55% | 167,450 |
| Braintree | 46% | 62% | 166,471 |
| Oxford | 34% | 58% | 165,940 |
| West Berkshire | 38% | 62% | 165,523 |
| Preston | 39% | 63% | 164,498 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 48% | 70% | 163,801 |
| Knowsley | 44% | 61% | 163,723 |
| Mid Sussex | 37% | 62% | 163,566 |
| Canterbury | 32% | 58% | 162,612 |
| Dacorum | 45% | 67% | 162,316 |
| Swale | 46% | 63% | 160,671 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 45% | 64% | 160,101 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 36% | 55% | 159,776 |
| East Devon | 28% | 52% | 159,637 |
| Reigate and Banstead | 37% | 58% | 159,413 |
| Tendring | 39% | 59% | 159,060 |
| South Oxfordshire | 36% | 61% | 158,084 |
| East Hertfordshire | 47% | 63% | 158,033 |
| Warwick | 45% | 63% | 157,925 |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 24% | 49% | 156,943 |
| Middlesbrough | 43% | 69% | 152,795 |
| Vale of White Horse | 33% | 55% | 152,217 |
| Guildford | 30% | 56% | 152,148 |
| Horsham | 40% | 62% | 152,016 |
| South Tyneside | 52% | 59% | 151,255 |
| St Albans | 42% | 61% | 150,757 |
| South Norfolk | 37% | 59% | 150,396 |
| Cambridge | 23% | 51% | 149,872 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 43% | 62% | 148,772 |
| Breckland | 21% | 42% | 148,095 |
| South Kesteven | 37% | 63% | 148,069 |
| East Lindsey | 42% | 56% | 146,756 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 27% | 36% | 145,734 |
| Norwich | 27% | 57% | 145,676 |
| Lancaster | 42% | 70% | 145,237 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 48% | 59% | 144,042 |
| Eastleigh | 42% | 60% | 143,710 |
| Thanet | 43% | 54% | 143,618 |
| Blackpool | 43% | 57% | 143,492 |
| Stafford | 41% | 62% | 142,903 |
| Ashford | 45% | 63% | 142,523 |
| Elmbridge | 27% | 54% | 142,484 |
| Isle of Wight | 33% | 53% | 140,777 |
| Broadland | 37% | 61% | 139,652 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 53% | 67% | 139,541 |
| Torbay | 31% | 57% | 139,486 |
| Ipswich | 42% | 66% | 139,457 |
| Wychavon | 28% | 56% | 139,175 |
| Teignbridge | 27% | 44% | 138,607 |
| Gloucester | 34% | 60% | 138,565 |
| Epping Forest | 41% | 58% | 138,394 |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 34% | 54% | 137,913 |
| Exeter | 22% | 44% | 137,894 |
| North Hertfordshire | 44% | 69% | 137,365 |
| Waverley | 33% | 53% | 137,218 |
| Winchester | 37% | 56% | 136,856 |
| Test Valley | 29% | 51% | 135,698 |
| Bracknell Forest | 42% | 59% | 132,145 |
| Halton | 48% | 58% | 131,912 |
| Amber Valley | 39% | 60% | 131,894 |
| East Staffordshire | 35% | 58% | 131,541 |
| East Hampshire | 29% | 50% | 130,599 |
| Ashfield | 46% | 64% | 130,581 |
| Chichester | 26% | 52% | 130,224 |
| Newark and Sherwood | 44% | 67% | 128,684 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 48% | 70% | 128,093 |
| Rushcliffe | 40% | 69% | 127,857 |
| Havant | 35% | 60% | 127,362 |
| Bassetlaw | 50% | 65% | 126,454 |
| Stroud | 39% | 61% | 126,418 |
| Dartford | 41% | 58% | 126,297 |
| Rugby | 48% | 58% | 125,594 |
| Crawley | 40% | 65% | 124,462 |
| West Lancashire | 44% | 67% | 123,564 |
| North Kesteven | 41% | 64% | 123,267 |
| Sevenoaks | 34% | 57% | 123,183 |
| Chorley | 45% | 73% | 121,814 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 37% | 64% | 121,748 |
| Cheltenham | 24% | 45% | 121,452 |
| West Oxfordshire | 31% | 53% | 121,412 |
| Gedling | 53% | 70% | 121,105 |
| Dover | 39% | 57% | 121,055 |
| Wyre | 41% | 62% | 120,528 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 32% | 57% | 120,098 |
