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Council tenants' rent arrears by council, England

The rent current council tenants owed each council in England at the end of its last full collection period in the year to March, from its housing statistics return to MHCLG.

E09000028

£20,124,942

2024/25 · the council with the most

Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:45 UTC
2024/25
£0£5,000k£10,000k£15,000k£20,000k£25,000kSouthwark£20,124,942Haringey£19,081,410Camden£17,777,413Birmingham£12,979,752Hackney£12,903,366Wandsworth£11,433,858Sheffield£10,739,947Leeds£9,553,485Newham£9,260,016Southampton£8,658,273Bristol, City of£8,500,657Islington£8,454,684Hounslow£8,439,746Lewisham£8,213,916Newcastle upon Tyne£8,170,685Lambeth£7,979,144Croydon£6,390,000Greenwich£6,242,329Wigan£6,110,955Barking and Dagenham£5,653,059Brent£5,480,145Gateshead£5,214,665Sandwell£5,166,966Brighton and Hove£5,150,914Hammersmith and Fulham£4,429,468

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. 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 =.

  1. 1Southwark£20,124,942
  2. 2Haringey£19,081,410
  3. 3Camden£17,777,413
  4. 4Birmingham£12,979,752
  5. 5Hackney£12,903,366
  6. 6Wandsworth£11,433,858
  7. 7Sheffield, its area before 1 April 2025£10,739,947
  8. 8Leeds£9,553,485
  9. 9Newham£9,260,016
  10. 10Southampton£8,658,273
  11. 11Bristol, City of£8,500,657
  12. 12Islington£8,454,684
  13. 13Hounslow£8,439,746
  14. 14Lewisham£8,213,916
  15. 15Newcastle upon Tyne£8,170,685
  16. 16Lambeth£7,979,144
  17. 17Croydon£6,390,000
  18. 18Greenwich£6,242,329
  19. 19Wigan£6,110,955
  20. 20Barking and Dagenham£5,653,059
  21. 21Brent£5,480,145
  22. 22Gateshead£5,214,665
  23. 23Sandwell£5,166,966
  24. 24Brighton and Hove£5,150,914
  25. 25Hammersmith and Fulham£4,429,468
  26. 26North Tyneside£4,213,699
  27. 27Tower Hamlets£4,020,903
  28. 28Barnet£3,874,283
  29. 29Portsmouth£3,760,315
  30. 30Rotherham£3,704,697
  31. 31Norwich£3,559,029
  32. 32East Riding of Yorkshire£3,483,676
  33. 33Kingston upon Hull, City of£3,393,921
  34. 34Enfield£3,344,302
  35. 35Manchester£3,284,148
  36. 36Basildon£3,251,773
  37. 37Westminster£3,239,924
  38. 38Dacorum£3,208,562
  39. 39Kirklees£3,150,452
  40. 40Barnsley, its area before 1 April 2025£3,140,798
  41. 41South Tyneside£3,123,188
  42. 42Nottingham£3,090,497
  43. 43Kensington and Chelsea£3,069,903
  44. 44Slough£2,941,841
  45. 45Hillingdon£2,716,173
  46. 46Leicester£2,643,064
  47. 47Doncaster£2,533,215
  48. 48Sutton£2,481,097
  49. 49Stoke-on-Trent£2,396,579
  50. 50Derby£2,373,389
  51. 51Chesterfield£2,238,829
  52. 52Thurrock£2,170,875
  53. 53Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£2,095,738
  54. 54Milton Keynes£2,029,973
  55. 55Waltham Forest£1,940,911
  56. 56Dudley£1,901,609
  57. 57Redbridge£1,895,071
  58. 58Wolverhampton£1,850,546
  59. 59Bury£1,836,546
  60. 60Ealing£1,829,022
  61. 61St Albans£1,823,573
