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Migration · ONSNet migration171,0002025▼ 48.3% on a year earlier Migration · ONSImmigration813,0002025▼ 19.7% on a year earlier Migration · ONSEmigration642,0002025▼ 5.6% on a year earlier Crime · ONSPolice-recorded crime (excluding fraud)5,235,213Year ending March 2026▼ 1.4% on a year earlier Crime · ONSViolence against the person (police-recorded)1,962,413Year ending March 2026▲ 1.3% on a year earlier Crime · ONSRobbery (police-recorded)87,362Year ending March 2026▲ 10.2% on a year earlier Crime · ONSCrime Survey estimate of all crime (including fraud)9,615,000Year ending March 2026▲ 1.8% on a year earlier Crime · ONSOffences involving a knife or sharp instrument48,774Year ending March 2026▼ 8.1% on a year earlier Education · Department for EducationPersistent absence18.1%2024/25 academic year▼ 9.1% on a year earlier Education · Department for EducationPupils with an education, health and care plan538,5472025/26 academic year▲ 11.6% on a year earlier Education · Department for EducationAverage Attainment 8 score46.12024/25 academic year▲ 0.4% on a year earlier Education · Department for EducationApprenticeship starts308,7702025/26 academic year▼ 12.7% on a year earlier Education · Department for EducationYoung people not in education, employment or training13.3%2025▼ 1.9% on a year earlier Benefits · DWPTotal benefit expenditure£289.3bnYear ending March 2025▲ 8.0% on a year earlier Benefits · DWPUniversal Credit and equivalents, expenditure£90bnYear ending March 2025▲ 9.8% on a year earlier Benefits · DWPUniversal Credit caseload5,473,000Year ending March 2025▲ 16.3% on a year earlier Benefits · DWPDisability benefits expenditure£41.7bnYear ending March 2025▲ 17.5% on a year earlier Benefits · DWPDisability benefits caseload6,531,000Year ending March 2025▲ 9.6% on a year earlier Benefits · DWPState Pension expenditure£136.6bnYear ending March 2025▲ 10.1% on a year earlier Benefits · DWPHousing support expenditure£36bnYear ending March 2025▲ 11.9% on a year earlier Benefits · DWPIncapacity benefits expenditure£29.7bnYear ending March 2025▲ 17.1% on a year earlier Benefits · DWPIncapacity benefits caseload3,549,000Year ending March 2025▲ 7.8% on a year earlier Tax · HMRCTotal HMRC receipts£937.8bnYear ending March 2026▲ 9.2% on a year earlier Tax · HMRCIncome Tax receipts£326.9bnYear ending March 2026▲ 8.0% on a year earlier Tax · HMRCNational Insurance receipts£200.8bnYear ending March 2026▲ 16.4% on a year earlier Tax · HMRCVAT receipts£179.9bnYear ending March 2026▲ 5.2% on a year earlier Tax · HMRCCorporation Tax receipts£95.1bnYear ending March 2026▲ 4.6% on a year earlier Migration · Home OfficeWork visas granted234,841Year ending June 2026▼ 17.8% on a year earlier Migration · Home OfficeStudy visas granted385,974Year ending June 2026▼ 11.4% on a year earlier Migration · Home OfficeAsylum claims85,891Year ending June 2026▼ 20.9% on a year earlier Migration · Home OfficeAsylum backlog40,168Year ending June 2026▼ 55.8% on a year earlier Migration · Home OfficeAsylum seekers accommodated in hotels16,021Year ending June 2026▼ 50.0% on a year earlier Migration · Home OfficeSmall boat arrivals33,374Year ending June 2026▼ 22.9% on a year earlier Migration · Home OfficeEnforced returns9,669Year ending June 2026▲ 6.5% on a year earlier Work · ONSClaimant count1,690,970July 2026▲ 1.3% on a year earlier Housing · HM Land RegistryAverage house price£272,188June 2026▲ 2.0% on a year earlier Housing · HM Land RegistryHouse price annual change2%June 2026▼ 28.6% on a year earlier Health · NHS EnglandNHS waiting list7,272,291June 2026▼ 0.1% on a year earlier Health · NHS EnglandA&E attendances2,487,580July 2026▲ 3.3% on a year earlier Health · NHS EnglandSeen within 4 hours75.4%July 2026▼ 1.4% on a year earlier Public finances · OBRPublic sector receipts since 1900, per cent of GDP42.7%Year ending March 2031▲ 0.4% on a year earlier Public finances · OBRPublic spending since 1900, per cent of GDP44.3%Year ending March 2031▼ 0.0% on a year earlier Public finances · OBRBorrowing since 1900, per cent of GDP1.6%Year ending March 2031▼ 10.1% on a year earlier Public finances · OBRNational debt since 1900, per cent of GDP95.1%Year ending March 2031▼ 1.1% on a year earlier Work · ONSEmployment rate75.1%2026 Q2▼ 0.3% on a year earlier Work · ONSUnemployment rate4.9%2026 Q2▲ 4.3% on a year earlier Work · ONSEconomic inactivity rate20.9%2026 Q2unchanged on a year earlier Work · ONSEconomically inactive because of long-term sickness2,774,0002026 Q2▼ 0.2% on a year earlier Work · ONSAverage weekly pay, real terms£4952026 Q2▲ 0.4% on a year earlier Economy · ONSCPIH inflation rate3.1%July 2026▼ 26.2% on a year earlier Economy · ONSCPI inflation rate2.9%July 2026▼ 23.7% on a year earlier Public finances · ONSPublic sector net borrowing-£1.8bnJuly 2026▼ 68.7% on a year earlier Public finances · ONSPublic sector net debt as a share of GDP94.1%July 2026▼ 0.8% on a year earlier Benefits · ONSNet social benefits paid£29.8bnJuly 2026▲ 6.9% on a year earlier Economy · ONSGDP per head, real terms£10,2342026 Q2▲ 1.0% on a year earlier Energy · DESNZAverage annual electricity bill£1,0692025▼ 1.3% on a year earlier Energy · DESNZAverage annual gas bill£8342025▼ 1.3% on a year earlier Energy · DESNZPetrol pump price161.6pWeek beginning 31 August 2026 Transport · Department for TransportLicensed cars34,627,4142026 Q1▲ 1.4% on a year earlier Transport · Department for TransportRoad deaths1,5382025▼ 4.0% on a year earlier Local government · MHCLGAverage Band D council tax£2,392Year ending March 2027▲ 4.9% on a year earlier Spending · HM TreasuryTotal managed expenditure£1.29tnYear ending March 2025▲ 4.6% on a year earlier Spending · HM TreasuryTotal managed expenditure as a share of GDP44.4%Year ending March 2025▼ 0.7% on a year earlier Spending · HM TreasurySpending on health£241.8bnYear ending March 2025▲ 8.9% on a year earlier Spending · HM TreasurySpending on education£118.7bnYear ending March 2025▲ 3.9% on a year earlier Spending · HM TreasurySpending on defence£63.6bnYear ending March 2025▲ 12.0% on a year earlier Spending · HM TreasurySpending on public order and safety£51.4bnYear ending March 2025▲ 5.5% on a year earlier Spending · HM TreasurySpending on social protection£383.9bnYear ending March 2025▲ 5.3% on a year earlier Spending · HM TreasurySpending on public sector debt interest£124.7bnYear ending March 2025▼ 1.5% on a year earlier Population · ONSUK population69,281,4372024▲ 1.1% on a year earlier

