26 measures · 361 councils compared on 5 or more

Which councils’ figures moved most over the last year?

On each measure, every council’s one-year change is ranked against every other council’s change on that same measure. This page counts how often a council lands in the largest tenth of rises, or the largest tenth of falls, across all the measures it is compared on.

Isles of Scilly appears in one of the two tenths on 12 of the 18 measures it is compared on, the most of any council. A high count means a council’s figures moved further than most councils’ on several different measures. It does not mean the changes point the same way, that they are connected, or that any of them is good or bad news.

Councils by how often they appear in either tenth

Council	In either tenth	Measures compared	Largest rises	Largest falls
Isles of Scilly	12	18	Natural change +30.8%; Claimant rate +0.6 points; International departures +262.5%; Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter +2.4%and 2 more	Council investments held −72.2%; Deaths −14.8%; Earmarked council reserves −53.3%; Net international migration −383.3%and 2 more
Merthyr Tydfil	12	22	Asylum seekers supported in each council area +200.0%; Claimant rate +0.3 points; International departures +191.7%	Average house price −3.0%; Average private rent a month −1.0%; Births −7.8%; Council investments held −56.8%and 5 more
Camden	11	26	Deaths +9.4%; Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence +19.1%; Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence +17.6%	Average house price −7.1%; Average private rent a month +0.4%; Claimant rate −0.2 points; Council investments held −92.7%and 4 more
Malvern Hills	11	24	Average house price +8.0%; Average private rent a month +8.8%; Band D council tax by billing authority +7.5%; Council spending on services +28.7%and 4 more	Births −7.4%; Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence −12.1%; Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence −2.8%
Na h-Eileanan Siar	11	18	Average house price +12.6%; Births +5.5%; Council investments held +90.8%; House price annual change +13.5 pointsand 2 more	Deaths −7.3%; International departures 0.0%; Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter −1.9%; Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence −16.5%and 1 more
North Norfolk	11	26	Asylum seekers supported in each council area +700.0%; Claimant rate +0.2 points; International arrivals −1.6%; Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence +10.8%and 2 more	Births −9.2%; Council spending on services −10.4%; Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence −1.4%; Outstanding council borrowing −100.0%and 1 more
Boston	10	26	Claimant rate +0.7 points; Earmarked council reserves +31.7%; Net internal migration +1,700.0%; Claimant count +15.5%	Average private rent a month +1.0%; Band D council tax by billing authority +3.2%; Council spending on services −12.8%; International departures −4.1%and 2 more
Causeway Coast and Glens	10	16	Average house price +9.6%; Natural change +37.5%; International arrivals +8.5%; Net international migration +30.0%	Claimant rate −0.3 points; International departures −1.6%; Net internal migration −143.5%; Outstanding council borrowing −12.3%and 2 more
Derbyshire Dales	10	25	Average house price +11.7%; Average private rent a month +7.4%; Births +3.8%; House price annual change +12.9 pointsand 3 more	Net international migration −153.1%; Claimant count −2.6%; Population −0.3%
Dundee City	10	20	Births +5.0%; Natural change +29.3%; Claimant rate +0.3 points; Council investments held +67.1%and 1 more	Asylum seekers supported in each council area −49.4%; Deaths −5.4%; Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter −2.0%; Net internal migration −122.6%and 1 more
East Lindsey	10	26	Claimant rate +0.4 points; House price annual change +10.1 points; International arrivals +31.1%; Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter +2.3%and 3 more	Band D council tax by billing authority +3.4%; Outstanding council borrowing −100.0%; Population +0.1%
Eastbourne	10	26	Claimant rate +0.2 points	Average house price −3.7%; Average private rent a month +0.7%; Births −7.7%; Council investments held −70.9%and 5 more
