Re-referrals to children's social care by council, England

The share of referrals to children's social care in each of England's 153 councils with children's services in the year to 31 March that were re-referrals within 12 months, or led to no further action or an assessment of not in need, and of children referred who were re-referred, with the regions and England, from the DfE.

England

22.6%

2024/25 · Re-referrals within 12 months

Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:20 UTC

Re-referrals to children's social care by council, England

Source: Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

In order

Ranked by the hub 2024/25

Every place, the highest figure first. The number before each is the hub's own position in the list, not the publisher's: equal figures share one, marked =.

Re-referrals within 12 months

1Isle of Wight46.7%
2Hampshire41.0%
3Liverpool30.5%
4Doncaster29.4%
5Cambridgeshire29.2%
6Derbyshire28.9%
7Stockton-on-Tees28.8%
8Cornwall27.9%
9Tameside27.7%
10Nottingham27.2%
=11Croydon26.8%
=11Rutland26.8%
13Hartlepool26.5%
14Solihull26.3%
15Sefton26.2%
=16Bury26.0%
=16Plymouth26.0%
=18Barnsley, its area before 1 April 202525.5%
=18Leicestershire25.5%
20Middlesbrough25.3%
21Medway24.8%
22North Tyneside24.7%
23Tower Hamlets24.5%
24West Sussex24.4%
25Torbay24.3%
26Leeds24.2%
=27North Northamptonshire23.9%
=27Portsmouth23.9%
=27West Northamptonshire23.9%
30Bromley23.8%
31Brighton and Hove23.6%
=32Blackpool23.4%
=32Salford23.4%
34Bedford23.3%
=35Bristol, City of23.2%
=35York23.2%
=37Derby23.1%
=37Nottinghamshire23.1%
=39Cheshire West and Chester23.0%
=39Swindon23.0%
=41Bradford22.9%
=41Lincolnshire22.9%
=41Reading22.9%
44Buckinghamshire22.8%
=45Cumberland22.7%
=45Sandwell22.7%
=47Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole22.6%
=47Enfield22.6%
49Dudley22.5%
50Gloucestershire22.4%
51Wirral22.2%
52Somerset22.1%
53Bexley21.9%
54Barking and Dagenham21.8%
=55Kingston upon Hull, City of21.7%
=55West Berkshire21.7%
57Kent21.6%