  62. 62Oxford£1,816,636
  63. 63Cambridge£1,807,318
  64. 64West Northamptonshire£1,581,879
  65. 65Reading£1,575,601
  66. 66Harlow£1,512,614
  67. 67Cornwall£1,398,769
  68. 68Solihull£1,375,581
  69. 69Havering£1,361,548
  70. 70Swindon£1,320,146
  71. 71South Kesteven£1,284,227
  72. 72Redditch£1,251,354
  73. 73North Northamptonshire£1,247,686
  74. 74North East Derbyshire£1,217,282
  75. 75Lincoln£1,208,449
  76. 76Cheshire West and Chester£1,203,689
  77. 77Brentwood£1,186,536
  78. 78Luton£1,185,556
  79. 79York£1,150,776
  80. 80Harrow£1,133,763
  81. 81Nuneaton and Bedworth£1,131,703
  82. 82Stevenage£1,119,562
  83. 83Bolsover£1,109,930
  84. 84Stockport£1,103,357
  85. 85Woking£972,907
  86. 86Crawley£970,932
  87. 87Mansfield£969,437
  88. 88Gravesham£957,178
  89. 89Arun£951,143
  90. 90Canterbury£934,271
  91. 91Rugby£892,797
  92. 92Darlington£880,829
  93. 93Welwyn Hatfield£878,833
  94. 94New Forest£877,214
  95. 95Southend-on-Sea£862,843
  96. 96Kingston upon Thames£835,627
  97. 97Great Yarmouth£752,756
  98. 98Ipswich£750,893
  99. 99Warwick£731,311
  100. 100Wiltshire£699,308
  101. 101Hinckley and Bosworth£690,465
  102. 102North Yorkshire£679,152
  103. 103Adur£673,997
  104. 104West Lancashire£673,227
  105. 105South Cambridgeshire£668,471
  106. 106Fareham£642,617
  107. 107Central Bedfordshire£624,744
  108. 108Epping Forest£615,202
  109. 109Newark and Sherwood£599,401
  110. 110Uttlesford£576,786
  111. 111Northumberland£572,557
  112. 112Colchester£565,304
  113. 113Winchester£561,437
  114. 114Babergh£543,199
  115. 115Westmorland and Furness£536,772
  116. 116Gosport£535,442
  117. 117East Suffolk£523,363
  118. 118Wealden£510,655
  119. 119Eastbourne£469,979
  120. 120Ashfield£462,367
  121. 121Cheltenham£462,012
  122. 122Thanet£461,653
  123. 123Stroud£459,743
  124. 124Tamworth£458,442
  125. 125Somerset£457,559
  126. 126Waverley£457,146
  127. 127Dartford£456,612
  128. 128North West Leicestershire£451,830
  129. 129South Holland£442,930
  130. 130Charnwood£442,275
  131. 131Blackpool£422,170
  132. 132Lewes£417,338
  133. 133Runnymede£416,425
  134. 134Melton£398,888
  135. 135Tandridge£398,198
  136. 136Folkestone and Hythe£385,236
  137. 137Castle Point£385,176
  138. 138City of London£371,960
  139. 139Bassetlaw£343,943
  140. 140Wokingham£328,162
  141. 141Guildford£321,947
  142. 142East Devon£314,507
  143. 143Tendring£314,276
  144. 144South Derbyshire£314,112
  145. 145Mid Suffolk£309,591
  146. 146Dover£293,858
  147. 147Salford£272,120
  148. 148North Kesteven£266,142
  149. 149Oadby and Wigston£252,205
  150. 150Mid Devon£227,433
  151. 151Bradford£202,651
  152. 152Medway£201,221
  153. 153Oldham£195,654
  154. 154Broxtowe£181,972
  155. 155Cannock Chase£174,124
  156. 156Ashford£167,015
  157. 157Shropshire£131,749
  158. 158High Peak£99,271
  159. 159Lancaster£69,368
  160. 160Hartlepool£68,609
  161. 161North Warwickshire£53,986
Places with no figure published