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	10	26	Asylum seekers supported in each council area +6,400.0%; Claimant rate +0.3 points; House price annual change +8.8 points; Net internal migration +856.3%and 2 more	Births −7.4%; Council investments held −48.1%; Council spending on services −19.7%; Population 0.0%
Melton	10	25	Births +4.3%; Earmarked council reserves +49.3%; International arrivals +7.4%; International departures +153.8%and 1 more	Band D council tax by billing authority +3.4%; Claimant rate −0.2 points; Council spending on services −15.4%; Net international migration −151.2%and 1 more
Moray	10	19	Average house price +9.4%; Births +8.7%; Natural change +24.1%; Claimant rate +0.3 pointsand 4 more	International departures 0.0%; Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence −1.8%
Oadby and Wigston	10	26	Births +5.2%; Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence +20.7%; Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence +19.7%; Population +3.1%	Average house price −1.7%; Band D council tax by billing authority +3.3%; Council spending on services −21.9%; International arrivals −36.5%and 2 more
Rother	10	25	Band D council tax by billing authority +5.5%; Claimant rate +0.2 points; Council investments held +138.3%; Outstanding council borrowing +47.4%and 1 more	Average private rent a month +0.8%; Births −13.0%; Earmarked council reserves −36.0%; Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence −2.2%and 1 more
Shetland Islands	10	18	Births +6.8%; Natural change +47.7%; Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence +10.4%; Net international migration −12.5%and 1 more	Average house price −6.0%; Deaths −11.3%; House price annual change −7.9 points; International departures 0.0%and 1 more
Torfaen	10	22	Deaths +6.7%; International arrivals +10.6%; International departures +560.0%; Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence +17.5%and 1 more	Average private rent a month +1.1%; Natural change −114.4%; Net internal migration −65.4%; Outstanding council borrowing −10.8%and 1 more
West Lindsey	10	26	Average house price +8.9%; Average private rent a month +10.9%; Claimant rate +0.3 points; House price annual change +10.1 pointsand 4 more	Band D council tax by billing authority +3.3%; Net international migration −132.7%
Westminster	10	26	Council spending on services +27.6%	Average house price −25.4%; Average private rent a month −2.0%; Band D council tax by billing authority +3.0%; Claimant rate −0.1 pointsand 5 more
Broxbourne	9	26	Births +3.9%; Deaths +7.9%; International arrivals +3.4%; Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence +12.6%and 2 more	Asylum seekers supported in each council area −87.3%; Private rent annual change −12.1 points; Unallocated council reserves −30.4%
Chorley	9	26	Average private rent a month +7.0%; Natural change +30.8%; Claimant rate +0.2 points; Council investments held +72.7%	Band D council tax by billing authority +3.7%; Deaths −8.8%; Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter −1.2%; Other change −400.0%and 1 more
Hillingdon	9	26	Council investments held +135.2%; Earmarked council reserves +165.9%; Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter +2.4%; Population +2.2%	Asylum seekers supported in each council area −52.1%; House price annual change −6.2 points; International arrivals −36.8%; Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence +0.3%and 1 more
Kensington and Chelsea	9	26	Outstanding council borrowing +39.8%	Average house price −14.7%; Average private rent a month +0.8%; Council investments held −46.0%; House price annual change −16.9 pointsand 4 more
Mid and East Antrim	9	16	Average house price +8.2%; International arrivals +28.9%; Net internal migration +122.4%; Net international migration +143.0%	Asylum seekers supported in each council area −88.8%; Claimant rate −0.2 points; International departures +4.1%; Claimant count −8.4%and 1 more
Midlothian	9	20	Asylum seekers supported in each council area +1,480.0%; Natural change +353.8%; Claimant rate +0.3 points; Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter +2.3%and 3 more	Council investments held −75.9%; Deaths −12.2%
Nuneaton and Bedworth	9	25	Deaths +6.1%; Earmarked council reserves +36.8%; International arrivals +3.2%; Net international migration −33.2%and 1 more	Natural change −78.3%; Council investments held −57.0%; Council spending on services −24.5%; Private rent annual change −10.6 points