=58Blackburn with Darwen21.5%
=58Stockport21.5%
60North East Lincolnshire21.4%
=61Lambeth21.3%
=61Merton21.3%
63Oldham21.1%
=64Kensington and Chelsea21.0%
=64Stoke-on-Trent21.0%
=66Hillingdon20.9%
=66Lewisham20.9%
68Wolverhampton20.8%
=69Birmingham20.7%
=69Slough20.7%
=71Bolton20.5%
=71Surrey20.5%
73Calderdale20.4%
74Milton Keynes20.3%
75Southampton20.2%
76Suffolk20.1%
77Northumberland20.0%
78Hackney19.9%
=79North Yorkshire19.8%
=79Peterborough19.8%
=79St. Helens19.8%
=82Devon19.7%
=82Kirklees19.7%
=82Walsall19.7%
=82Wigan19.7%
=86Rotherham19.6%
=86Windsor and Maidenhead19.6%
88Ealing19.5%
89Bracknell Forest19.2%
90Waltham Forest19.1%
91Halton19.0%
92Luton18.9%
=93County Durham18.7%
=93Haringey18.7%
=93Wiltshire18.7%
96Westminster18.6%
=97Coventry18.5%
=97Sunderland18.5%
=97Wakefield18.5%
100Manchester18.4%
=101Camden18.3%
=101Sutton18.3%
103Trafford18.0%
=104Norfolk17.9%
=104Wandsworth17.9%
106Worcestershire17.8%
107Oxfordshire17.7%
=108Newcastle upon Tyne17.2%
=108Rochdale17.2%
=108South Tyneside17.2%
=111South Gloucestershire17.1%
=111Southend-on-Sea17.1%
=113Southwark17.0%
=113Warwickshire17.0%
115Warrington16.9%
=116Islington16.8%
=116Leicester16.8%
=116Redbridge16.8%
=116Wokingham16.8%
120East Sussex16.6%
=121Sheffield, its area before 1 April 202516.5%
=121Westmorland and Furness16.5%
=123East Riding of Yorkshire16.4%
=123Richmond upon Thames16.4%
=125Havering16.3%
=125Lancashire16.3%
127Thurrock16.0%
128Central Bedfordshire15.9%
=129Cheshire East15.8%
=129City of London15.8%
=129Hertfordshire15.8%
=129Telford and Wrekin15.8%
133Harrow15.6%
134Knowsley15.5%
=135Essex15.4%
=135North Somerset15.4%
137Hammersmith and Fulham15.3%
138Kingston upon Thames15.0%
139Newham14.9%
=140Barnet14.8%
=140Herefordshire, County of14.8%
142Dorset14.7%
143Redcar and Cleveland14.6%
=144Brent14.2%
=144Staffordshire14.2%
146North Lincolnshire14.0%
147Gateshead13.9%
148Bath and North East Somerset13.4%
149Greenwich13.1%
150Darlington13.0%
151Shropshire12.9%
152Hounslow12.1%
153Isles of Scilly0.0%