Since July 2024

Britain under the current government

Net migration	↓ 73.7%
Immigration	↓ 37.4%
Emigration	↓ 1.2%
Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud)	↓ 3.1%
Violence against the person (police-recorded)	↓ 2.6%
Homicide (police-recorded)	↓ 12.0%
Sexual offences (police-recorded)	↑ 15.3%
Robbery (police-recorded)	↑ 7.8%
Theft offences (police-recorded)	↓ 8.0%
Residential burglary (police-recorded)	↓ 15.8%

Changes during this period do not necessarily imply government causation. Full scorecard · method.

Most recently published

What changed recently

2 September 2026Diesel pump price · 183.5p · Week beginning 31 August 2026
2 September 2026Petrol pump price · 161.6p · Week beginning 31 August 2026
2 September 2026Census 2011 usual residents · 56,075,912 · Census 2011
2 September 2026Census 2021 usual residents · 59,597,542 · Census 2021
28 August 2026Small boat arrivals (weekly) · 250 · Week ending 23 August 2026
27 August 2026National debt since 1900, per cent of GDP · 95.1% · Year ending March 2031
27 August 2026Borrowing since 1900, per cent of GDP · 1.6% · Year ending March 2031
27 August 2026Public spending since 1900, per cent of GDP · 44.3% · Year ending March 2031

Official releases

Latest releases ingested

2 September 2026Weekly road fuel prices, UK (DESNZ) · DESNZ
2 September 2026Census 2011 KS209EW - Religion (Nomis) · ONS
2 September 2026Census 2011 KS201EW - Ethnic group (Nomis) · ONS
2 September 2026Census 2011 KS101EW - Usual resident population (Nomis) · ONS
2 September 2026Census 2021 RM032 - Ethnic group by sex by age (Nomis) · ONS
2 September 2026Census 2021 TS030 - Religion (Nomis) · ONS

Next scheduled: 22 October 2026 Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables · 22 October 2026 Police force area data tables · 29 October 2026 Proven reoffending statistics quarterly · 26 November 2026 Long-term international migration, provisional. Calendar

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