Preston	9	26	Average house price +12.4%; Births +10.1%; Natural change +41.8%; House price annual change +15.2 pointsand 3 more	International arrivals −38.0%; Mean domestic gas consumption per meter −2.2%
Rushmoor	9	26	Claimant rate +0.2 points; Mean domestic gas consumption per meter +1.2%; Population +2.3%	Asylum seekers supported in each council area −56.6%; Council spending on services −32.6%; Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence −2.0%; Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence +0.5%and 2 more
Staffordshire Moorlands	9	26	Asylum seekers supported in each council area +157.1%; Average house price +9.4%; Average private rent a month +7.3%; House price annual change +9.3 pointsand 3 more	Mean domestic gas consumption per meter −3.7%; Claimant count −3.3%
Waverley	9	26	Births +9.4%; Natural change +45.8%; Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter +2.6%; Net internal migration +101.2%and 1 more	Average private rent a month −3.1%; House price annual change −6.5 points; Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence +0.5%; Private rent annual change −11.5 points
Wyre	9	25	Births +3.7%; Earmarked council reserves +84.9%; International arrivals +9.4%; Net international migration −25.2%and 1 more	Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter −2.1%; Mean domestic gas consumption per meter −2.5%; Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence −1.0%; Unallocated council reserves −77.6%
Argyll and Bute	8	19	Claimant rate +0.2 points; Mean domestic gas consumption per meter +1.5%; Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence +11.1%	Average house price −3.7%; House price annual change −13.7 points; International departures +8.7%; Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter −1.2%and 1 more
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	8	16	Average house price +9.2%; Deaths +11.0%; Net international migration −29.9%	Claimant rate −0.2 points; International departures −3.3%; Other change −598.6%; Outstanding council borrowing −14.2%and 1 more
Babergh	8	25	Asylum seekers supported in each council area +500.0%; Births +8.9%; Council spending on services +53.4%; International departures +174.4%and 1 more	Council investments held −49.4%; Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence −7.9%; Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence −1.3%
Blackpool	8	26	Claimant rate +0.3 points; Council investments held +69.2%; House price annual change +7.5 points; Other change +2,100.0%	Asylum seekers supported in each council area −61.9%; Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter −1.7%; Net internal migration −169.1%; Unallocated council reserves −92.8%
Broxtowe	8	26	Asylum seekers supported in each council area +256.8%; Other change +1,180.0%	Average private rent a month −0.9%; Births −8.4%; International arrivals −40.3%; Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence −4.2%and 2 more
East Ayrshire	8	20	Average house price +10.1%; Births +4.4%; Natural change +24.5%; House price annual change +8.4 pointsand 2 more	Council investments held −59.8%; Deaths −6.7%
East Hertfordshire	8	24	Council spending on services +43.3%; Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter +2.4%; Population +1.9%	Council investments held −68.7%; Earmarked council reserves −38.3%; Other change −325.0%; Outstanding council borrowing −33.3%and 1 more
Erewash	8	25	Earmarked council reserves +31.1%; International departures +184.4%; Other change +575.0%; Unallocated council reserves +78.0%	Council spending on services −12.3%; Net internal migration −167.4%; Claimant count −2.7%; Population +0.1%
Exeter	8	26	Population +2.0%	Average house price −1.7%; Average private rent a month +1.2%; Deaths −5.5%; International departures +3.8%and 3 more
Fermanagh and Omagh	8	16	Average house price +11.0%; Net international migration +128.4%	Asylum seekers supported in each council area −50.0%; Claimant rate −0.4 points; Deaths −6.8%; International departures −16.6%and 2 more
Hastings	8	26	Claimant rate +0.3 points; Deaths +6.3%; Net internal migration +113.4%	Average house price −4.6%; Council spending on services −9.1%; Earmarked council reserves −69.3%; Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter −0.9%and 1 more