No figure published for Barnsley, Sheffield.

Children re-referred within 12 months

1Isle of Wight42.2%
2Hampshire36.2%
3Liverpool29.1%
=4Cambridgeshire27.8%
=4Stockton-on-Tees27.8%
6Derbyshire27.4%
7Doncaster27.3%
8Tameside26.7%
9Cornwall26.6%
10Barnsley, its area before 1 April 202525.3%
11Plymouth25.2%
12Solihull25.1%
=13Hartlepool25.0%
=13Sefton25.0%
15Nottingham24.5%
=16Bury24.3%
=16Leicestershire24.3%
=18Croydon24.2%
=18Medway24.2%
20West Sussex23.9%
21Middlesbrough23.6%
22Tower Hamlets23.5%
23North Tyneside23.0%
24Leeds22.8%
25Blackpool22.6%
26Rutland22.5%
=27Brighton and Hove22.3%
=27Buckinghamshire22.3%
=27Portsmouth22.3%
=27Torbay22.3%
=31Cumberland22.2%
=31Salford22.2%
=33Derby22.1%
=33North Northamptonshire22.1%
=33West Northamptonshire22.1%
=36Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole22.0%
=36York22.0%
=38Bedford21.9%
=38Bromley21.9%
=38Cheshire West and Chester21.9%
=38Nottinghamshire21.9%
=38Swindon21.9%
43Lincolnshire21.8%
44Bristol, City of21.7%
45Bradford21.6%
46Sandwell21.5%
=47Gloucestershire21.4%
=47Somerset21.4%
49Reading21.3%
50Bexley21.2%
51Dudley21.0%
=52West Berkshire20.9%
=52Wirral20.9%
=54Blackburn with Darwen20.7%
=54Enfield20.7%
=56Kingston upon Hull, City of20.6%
=56North East Lincolnshire20.6%
58Stockport20.5%
=59Merton20.3%
=59Oldham20.3%
=59Slough20.3%
=59Wolverhampton20.3%
=63Barking and Dagenham20.2%
=63Hillingdon20.2%
65Lambeth20.1%
66Kent19.9%
67Calderdale19.8%
=68Birmingham19.7%
=68Stoke-on-Trent19.7%
70Lewisham19.6%
=71Bolton19.3%
=71Kensington and Chelsea19.3%
=71Peterborough19.3%
=71Wigan19.3%
=75Devon19.2%
=75Surrey19.2%
=77North Yorkshire19.1%
=77St. Helens19.1%
79Northumberland19.0%
=80Milton Keynes18.9%
=80Rotherham18.9%
=82Hackney18.8%
=82Southampton18.8%
84Suffolk18.7%
85Windsor and Maidenhead18.6%
=86Kirklees18.5%
=86Waltham Forest18.5%
88Ealing18.4%
89Walsall18.3%
90Trafford18.1%
91Luton18.0%
92Halton17.9%
=93Bracknell Forest17.7%
=93County Durham17.7%
=93Haringey17.7%
=93Westminster17.7%
=97Manchester17.6%
=97Oxfordshire17.6%
=97Sunderland17.6%
100Sutton17.5%
=101Camden17.4%
=101Norfolk17.4%
=103Coventry17.3%
=103South Gloucestershire17.3%
=103Wakefield17.3%
=103Worcestershire17.3%
=107Wandsworth17.2%
=107Wiltshire17.2%
109Warwickshire16.9%
110Rochdale16.8%
111Southwark16.7%
=112South Tyneside16.5%
=112Wokingham16.5%
114Thurrock16.4%
=115Islington16.3%
=115Newcastle upon Tyne16.3%
=115Redbridge16.3%
=115Southend-on-Sea16.3%
119Warrington16.2%
120Havering16.0%
=121Leicester15.9%
=121Westmorland and Furness15.9%
=123East Sussex15.7%
=123Lancashire15.7%
125Knowsley15.6%
126East Riding of Yorkshire15.5%
=127Central Bedfordshire15.3%
=127Telford and Wrekin15.3%
=129North Somerset15.2%
=129Richmond upon Thames15.2%
131Sheffield, its area before 1 April 202515.1%
=132Cheshire East15.0%
=132Hammersmith and Fulham15.0%
=132Herefordshire, County of15.0%
=132Hertfordshire15.0%
136Essex14.9%
137Redcar and Cleveland14.7%
=138Harrow14.5%
=138Kingston upon Thames14.5%
=140Dorset14.4%
=140Gateshead14.4%
=140Newham14.4%
143Barnet13.7%
144Brent13.6%
145Staffordshire13.3%
146North Lincolnshire13.2%
147Bath and North East Somerset12.9%
148Greenwich12.8%
=149Darlington12.5%
=149Shropshire12.5%
151Hounslow11.3%
152Isles of Scilly0.0%