Amber Valley, Barnsley (given under its old code, E08000016), Basingstoke and Deane, Bath and North East Somerset, Bedford, Bexley, Blaby, Blackburn with Darwen, Bolton, Boston, Bracknell Forest, Braintree, Breckland, Broadland, Bromley, Bromsgrove, Broxbourne, Buckinghamshire, Burnley, Calderdale, Chelmsford, Cherwell, Cheshire East, Chichester, Chorley, Cotswold, County Durham, Coventry, Cumberland, Derbyshire Dales, Dorset, East Cambridgeshire, East Hampshire, East Hertfordshire, East Lindsey, East Staffordshire, Eastleigh, Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Erewash, Exeter, Fenland, Forest of Dean, Fylde, Gedling, Gloucester, Halton, Harborough, Hart, Hastings, Havant, Herefordshire, County of, Hertsmere, Horsham, Huntingdonshire, Hyndburn, Isle of Wight, Isles of Scilly, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Knowsley, Lichfield, Liverpool, Maidstone, Maldon, Malvern Hills, Merton, Mid Sussex, Middlesbrough, Mole Valley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, North Devon, North East Lincolnshire, North Hertfordshire, North Lincolnshire, North Norfolk, North Somerset, Pendle, Peterborough, Plymouth, Preston, Redcar and Cleveland, Reigate and Banstead, Ribble Valley, Richmond upon Thames, Rochdale, Rochford, Rossendale, Rother, Rushcliffe, Rushmoor, Rutland, Sefton, Sevenoaks, Sheffield (given under its old code, E08000019), South Gloucestershire, South Hams, South Norfolk, South Oxfordshire, South Ribble, South Staffordshire, Spelthorne, St. Helens, Stafford, Staffordshire Moorlands, Stockton-on-Tees, Stratford-on-Avon, Sunderland, Surrey Heath, Swale, Tameside, Teignbridge, Telford and Wrekin, Test Valley, Tewkesbury, Three Rivers, Tonbridge and Malling, Torbay, Torridge, Trafford, Tunbridge Wells, Vale of White Horse, Wakefield, Walsall, Warrington, Watford, West Berkshire, West Devon, West Lindsey, West Oxfordshire, West Suffolk, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wirral, Worcester, Worthing, Wychavon, Wyre, Wyre Forest.