Hyndburn	8	26	Average house price +10.7%; Natural change +295.1%; Claimant rate +0.2 points; House price annual change +10.9 points	Band D council tax by billing authority +3.6%; Deaths −12.9%; Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter −2.3%; Mean domestic gas consumption per meter −2.2%
Isle of Anglesey	8	22	International arrivals +61.6%; International departures +475.5%	Births −7.1%; Deaths −7.3%; Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence −2.6%; Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence −1.4%and 2 more
Lancaster	8	26	Council investments held +87.2%; House price annual change +7.5 points; Net internal migration +118.2%	Births −7.5%; Deaths −7.3%; Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter −1.6%; Mean domestic gas consumption per meter −2.8%and 1 more
Mid Ulster	8	15	Average house price +10.5%; Net international migration +138.3%	Claimant rate −0.2 points; International departures −17.6%; Net internal migration −116.8%; Other change −344.7%and 2 more
Newry, Mourne and Down	8	16	Average house price +12.8%; Council investments held +22,474.5%; House price annual change +10.9 points	Claimant rate −0.2 points; International departures −2.5%; Net internal migration −1,057.1%; Claimant count −8.8%and 1 more
North West Leicestershire	8	26	Average private rent a month +9.8%; Earmarked council reserves +251.1%; International arrivals +4.6%; Private rent annual change +4.9 points	Band D council tax by billing authority +3.4%; Births −7.5%; Natural change −242.9%; Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence −1.1%
Redcar and Cleveland	8	26	Average house price +8.1%; House price annual change +11.5 points; International departures +182.4%; Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence +14.8%and 1 more	Average private rent a month +1.1%; Earmarked council reserves −36.5%; Private rent annual change −9.9 points
Spelthorne	8	26	Council investments held +208.4%; Council spending on services +47.2%; Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence +10.3%; Population +2.1%	Average house price −4.7%; House price annual change −11.9 points; International arrivals −37.6%; Outstanding council borrowing −33.2%
Stafford	8	25	Asylum seekers supported in each council area +3,700.0%; Natural change +39.5%; Claimant rate +0.2 points; Earmarked council reserves +108.3%	Deaths −9.6%; Mean domestic gas consumption per meter −2.2%; Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence −2.5%; Unallocated council reserves −23.5%
Tamworth	8	26	Council spending on services +48.0%; Deaths +12.7%; International arrivals +26.9%; International departures +177.6%and 1 more	Asylum seekers supported in each council area −50.0%; Average private rent a month +0.4%; Natural change −94.9%
Tunbridge Wells	8	25	Claimant rate +0.2 points; Council spending on services +25.0%; Deaths +9.4%; Claimant count +10.4%	Asylum seekers supported in each council area −50.0%; Average house price −3.0%; Natural change −319.5%; House price annual change −13.2 points
Uttlesford	8	26	Deaths +7.3%; International arrivals −2.3%; Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter +2.7%; Net internal migration +116.6%	Asylum seekers supported in each council area −67.7%; Average private rent a month +0.2%; Natural change −167.9%; Unallocated council reserves −26.1%
Wealden	8	26	Asylum seekers supported in each council area +41,800.0%; Council spending on services +22.6%; Deaths +9.3%; Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence +19.0%and 2 more	Births −7.0%; Other change −500.0%
Worthing	8	26	Claimant rate +0.3 points; Deaths +9.9%	Average house price −5.1%; Average private rent a month 0.0%; Council spending on services −10.3%; Mean domestic gas consumption per meter −2.1%and 2 more
Braintree	7	26	Claimant rate +0.2 points; International arrivals −1.6%; Other change +1,500.0%; Population +2.4%	Natural change −90.2%; Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence −1.4%; Outstanding council borrowing −8.3%
Brentwood	7	26	Deaths +8.3%; Net internal migration +202.5%; Other change +500.0%; Unallocated council reserves +49.5%	Natural change −73.3%; House price annual change −7.5 points; Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence −5.1%