No figure published for Barnsley, City of London, Sheffield.

No further action

1City of London52.6%
2Rutland37.7%
3Leicester28.8%
4Isle of Wight20.8%
5Somerset20.7%
6Hampshire19.4%
7Kensington and Chelsea19.1%
=8Wandsworth17.6%
=8Westminster17.6%
10Enfield16.3%
11Nottingham16.1%
12Dorset16.0%
13Southampton15.2%
14Bedford15.0%
15Darlington14.5%
16Brent14.0%
17Bristol, City of13.6%
18Liverpool13.5%
19Lambeth13.2%
=20Doncaster12.9%
=20Lincolnshire12.9%
22Ealing12.5%
23Medway12.0%
24Hammersmith and Fulham11.9%
=25Bracknell Forest11.2%
=25Bradford11.2%
27Cheshire West and Chester10.8%
28Staffordshire10.7%
=29Croydon10.5%
=29Peterborough10.5%
=29Redbridge10.5%
32Westmorland and Furness10.4%
33Milton Keynes10.1%
34Leeds10.0%
=35Brighton and Hove9.9%
=35Rotherham9.9%
37Cambridgeshire9.8%
38Derby9.2%
=39Bromley9.1%
=39Hertfordshire9.1%
41Sutton9.0%
42Barnet8.9%
43Merton8.8%
44Tower Hamlets8.6%
45Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole8.4%
46Barnsley, its area before 1 April 20258.3%
47West Northamptonshire8.2%
48Bexley8.1%
=49Gloucestershire7.7%
=49Haringey7.7%
=51Lewisham7.5%
=51Wirral7.5%
=53Greenwich7.4%
=53Walsall7.4%
55North Northamptonshire7.3%
56Rochdale7.2%
57Leicestershire6.8%
58St. Helens6.6%
59Manchester6.3%
60Sefton6.1%
61Southwark5.9%
62Surrey5.7%
=63Bolton5.6%
=63Hackney5.6%
65Islington5.4%
66Hounslow5.3%
67Kingston upon Hull, City of5.1%
=68Essex5.0%
=68Havering5.0%
70Reading4.8%
=71Cumberland4.7%
=71Torbay4.7%
=73Sheffield, its area before 1 April 20254.4%
=73Telford and Wrekin4.4%
=75Cheshire East4.3%
=75Stockport4.3%
77Blackburn with Darwen4.1%
=78Knowsley3.8%
=78Windsor and Maidenhead3.8%
=80Bury3.7%
=80Camden3.7%
=80Middlesbrough3.7%
=83Trafford3.6%
=83Worcestershire3.6%
85Derbyshire3.4%
86Luton3.3%
87Oxfordshire3.2%
=88Barking and Dagenham3.1%
=88Lancashire3.1%
=90Kirklees2.6%
=90Southend-on-Sea2.6%
92Shropshire2.5%
=93Birmingham2.4%
=93Suffolk2.4%
95Harrow2.2%
=96Buckinghamshire2.1%
=96East Sussex2.1%
=96Wiltshire2.1%
99Solihull2.0%
=100Kingston upon Thames1.9%
=100Thurrock1.9%
=100York1.9%
=103Oldham1.7%
=103Tameside1.7%
=105Halton1.5%
=105Richmond upon Thames1.5%
107Norfolk1.3%
=108Newham1.2%
=108Stoke-on-Trent1.2%
=108Wigan1.2%
=111Bath and North East Somerset1.0%
=111Dudley1.0%
=113Gateshead0.9%
=113Newcastle upon Tyne0.9%
=113North Somerset0.9%
=113Northumberland0.9%
=113Warrington0.9%
=118Devon0.8%
=118Waltham Forest0.8%
=118Wokingham0.8%
=121Hartlepool0.6%
=121Slough0.6%
=123Kent0.5%
=123Swindon0.5%
125Central Bedfordshire0.4%
126Hillingdon0.2%
127Wakefield0.1%
=128Blackpool0.0%
=128Calderdale0.0%
=128Cornwall0.0%
=128County Durham0.0%
=128East Riding of Yorkshire0.0%
=128Herefordshire, County of0.0%
=128North East Lincolnshire0.0%
=128North Lincolnshire0.0%
=128Nottinghamshire0.0%
=128Plymouth0.0%
=128Portsmouth0.0%
=128Salford0.0%
=128Sandwell0.0%
=128South Gloucestershire0.0%
=128Sunderland0.0%
=128Warwickshire0.0%
=128West Berkshire0.0%
=128West Sussex0.0%

No figure published for Barnsley, Coventry, Isles of Scilly, North Tyneside, North Yorkshire, Redcar and Cleveland, Sheffield, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-Tees, Wolverhampton.

