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Crime
Official statistics on crime in England and Wales: police-recorded offences, the Crime Survey, homicide, knife crime and local recorded-crime rates.
- Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) · 5,235,213 offences, Year ending March 2026
- Violence against the person (police-recorded) · 1,962,413 offences, Year ending March 2026
- Robbery (police-recorded) · 87,362 offences, Year ending March 2026
- Crime Survey estimate of all crime (including fraud) · 9,615,000 incidents, Year ending March 2026
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Migration
Official statistics covering immigration, emigration, visas, asylum, small boat arrivals, detention, returns and related measures.
- Net migration · 171,000 people, 2025
- Immigration · 813,000 people, 2025
- Emigration · 642,000 people, 2025
- Work visas granted · 234,841 visas, Year ending June 2026
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Justice
Official statistics on the criminal justice system: courts, charge rates, sentencing, prisons, probation and policing.
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Population
Official Census and population statistics: usual residents, ethnic group and religion, by local authority and smaller areas, with change between censuses.
- UK population · 69,281,437 people, 2024
Work
Official labour market statistics: employment, unemployment, economic inactivity, long-term sickness, vacancies, pay and real wages.
- Claimant count · 1,690,970 people, July 2026
- Employment rate · 75.1% , 2026 Q2
- Unemployment rate · 4.9% , 2026 Q2
- Economic inactivity rate · 20.9% , 2026 Q2
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Tax
What Britain is taxed: receipts by tax, rates and thresholds, the value of frozen thresholds, and the tax burden measured against the economy.
- Total HMRC receipts · £937.8bn £ million, Year ending March 2026
- Income Tax receipts · £326.9bn £ million, Year ending March 2026
- National Insurance receipts · £200.8bn £ million, Year ending March 2026
- VAT receipts · £179.9bn £ million, Year ending March 2026
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Public finances
Government borrowing, debt, debt interest and the balance between what the state raises and what it spends.
- Public sector receipts since 1900, per cent of GDP · 42.7% per cent of GDP, Year ending March 2031
- Public spending since 1900, per cent of GDP · 44.3% per cent of GDP, Year ending March 2031
- Borrowing since 1900, per cent of GDP · 1.6% per cent of GDP, Year ending March 2031
- National debt since 1900, per cent of GDP · 95.1% per cent of GDP, Year ending March 2031
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Spending
Where public money goes: expenditure by function, in cash, in real terms, per resident and as a share of the economy.
- Total managed expenditure · £1.29tn £ billion, Year ending March 2025
- Total managed expenditure as a share of GDP · 44.4% percent of GDP, Year ending March 2025
- Spending on health · £241.8bn £ billion, Year ending March 2025
- Spending on education · £118.7bn £ billion, Year ending March 2025
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Benefits
Claimants and expenditure across the main working-age, disability and pensioner benefits.
- Total benefit expenditure · £289.3bn £ million, Year ending March 2025
- Universal Credit and equivalents, expenditure · £90bn £ million, Year ending March 2025
- Universal Credit caseload · 5,473,000 households, Year ending March 2025
- Disability benefits expenditure · £41.7bn £ million, Year ending March 2025
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Housing
House prices, rents, affordability, housebuilding, social housing and homelessness.
- Average house price · £272,188 £, June 2026
- House price annual change · 2% , June 2026
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Health
NHS performance and population health: waiting lists, emergency care, life expectancy and avoidable mortality.
- NHS waiting list · 7,272,291 incomplete pathways, June 2026
- A&E attendances · 2,487,580 attendances, July 2026
- Seen within 4 hours · 75.4% , July 2026
Education
Attainment, absence, exclusions, special educational needs, participation and the teaching workforce.
- Persistent absence · 18.1% , 2024/25 academic year
- Pupils with an education, health and care plan · 538,547 pupils, 2025/26 academic year
- Average Attainment 8 score · 46.1 points, 2024/25 academic year
- Apprenticeship starts · 308,770 starts, 2025/26 academic year
Energy
Household energy prices and bills, fuel poverty, and how Britain's electricity is generated.
- Average annual electricity bill · £1,069 £ a year, 2025
- Average annual gas bill · £834 £ a year, 2025
- Petrol pump price · 161.6p pence a litre, Week beginning 31 August 2026
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Transport
Rail performance, road safety, vehicle ownership, electric vehicle adoption and fuel prices.
- Licensed cars · 34,627,414 cars, 2026 Q1
- Road deaths · 1,538 deaths, 2025
Local government
Council finances and services: spending, council tax, reserves, debt and section 114 notices.
- Average Band D council tax · £2,392 £ a year, Year ending March 2027
Economy
Inflation, output, productivity and the measures used to convert every other figure on this site into real terms.
- CPIH inflation rate · 3.1% , July 2026
- CPI inflation rate · 2.9% , July 2026
- GDP per head, real terms · £10,234 £, 2026 Q2
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Your area
Type a postcode into the box above and it resolves to the local authority and police force that cover it, then to the recorded crime, population and census figures published for that area.
- Maps of Britain · crime, ethnicity, religion and population by area
- How areas compare · recorded crime per 1,000 residents
When Britain does not publish an answer
Some reasonable questions have no official answer. Rather than guess, those are recorded and explained.
- What we cannot tell you · questions the published data cannot answer, and why
- How to check us · sources, methods, corrections and challenges