| South Derbyshire | 37% | 64% | 119,441 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 52% | 68% | 118,240 |
| South Ribble | 44% | 71% | 117,554 |
| Fareham | 30% | 58% | 115,373 |
| South Staffordshire | 43% | 63% | 114,811 |
| Broxtowe | 45% | 67% | 113,963 |
| Worthing | 38% | 63% | 113,844 |
| Mansfield | 41% | 62% | 113,682 |
| Erewash | 47% | 69% | 113,474 |
| Darlington | 40% | 63% | 113,402 |
| Lichfield | 40% | 62% | 113,270 |
| North West Leicestershire | 41% | 62% | 113,263 |
| Mid Suffolk | 42% | 62% | 113,047 |
| Folkestone and Hythe | 41% | 63% | 112,163 |
| Gravesham | 42% | 57% | 111,221 |
| Hertsmere | 38% | 57% | 110,242 |
| Blaby | 46% | 67% | 108,423 |
| North East Derbyshire | 55% | 71% | 107,888 |
| Watford | 38% | 59% | 107,658 |
| Spelthorne | 36% | 58% | 107,188 |
| Worcester | 40% | 55% | 106,954 |
| Harborough | 45% | 64% | 106,577 |
| Chesterfield | 57% | 70% | 106,419 |
| Woking | 35% | 59% | 106,197 |
| Rushmoor | 41% | 62% | 106,185 |
| Fenland | 23% | 52% | 105,930 |
| Cannock Chase | 47% | 60% | 104,299 |
| Wyre Forest | 48% | 67% | 104,179 |
| Eastbourne | 41% | 62% | 103,894 |
| Tewkesbury | 24% | 52% | 103,753 |
| North Norfolk | 32% | 56% | 103,708 |
| Lincoln | 34% | 57% | 103,351 |
| Hart | 42% | 62% | 103,335 |
| Broxbourne | 44% | 60% | 103,130 |
| Lewes | 37% | 61% | 102,648 |
| Bromsgrove | 45% | 64% | 101,973 |
| North Devon | 25% | 48% | 101,281 |
| Great Yarmouth | 48% | 68% | 100,957 |
| Burnley | 47% | 61% | 100,946 |
| South Holland | 31% | 51% | 100,758 |
| Pendle | 48% | 66% | 100,203 |
| West Lindsey | 43% | 58% | 99,716 |
| Hartlepool | 44% | 56% | 99,656 |
| Harlow | 47% | 60% | 98,543 |
| Babergh | 41% | 60% | 97,833 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 53% | 72% | 96,764 |
| Uttlesford | 40% | 58% | 96,762 |
| Rother | 48% | 59% | 96,150 |
| Three Rivers | 40% | 61% | 96,068 |
| Surrey Heath | 35% | 58% | 95,094 |
| East Cambridgeshire | 31% | 58% | 94,599 |
| South Hams | 20% | 47% | 93,171 |
| Runnymede | 30% | 55% | 93,013 |
| Stevenage | 51% | 67% | 92,081 |
| High Peak | 43% | 62% | 91,676 |
| Cotswold | 24% | 55% | 91,563 |
| Hastings | 57% | 66% | 90,855 |
| Rochford | 48% | 58% | 90,760 |
| Castle Point | 56% | 65% | 90,613 |
| Tandridge | 38% | 59% | 90,322 |
| Forest of Dean | 39% | 57% | 90,157 |
| Mole Valley | 37% | 58% | 88,808 |
| Redditch | 49% | 64% | 87,548 |
| Hyndburn | 43% | 69% | 86,908 |
| Fylde | 47% | 67% | 86,689 |
| Mid Devon | 38% | 52% | 85,593 |
| Bolsover | 49% | 67% | 84,397 |
| Malvern Hills | 42% | 59% | 84,380 |
| Epsom and Ewell | 47% | 59% | 83,370 |
| Gosport | 43% | 65% | 82,618 |
| Tamworth | 36% | 62% | 81,392 |
| Brentwood | 44% | 58% | 80,104 |
| Rossendale | 46% | 70% | 73,688 |
| Boston | 37% | 51% | 72,092 |
| Derbyshire Dales | 47% | 65% | 72,028 |
| Torridge | 33% | 54% | 70,378 |
| Maldon | 55% | 62% | 70,196 |
| North Warwickshire | 48% | 60% | 67,688 |
| Ribble Valley | 34% | 57% | 66,938 |
| Adur | 49% | 65% | 64,802 |
| Oadby and Wigston | 48% | 67% | 61,533 |
| West Devon | 22% | 48% | 58,980 |
| Melton | 32% | 66% | 54,694 |
| Rutland | 30% | 48% | 41,629 |
| City of London | 9% | 39% | 15,631 |
| Isles of Scilly | 47% | 57% | 2,299 |
NHS dental activity and patients seen: NHS Business Services Authority, NHS Dental Statistics for England 2025/26 (published 27 August 2026, updated 20 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. Population: ONS mid-2025 estimates as used in those tables. NHS charges checked 11 November 2026.