Assessed as not in need

1Doncaster51.7%
2Stockton-on-Tees51.4%
3Nottinghamshire50.3%
4Central Bedfordshire48.7%
5West Northamptonshire46.0%
6North Tyneside45.1%
7North Northamptonshire44.6%
8Thurrock43.9%
9Isles of Scilly43.8%
10Warwickshire43.7%
11Hampshire43.4%
12York43.1%
13Cumberland43.0%
=14Barking and Dagenham42.5%
=14Leeds42.5%
=14Nottingham42.5%
17Greenwich42.4%
18Devon42.3%
19Rotherham41.9%
20Salford41.4%
21Oxfordshire41.3%
=22Medway40.6%
=22Southwark40.6%
24Bexley40.5%
=25Harrow40.3%
=25Plymouth40.3%
27Liverpool40.2%
28Merton40.1%
=29Solihull40.0%
=29South Gloucestershire40.0%
=29Stoke-on-Trent40.0%
32Essex39.9%
33Barnsley, its area before 1 April 202539.8%
34Slough39.7%
35Hackney39.2%
36Newcastle upon Tyne39.0%
37Kingston upon Thames38.4%
38North Lincolnshire38.0%
=39Northumberland37.0%
=39South Tyneside37.0%
41Hillingdon36.7%
42Hertfordshire36.4%
43Blackpool35.4%
44Suffolk35.1%
=45Ealing35.0%
=45Havering35.0%
=47Bath and North East Somerset34.7%
=47Derbyshire34.7%
=47Wirral34.7%
50Cheshire West and Chester34.5%
51Somerset34.3%
=52Reading34.1%
=52Wokingham34.1%
54Peterborough33.8%
55St. Helens33.6%
56Tameside33.5%
=57Richmond upon Thames33.0%
=57West Sussex33.0%
=57Westminster33.0%
=60Haringey32.9%
=60Worcestershire32.9%
62Birmingham32.5%
63Sefton32.3%
64Sunderland32.0%
65East Sussex31.8%
66Wiltshire31.7%
=67Halton31.6%
=67Lewisham31.6%
=69Blackburn with Darwen31.5%
=69Walsall31.5%
71Isle of Wight31.4%
=72Wakefield30.9%
=72Warrington30.9%
=74Coventry30.8%
=74Kensington and Chelsea30.8%
=74Swindon30.8%
77Redbridge30.5%
78Gloucestershire30.4%
=79Cambridgeshire30.3%
=79Staffordshire30.3%
81Gateshead29.9%
82Luton29.8%
83Bristol, City of29.7%
84Bromley29.5%
85Leicestershire29.2%
=86Lincolnshire29.1%
=86North East Lincolnshire29.1%
=86Windsor and Maidenhead29.1%
89Middlesbrough28.9%
90Camden28.8%
91Islington28.3%
92Derby27.6%
=93Bracknell Forest27.3%
=93Surrey27.3%
95Kent27.2%
96Bradford27.1%
97Lambeth26.6%
98Wandsworth26.5%
99Buckinghamshire26.4%
100Westmorland and Furness26.2%
101Southend-on-Sea25.8%
102Dudley25.6%
103Newham25.2%
=104Cheshire East25.0%
=104Lancashire25.0%
106Sandwell23.6%
107Sutton23.5%
108Stockport23.4%
109Hammersmith and Fulham23.2%
110Trafford22.9%
111Milton Keynes22.5%
112Wolverhampton22.3%
113Telford and Wrekin21.4%
114Enfield21.1%
115Darlington20.8%
116County Durham20.6%
=117North Yorkshire20.2%
=117Tower Hamlets20.2%
119North Somerset19.9%
120Dorset19.4%
121Brighton and Hove19.2%
122Torbay19.1%
123Kingston upon Hull, City of19.0%
124Wigan18.7%
125Leicester18.5%
126Barnet18.4%
127Bedford18.3%
128Hartlepool18.1%
129Waltham Forest17.3%
130Croydon17.0%
131Bolton16.8%
132Cornwall16.6%
133Bury16.2%
134Knowsley15.8%
135Norfolk15.5%
136Oldham15.1%
137Rutland14.8%
138Brent13.3%
=139Calderdale13.0%
=139Shropshire13.0%
141Southampton12.5%
142Hounslow11.7%
143Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole11.5%
144Rochdale11.0%
145Manchester10.2%
146Sheffield, its area before 1 April 20258.2%
147Kirklees7.4%
148West Berkshire7.0%
149Redcar and Cleveland5.2%
150East Riding of Yorkshire4.9%
151Portsmouth1.7%
152Herefordshire, County of1.4%
153City of London0.0%

No figure published for Barnsley, Sheffield.