Data table

296 rows

Area2024/25
Southwark E09000028£20,124,942
Haringey E09000014£19,081,410
Camden E09000007£17,777,413
Birmingham E08000025£12,979,752
Hackney E09000012£12,903,366
Wandsworth E09000032£11,433,858
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025£10,739,947
Leeds E08000035£9,553,485
Newham E09000025£9,260,016
Southampton E06000045£8,658,273
Bristol, City of E06000023£8,500,657
Islington E09000019£8,454,684
Hounslow E09000018£8,439,746
Lewisham E09000023£8,213,916
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021£8,170,685
Lambeth E09000022£7,979,144
Croydon E09000008£6,390,000
Greenwich E09000011£6,242,329
Wigan E08000010£6,110,955
Barking and Dagenham E09000002£5,653,059
Brent E09000005£5,480,145
Gateshead E08000037£5,214,665
Sandwell E08000028£5,166,966
Brighton and Hove E06000043£5,150,914
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013£4,429,468
North Tyneside E08000022£4,213,699
Tower Hamlets E09000030£4,020,903
Barnet E09000003£3,874,283
Portsmouth E06000044£3,760,315
Rotherham E08000018£3,704,697
Norwich E07000148£3,559,029
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011£3,483,676
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010£3,393,921
Enfield E09000010£3,344,302
Manchester E08000003£3,284,148
Basildon E07000066£3,251,773
Westminster E09000033£3,239,924
Dacorum E07000096£3,208,562
Kirklees E08000034£3,150,452
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025£3,140,798
South Tyneside E08000023£3,123,188
Nottingham E06000018£3,090,497
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020£3,069,903
Slough E06000039£2,941,841
Hillingdon E09000017£2,716,173
Leicester E06000016£2,643,064
Doncaster E08000017£2,533,215
Sutton E09000029£2,481,097
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021£2,396,579
Derby E06000015£2,373,389
Chesterfield E07000034£2,238,829
Thurrock E06000034£2,170,875
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058£2,095,738
Milton Keynes E06000042£2,029,973
Waltham Forest E09000031£1,940,911
Dudley E08000027£1,901,609
Redbridge E09000026£1,895,071
Wolverhampton E08000031£1,850,546
Bury E08000002£1,836,546
Ealing E09000009£1,829,022
St Albans E07000240£1,823,573
Oxford E07000178£1,816,636
Cambridge E07000008£1,807,318
West Northamptonshire E06000062£1,581,879
Reading E06000038£1,575,601
Harlow E07000073£1,512,614
Cornwall E06000052£1,398,769
Solihull E08000029£1,375,581
Havering E09000016£1,361,548
Swindon E06000030£1,320,146
South Kesteven E07000141£1,284,227
Redditch E07000236£1,251,354
North Northamptonshire E06000061£1,247,686
North East Derbyshire E07000038£1,217,282
Lincoln E07000138£1,208,449
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050£1,203,689
Brentwood E07000068£1,186,536
Luton E06000032£1,185,556
York E06000014£1,150,776
Harrow E09000015£1,133,763
Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219£1,131,703
Stevenage E07000243£1,119,562
Bolsover E07000033£1,109,930
Stockport E08000007£1,103,357
Woking E07000217£972,907
Crawley E07000226£970,932
Mansfield E07000174£969,437
Gravesham E07000109£957,178
Arun E07000224£951,143
Canterbury E07000106£934,271
Rugby E07000220£892,797
Darlington E06000005£880,829
Welwyn Hatfield E07000241£878,833
New Forest E07000091£877,214
Southend-on-Sea E06000033£862,843
Kingston upon Thames E09000021£835,627
Great Yarmouth E07000145£752,756
Ipswich E07000202£750,893
Warwick E07000222£731,311
Wiltshire E06000054£699,308
Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132£690,465
North Yorkshire E06000065£679,152
Adur E07000223£673,997
West Lancashire E07000127£673,227
South Cambridgeshire E07000012£668,471
Fareham E07000087£642,617
Central Bedfordshire E06000056£624,744
Epping Forest E07000072£615,202
Newark and Sherwood E07000175£599,401
Uttlesford E07000077£576,786
Northumberland E06000057£572,557
Colchester E07000071£565,304
Winchester E07000094£561,437
Babergh E07000200£543,199
Westmorland and Furness E06000064£536,772
Gosport E07000088£535,442
East Suffolk E07000244£523,363
Wealden E07000065£510,655
Eastbourne E07000061£469,979
Ashfield E07000170£462,367
Cheltenham E07000078£462,012
Thanet E07000114£461,653
Stroud E07000082£459,743
Tamworth E07000199£458,442
Somerset E06000066£457,559
Waverley E07000216£457,146
Dartford E07000107£456,612
North West Leicestershire E07000134£451,830
South Holland E07000140£442,930
Charnwood E07000130£442,275
Blackpool E06000009£422,170
Lewes E07000063£417,338
Runnymede E07000212£416,425
Melton E07000133£398,888
Tandridge E07000215£398,198
Folkestone and Hythe E07000112£385,236
Castle Point E07000069£385,176
City of London E09000001£371,960
Bassetlaw E07000171£343,943
Wokingham E06000041£328,162
Guildford E07000209£321,947
East Devon E07000040£314,507
Tendring E07000076£314,276
South Derbyshire E07000039£314,112
Mid Suffolk E07000203£309,591
Dover E07000108£293,858
Salford E08000006£272,120
North Kesteven E07000139£266,142
Oadby and Wigston E07000135£252,205
Mid Devon E07000042£227,433
Bradford E08000032£202,651
Medway E06000035£201,221
Oldham E08000004£195,654
Broxtowe E07000172£181,972
Cannock Chase E07000192£174,124
Ashford E07000105£167,015
Shropshire E06000051£131,749
High Peak E07000037£99,271
Lancaster E07000121£69,368
Hartlepool E06000001£68,609
North Warwickshire E07000218£53,986
Middlesbrough E06000002not published
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003not published
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004not published
Halton E06000006not published
Warrington E06000007not published
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008not published
North East Lincolnshire E06000012not published
North Lincolnshire E06000013not published
Rutland E06000017not published
Herefordshire, County of E06000019not published