The 301 councils with fewer appearances are not listed; each council’s own figures are on its place page.

The measures behind the count

Measure	Councils compared	Largest rise	Largest fall	Period
Asylum seekers supported in each council areaHome Office	336	+41,800.0%Wealden, 419	−98.1%Ards and North Down, 1	2026 Q2the spread across councils
Average house priceHM Land Registry	360	+12.8%Newry, Mourne and Down, £220,572	−25.4%Westminster, £854,198	June 2026the spread across councils
Average private rent a monthONS	316	+13.0%Tewkesbury, £1,086	−3.1%Waverley, £1,450	July 2026the spread across councils
Band D council tax by billing authorityMHCLG	296	+9.0%Shropshire, £2,528	+2.5%Hartlepool, £2,560	Year ending March 2027the spread across councils
Births by local authorityONS	361	+10.1%Preston, 1,943	−13.0%Rother, 570	Year to mid-2025the spread across councils
Births minus deaths by local authorityONS	361	+427.3%Burnley, 58	−775.0%West Berkshire, -81	Year to mid-2025the spread across councils
Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64ONS	361	+0.7 pointsBoston, 4.8%	−0.6 pointsDerry City and Strabane, 4.1%	July 2026the spread across councils
Council investments heldMHCLG	359	+22,474.5%Newry, Mourne and Down, £10.6m	−92.7%Camden, £12.1m	2026 Q2the spread across councils
Council spending on servicesMHCLG	293	+53.4%Babergh, £19.9m	−32.6%Rushmoor, £12.6m	Year ending March 2025the spread across councils
Deaths by local authorityONS	361	+14.7%Derry City and Strabane, 1,454	−14.8%Isles of Scilly, 23	Year to mid-2024the spread across councils
Earmarked council reservesMHCLG	290	+1,571.4%Woking, £42.5m	−69.3%Hastings, £13.7m	Year ending March 2025the spread across councils
House price annual changeHM Land Registry	360	+16.1 pointsWestmorland and Furness, 11.1%	−32.3 pointsWestminster, -25.4%	June 2026the spread across councils
International migration into a local authorityONS	361	+61.6%Isle of Anglesey, 202	−46.2%Lincoln, 1,826	Year to mid-2025the spread across councils
International migration out of a local authorityONS	361	+560.0%Torfaen, 264	−17.6%Mid Ulster, 1,068	Year to mid-2025the spread across councils
Mean domestic electricity consumption per meterDESNZ	350	+4.1%City of London, 3,713	−3.1%Plymouth, 2,861	2024the spread across councils
Mean domestic gas consumption per meterDESNZ	347	+2.6%North Ayrshire, 10,995	−4.0%Carmarthenshire, 10,405	2023the spread across councils
Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residenceONS	348	+20.7%Oadby and Wigston, £40,617	−16.5%Na h-Eileanan Siar, £33,442	2025the spread across councils
Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residenceONS	348	+24.3%Gravesham, £859	−8.0%Rutland, £776	2025the spread across councils
Net internal migration by local authorityONS	360	+5,585.7%Runnymede, 398	−8,408.3%Medway, -1,021	Year to mid-2025the spread across councils
Net international migration by local authorityONS	361	+143.0%Mid and East Antrim, 384	−383.3%Isles of Scilly, -17	Year to mid-2024the spread across councils
Other population change by local authorityONS	355	+10,150.0%Falkirk, 201	−11,960.0%Greenwich, -603	Year to mid-2024the spread across councils
Outstanding council borrowingMHCLG	330	+490.0%Wandsworth, £1.2m	−100.0%Amber Valley, £0m	2026 Q2the spread across councils
People claiming unemployment-related benefitsONS	361	+100.0%Isles of Scilly, 20	−14.2%Derry City and Strabane, 3,845	July 2026the spread across councils
Population by local authorityONS	361	+11.1%City of London, 15,111	−2.8%Isles of Scilly, 2,366	Mid-2024the spread across councils
Private rent annual changeONS	316	+13.3 pointsKirklees, 12.6%	−18.4 pointsNewport, 2.6%	July 2026the spread across councils
Unallocated council reservesMHCLG	275	+249,900.0%Rother, £5m	−117.4%Hillingdon, -£4.7m	Year ending March 2025the spread across councils

How the count is made

For each measure, a council’s change is its newest published figure against its figure a year earlier by period end, on the measure’s own scale — percent for a count or an amount, points for a rate. Councils are ranked within the measure, and the top and bottom 10% are counted. A council with no figure at either date is not ranked on that measure and the measure does not count towards its total.

A council compared on fewer than 5 measures is left out entirely, because a tally over two or three measures says more about what this site holds for the council than about the council. A percentage change is larger in a small council for the same number of people: twenty people are a larger share of a small number than of a large one, so small authorities reach a tenth more often than their size alone would put them there. The counts are not adjusted for that, and no council’s appearances are added into a score.