Data table

163 rows

Area	Re-referrals within 12 months	Children re-referred within 12 months	No further action	Assessed as not in need
Isle of Wight E06000046	46.7%	42.2%	20.8%	31.4%
Hampshire E10000014	41.0%	36.2%	19.4%	43.4%
Liverpool E08000012	30.5%	29.1%	13.5%	40.2%
Doncaster E08000017	29.4%	27.3%	12.9%	51.7%
Cambridgeshire E10000003	29.2%	27.8%	9.8%	30.3%
Derbyshire E10000007	28.9%	27.4%	3.4%	34.7%
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	28.8%	27.8%	suppressed (c): ‘to protect confidentiality’, the DfE's methodology says, which may suppress other figures too	51.4%
Cornwall E06000052	27.9%	26.6%	0.0%	16.6%
Tameside E08000008	27.7%	26.7%	1.7%	33.5%
Nottingham E06000018	27.2%	24.5%	16.1%	42.5%
Rutland E06000017	26.8%	22.5%	37.7%	14.8%
Croydon E09000008	26.8%	24.2%	10.5%	17.0%
Hartlepool E06000001	26.5%	25.0%	0.6%	18.1%
Solihull E08000029	26.3%	25.1%	2.0%	40.0%
Sefton E08000014	26.2%	25.0%	6.1%	32.3%
Plymouth E06000026	26.0%	25.2%	0.0%	40.3%
Bury E08000002	26.0%	24.3%	3.7%	16.2%
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025	25.5%	25.3%	8.3%	39.8%
Leicestershire E10000018	25.5%	24.3%	6.8%	29.2%
Middlesbrough E06000002	25.3%	23.6%	3.7%	28.9%
Medway E06000035	24.8%	24.2%	12.0%	40.6%
North Tyneside E08000022	24.7%	23.0%	suppressed (c): ‘to protect confidentiality’, the DfE's methodology says, which may suppress other figures too	45.1%
Tower Hamlets E09000030	24.5%	23.5%	8.6%	20.2%
West Sussex E10000032	24.4%	23.9%	0.0%	33.0%
Torbay E06000027	24.3%	22.3%	4.7%	19.1%
Leeds E08000035	24.2%	22.8%	10.0%	42.5%
Portsmouth E06000044	23.9%	22.3%	0.0%	1.7%
North Northamptonshire E06000061	23.9%	22.1%	7.3%	44.6%
West Northamptonshire E06000062	23.9%	22.1%	8.2%	46.0%
Bromley E09000006	23.8%	21.9%	9.1%	29.5%
Brighton and Hove E06000043	23.6%	22.3%	9.9%	19.2%
Blackpool E06000009	23.4%	22.6%	0.0%	35.4%
Salford E08000006	23.4%	22.2%	0.0%	41.4%
Bedford E06000055	23.3%	21.9%	15.0%	18.3%
York E06000014	23.2%	22.0%	1.9%	43.1%
Bristol, City of E06000023	23.2%	21.7%	13.6%	29.7%
Derby E06000015	23.1%	22.1%	9.2%	27.6%
Nottinghamshire E10000024	23.1%	21.9%	0.0%	50.3%
Swindon E06000030	23.0%	21.9%	0.5%	30.8%
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	23.0%	21.9%	10.8%	34.5%
Reading E06000038	22.9%	21.3%	4.8%	34.1%
Bradford E08000032	22.9%	21.6%	11.2%	27.1%
Lincolnshire E10000019	22.9%	21.8%	12.9%	29.1%
Buckinghamshire E06000060	22.8%	22.3%	2.1%	26.4%
Cumberland E06000063	22.7%	22.2%	4.7%	43.0%
Sandwell E08000028	22.7%	21.5%	0.0%	23.6%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	22.6%	22.0%	8.4%	11.5%
Enfield E09000010	22.6%	20.7%	16.3%	21.1%
Dudley E08000027	22.5%	21.0%	1.0%	25.6%
Gloucestershire E10000013	22.4%	21.4%	7.7%	30.4%
Wirral E08000015	22.2%	20.9%	7.5%	34.7%
Somerset E06000066	22.1%	21.4%	20.7%	34.3%
Bexley E09000004	21.9%	21.2%	8.1%	40.5%
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	21.8%	20.2%	3.1%	42.5%
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	21.7%	20.6%	5.1%	19.0%
West Berkshire E06000037	21.7%	20.9%	0.0%	7.0%
Kent E10000016	21.6%	19.9%	0.5%	27.2%
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	21.5%	20.7%	4.1%	31.5%
Stockport E08000007	21.5%	20.5%	4.3%	23.4%
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	21.4%	20.6%	0.0%	29.1%
Lambeth E09000022	21.3%	20.1%	13.2%	26.6%
Merton E09000024	21.3%	20.3%	8.8%	40.1%
Oldham E08000004	21.1%	20.3%	1.7%	15.1%