Telford and Wrekin E06000020not published
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022not published
North Somerset E06000024not published
South Gloucestershire E06000025not published
Plymouth E06000026not published
Torbay E06000027not published
Peterborough E06000031not published
Bracknell Forest E06000036not published
West Berkshire E06000037not published
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040not published
Isle of Wight E06000046not published
County Durham E06000047not published
Cheshire East E06000049not published
Isles of Scilly E06000053not published
Bedford E06000055not published
Dorset E06000059not published
Buckinghamshire E06000060not published
Cumberland E06000063not published
East Cambridgeshire E07000009not published
Fenland E07000010not published
Huntingdonshire E07000011not published
Amber Valley E07000032not published
Derbyshire Dales E07000035not published
Erewash E07000036not published
Exeter E07000041not published
North Devon E07000043not published
South Hams E07000044not published
Teignbridge E07000045not published
Torridge E07000046not published
West Devon E07000047not published
Hastings E07000062not published
Rother E07000064not published
Braintree E07000067not published
Chelmsford E07000070not published
Maldon E07000074not published
Rochford E07000075not published
Cotswold E07000079not published
Forest of Dean E07000080not published
Gloucester E07000081not published
Tewkesbury E07000083not published
Basingstoke and Deane E07000084not published
East Hampshire E07000085not published
Eastleigh E07000086not published
Hart E07000089not published
Havant E07000090not published
Rushmoor E07000092not published
Test Valley E07000093not published
Broxbourne E07000095not published
Hertsmere E07000098not published
North Hertfordshire E07000099not published
Three Rivers E07000102not published
Watford E07000103not published
Maidstone E07000110not published
Sevenoaks E07000111not published
Swale E07000113not published
Tonbridge and Malling E07000115not published
Tunbridge Wells E07000116not published
Burnley E07000117not published
Chorley E07000118not published
Fylde E07000119not published
Hyndburn E07000120not published
Pendle E07000122not published
Preston E07000123not published
Ribble Valley E07000124not published
Rossendale E07000125not published
South Ribble E07000126not published
Wyre E07000128not published
Blaby E07000129not published
Harborough E07000131not published
Boston E07000136not published
East Lindsey E07000137not published
West Lindsey E07000142not published
Breckland E07000143not published
Broadland E07000144not published
King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146not published
North Norfolk E07000147not published
South Norfolk E07000149not published
Gedling E07000173not published
Rushcliffe E07000176not published
Cherwell E07000177not published
South Oxfordshire E07000179not published
Vale of White Horse E07000180not published
West Oxfordshire E07000181not published
East Staffordshire E07000193not published
Lichfield E07000194not published
Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195not published
South Staffordshire E07000196not published
Stafford E07000197not published
Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198not published
Elmbridge E07000207not published
Epsom and Ewell E07000208not published
Mole Valley E07000210not published
Reigate and Banstead E07000211not published
Spelthorne E07000213not published
Surrey Heath E07000214not published
Stratford-on-Avon E07000221not published
Chichester E07000225not published
Horsham E07000227not published
Mid Sussex E07000228not published
Worthing E07000229not published
Bromsgrove E07000234not published
Malvern Hills E07000235not published
Worcester E07000237not published
Wychavon E07000238not published
Wyre Forest E07000239not published
East Hertfordshire E07000242not published
West Suffolk E07000245not published
Bolton E08000001not published
Rochdale E08000005not published
Tameside E08000008not published
Trafford E08000009not published
Knowsley E08000011not published
Liverpool E08000012not published
St. Helens E08000013not published
Sefton E08000014not published
Wirral E08000015not published
Sunderland E08000024not published
Coventry E08000026not published
Walsall E08000030not published
Calderdale E08000033not published
Wakefield E08000036not published
Bexley E09000004not published
Bromley E09000006not published
Merton E09000024not published
Richmond upon Thames E09000027not published
Barnsley E08000038given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016
Sheffield E08000039given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019

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2024/25 · 294 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

  • £54k to £443k
  • £443k to £753k
  • £753k to £1,513k
  • £1,513k to £3,394k
  • £3,394k to £20,125k

Boundaries: Council boundaries, May 2026, from the geography spine. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Verification

Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:45 UTC Run at 30 October 2026, 11:45 UTC; 296 of 296 figures matched the live source.

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Notes

  • From the returns each council in England makes to MHCLG for the year to 31 March, on the council it made its return as. A council that keeps no housing revenue account, having transferred its homes, answers many questions with not applicable.
  • Current tenants' cumulative arrears of rent, without council tax, water rates or heating and service charges. The open data gives each to the pound, the year's tables to the penny. A council that gave no figure, or keeps no housing revenue account, shows as not published.