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	21.0%	19.7%	1.2%	40.0%
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	21.0%	19.3%	19.1%	30.8%
Hillingdon E09000017	20.9%	20.2%	0.2%	36.7%
Lewisham E09000023	20.9%	19.6%	7.5%	31.6%
Wolverhampton E08000031	20.8%	20.3%	suppressed (c): ‘to protect confidentiality’, the DfE's methodology says, which may suppress other figures too	22.3%
Slough E06000039	20.7%	20.3%	0.6%	39.7%
Birmingham E08000025	20.7%	19.7%	2.4%	32.5%
Bolton E08000001	20.5%	19.3%	5.6%	16.8%
Surrey E10000030	20.5%	19.2%	5.7%	27.3%
Calderdale E08000033	20.4%	19.8%	0.0%	13.0%
Milton Keynes E06000042	20.3%	18.9%	10.1%	22.5%
Southampton E06000045	20.2%	18.8%	15.2%	12.5%
Suffolk E10000029	20.1%	18.7%	2.4%	35.1%
Northumberland E06000057	20.0%	19.0%	0.9%	37.0%
Hackney E09000012	19.9%	18.8%	5.6%	39.2%
Peterborough E06000031	19.8%	19.3%	10.5%	33.8%
North Yorkshire E06000065	19.8%	19.1%	suppressed (c): ‘to protect confidentiality’, the DfE's methodology says, which may suppress other figures too	20.2%
St. Helens E08000013	19.8%	19.1%	6.6%	33.6%
Wigan E08000010	19.7%	19.3%	1.2%	18.7%
Walsall E08000030	19.7%	18.3%	7.4%	31.5%
Kirklees E08000034	19.7%	18.5%	2.6%	7.4%
Devon E10000008	19.7%	19.2%	0.8%	42.3%
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	19.6%	18.6%	3.8%	29.1%
Rotherham E08000018	19.6%	18.9%	9.9%	41.9%
Ealing E09000009	19.5%	18.4%	12.5%	35.0%
Bracknell Forest E06000036	19.2%	17.7%	11.2%	27.3%
Waltham Forest E09000031	19.1%	18.5%	0.8%	17.3%
Halton E06000006	19.0%	17.9%	1.5%	31.6%
Luton E06000032	18.9%	18.0%	3.3%	29.8%
County Durham E06000047	18.7%	17.7%	0.0%	20.6%
Wiltshire E06000054	18.7%	17.2%	2.1%	31.7%
Haringey E09000014	18.7%	17.7%	7.7%	32.9%
Westminster E09000033	18.6%	17.7%	17.6%	33.0%
Sunderland E08000024	18.5%	17.6%	0.0%	32.0%
Coventry E08000026	18.5%	17.3%	suppressed (c): ‘to protect confidentiality’, the DfE's methodology says, which may suppress other figures too	30.8%
Wakefield E08000036	18.5%	17.3%	0.1%	30.9%
Manchester E08000003	18.4%	17.6%	6.3%	10.2%
Camden E09000007	18.3%	17.4%	3.7%	28.8%
Sutton E09000029	18.3%	17.5%	9.0%	23.5%
Trafford E08000009	18.0%	18.1%	3.6%	22.9%
Wandsworth E09000032	17.9%	17.2%	17.6%	26.5%
Norfolk E10000020	17.9%	17.4%	1.3%	15.5%
Worcestershire E10000034	17.8%	17.3%	3.6%	32.9%
Oxfordshire E10000025	17.7%	17.6%	3.2%	41.3%
Rochdale E08000005	17.2%	16.8%	7.2%	11.0%
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	17.2%	16.3%	0.9%	39.0%
South Tyneside E08000023	17.2%	16.5%	suppressed (c): ‘to protect confidentiality’, the DfE's methodology says, which may suppress other figures too	37.0%
South Gloucestershire E06000025	17.1%	17.3%	0.0%	40.0%
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	17.1%	16.3%	2.6%	25.8%
Southwark E09000028	17.0%	16.7%	5.9%	40.6%
Warwickshire E10000031	17.0%	16.9%	0.0%	43.7%
Warrington E06000007	16.9%	16.2%	0.9%	30.9%
Leicester E06000016	16.8%	15.9%	28.8%	18.5%
Wokingham E06000041	16.8%	16.5%	0.8%	34.1%
Islington E09000019	16.8%	16.3%	5.4%	28.3%
Redbridge E09000026	16.8%	16.3%	10.5%	30.5%
East Sussex E10000011	16.6%	15.7%	2.1%	31.8%
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	16.5%	15.9%	10.4%	26.2%
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025	16.5%	15.1%	4.4%	8.2%
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	16.4%	15.5%	0.0%	4.9%
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	16.4%	15.2%	1.5%	33.0%
Havering E09000016	16.3%	16.0%	5.0%	35.0%
Lancashire E10000017	16.3%	15.7%	3.1%	25.0%
Thurrock E06000034	16.0%	16.4%	1.9%	43.9%
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	15.9%	15.3%	0.4%	48.7%
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	15.8%	15.3%	4.4%	21.4%
Cheshire East E06000049	15.8%	15.0%	4.3%	25.0%
City of London E09000001	15.8%	suppressed (c): ‘to protect confidentiality’, the DfE's methodology says, which may suppress other figures too	52.6%	0.0%
Hertfordshire E10000015	15.8%	15.0%	9.1%	36.4%
Harrow E09000015	15.6%	14.5%	2.2%	40.3%
Knowsley E08000011	15.5%	15.6%	3.8%	15.8%
North Somerset E06000024	15.4%	15.2%	0.9%	19.9%
Essex E10000012	15.4%	14.9%	5.0%	39.9%
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	15.3%	15.0%	11.9%	23.2%
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	15.0%	14.5%	1.9%	38.4%
Newham E09000025	14.9%	14.4%	1.2%	25.2%
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	14.8%	15.0%	0.0%	1.4%
Barnet E09000003	14.8%	13.7%	8.9%	18.4%
Dorset E06000059	14.7%	14.4%	16.0%	19.4%
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	14.6%	14.7%	suppressed (c): ‘to protect confidentiality’, the DfE's methodology says, which may suppress other figures too	5.2%
Brent E09000005	14.2%	13.6%	14.0%	13.3%
Staffordshire E10000028	14.2%	13.3%	10.7%	30.3%
North Lincolnshire E06000013	14.0%	13.2%	0.0%	38.0%
Gateshead E08000037	13.9%	14.4%	0.9%	29.9%
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	13.4%	12.9%	1.0%	34.7%
Greenwich E09000011	13.1%	12.8%	7.4%	42.4%
Darlington E06000005	13.0%	12.5%	14.5%	20.8%
Shropshire E06000051	12.9%	12.5%	2.5%	13.0%
Hounslow E09000018	12.1%	11.3%	5.3%	11.7%
Isles of Scilly E06000053	0.0%	0.0%	suppressed (c): ‘to protect confidentiality’, the DfE's methodology says, which may suppress other figures too	43.8%
Barnsley E08000038	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016
Sheffield E08000039	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019
North East	20.7%	19.6%	1.2%	31.3%
North West	21.7%	20.7%	5.1%	27.4%
Yorkshire and The Humber	21.7%	20.5%	5.9%	29.0%
East Midlands	24.7%	23.1%	8.9%	35.8%
West Midlands	19.5%	18.6%	2.6%	30.7%
East of England	19.4%	18.5%	5.8%	32.2%
London	19.4%	18.2%	7.9%	29.4%
South East	28.4%	25.2%	9.2%	33.0%
South West	22.1%	21.2%	6.3%	28.8%
England	22.6%	21.0%	6.5%	30.8%

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16.4% to 19.0%
19.0% to 21.3%
21.3% to 23.4%
23.4% to 46.7%

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Notes

Referrals to the council's children's social care services in the year to 31 March: requests for services for a child not already open to them, as the children in need census counts them. A child referred twice counts once among children referred.
The DfE gives these figures for England's 153 councils with education and children's services duties (its unitary, metropolitan and London councils and its 21 counties), not for districts.
The DfE gives Barnsley and Sheffield under the codes they had before part of Barnsley moved into Sheffield on the 1st of April 2025 (E08000016 and E08000019), and they are shown so.
The DfE's methodology: “England and regional totals are rounded to the nearest 10, therefore totals may not equal the sum of their component parts.”
Each share is of the referrals in the year, children re-referred of the children referred, to one decimal place as the DfE gives it.