Fuel Poverty Index

Local authorities ranked by percentage of households in fuel poverty (lowest first)

294

Local Authorities

12.5

Average (%)

294 results

#	Local Authority	Fuel Poverty %	vs Average
1	City of London	5.3%	-58%
2	Wokingham	6%	-52%
3	Bracknell Forest	6.1%	-51%
4	Hart	6.5%	-48%
5	Surrey Heath	6.8%	-46%
6	Basingstoke and Deane	7.2%	-42%
7	Eastleigh	7.2%	-42%
8	Crawley	7.3%	-42%
9	Milton Keynes	7.4%	-41%
10	Chelmsford	7.4%	-41%
11	Fareham	7.4%	-41%
12	Woking	7.5%	-40%
13	St Albans	7.6%	-39%
14	West Berkshire	7.7%	-38%
15	Spelthorne	7.7%	-38%
16	Reigate and Banstead	7.7%	-38%
17	Rushmoor	7.8%	-38%
18	East Hertfordshire	7.9%	-37%
19	Rochford	7.9%	-37%
20	Basildon	7.9%	-37%
21	Stevenage	7.9%	-37%
22	Windsor and Maidenhead	7.9%	-37%
23	Runnymede	8%	-36%
24	Tower Hamlets	8%	-36%
25	Brentwood	8%	-36%
26	Vale of White Horse	8.1%	-35%
27	Broxbourne	8.1%	-35%
28	Test Valley	8.2%	-34%
29	Dacorum	8.2%	-34%
30	Horsham	8.2%	-34%
31	Mid Sussex	8.2%	-34%
32	Huntingdonshire	8.3%	-34%
33	Hertsmere	8.3%	-34%
34	East Hampshire	8.3%	-34%
35	Elmbridge	8.3%	-34%
36	Welwyn Hatfield	8.3%	-34%
37	Three Rivers	8.4%	-33%
38	Cherwell	8.4%	-33%
39	Wandsworth	8.4%	-33%
40	Harlow	8.4%	-33%
41	Epsom and Ewell	8.4%	-33%
42	Buckinghamshire	8.5%	-32%
43	Central Bedfordshire	8.5%	-32%
44	North Hertfordshire	8.5%	-32%
45	Tonbridge and Malling	8.6%	-31%
46	Sutton	8.6%	-31%
47	Epping Forest	8.8%	-30%
48	South Cambridgeshire	8.8%	-30%
49	South Oxfordshire	8.8%	-30%
50	Bromley	8.8%	-30%
51	Havering	8.8%	-30%
52	Richmond upon Thames	8.8%	-30%
53	Mole Valley	8.9%	-29%
54	Cambridge	8.9%	-29%
55	West Oxfordshire	8.9%	-29%
56	North Tyneside	8.9%	-29%
57	Southwark	8.9%	-29%
58	Tandridge	8.9%	-29%
59	Guildford	9%	-28%
60	Winchester	9.1%	-27%
61	Islington	9.1%	-27%
62	Bexley	9.1%	-27%
63	Dartford	9.1%	-27%
64	Kingston upon Thames	9.1%	-27%
65	Hillingdon	9.1%	-27%
66	Uttlesford	9.2%	-26%
67	Havant	9.2%	-26%
68	Castle Point	9.2%	-26%
69	Waverley	9.3%	-26%
70	Tewkesbury	9.3%	-26%
71	Colchester	9.3%	-26%
72	New Forest	9.3%	-26%
73	South Gloucestershire	9.4%	-25%
74	Maidstone	9.4%	-25%
75	Thurrock	9.4%	-25%
76	Lambeth	9.5%	-24%
77	Stockton-on-Tees	9.6%	-23%
78	Watford	9.6%	-23%
79	Sevenoaks	9.7%	-22%
80	Broadland	9.8%	-22%
81	Swindon	9.8%	-22%
82	Hounslow	9.8%	-22%
83	Ashford	9.9%	-21%
84	Arun	9.9%	-21%
85	Gosport	9.9%	-21%
86	West Suffolk	9.9%	-21%
87	Barnet	9.9%	-21%
88	Bedford	9.9%	-21%
89	Merton	9.9%	-21%
90	Greenwich	10%	-20%
91	Westminster	10%	-20%
92	Braintree	10%	-20%
93	Slough	10%	-20%
94	Adur	10%	-20%
95	Peterborough	10.1%	-19%
96	East Cambridgeshire	10.2%	-18%
97	Gateshead	10.2%	-18%
98	South Ribble	10.2%	-18%
99	Hammersmith and Fulham	10.2%	-18%
100	Camden	10.3%	-18%
101	Maldon	10.4%	-17%
102	Mid Suffolk	10.5%	-16%
103	Warrington	10.5%	-16%
104	Reading	10.5%	-16%
105	Northumberland	10.6%	-15%
106	Wealden	10.6%	-15%
107	South Norfolk	10.7%	-14%
108	Lewes	10.7%	-14%
109	Tunbridge Wells	10.7%	-14%
110	South Tyneside	10.7%	-14%
111	Harrow	10.7%	-14%
112	Chichester	10.8%	-14%
113	Worthing	10.8%	-14%
114	Sunderland	10.9%	-13%
115	Blaby	10.9%	-13%
116	Hackney	10.9%	-13%
117	Oxford	11%	-12%
118	Chorley	11.1%	-11%
119	Ealing	11.1%	-11%
120	Lewisham	11.1%	-11%
121	Cheshire East	11.2%	-10%
122	Darlington	11.2%	-10%
123	Wiltshire	11.2%	-10%
124	Cheltenham	11.2%	-10%
125	Fenland	11.2%	-10%
126	Hartlepool	11.2%	-10%
127	North Somerset	11.3%	-10%
128	Croydon	11.3%	-10%
129	Cheshire West and Chester	11.4%	-9%
130	Trafford	11.4%	-9%
131	Newcastle upon Tyne	11.4%	-9%
132	County Durham	11.5%	-8%
133	Medway	11.5%	-8%
134	Breckland	11.5%	-8%
135	Harborough	11.5%	-8%
136	Kensington and Chelsea	11.5%	-8%
137	Gloucester	11.6%	-7%
138	Rushcliffe	11.6%	-7%
139	Babergh	11.7%	-6%
140	Eastbourne	11.7%	-6%
141	Southampton	11.8%	-6%
142	Enfield	11.8%	-6%
143	Redcar and Cleveland	11.8%	-6%
144	Swale	11.9%	-5%
145	Canterbury	12%	-4%
146	Gravesham	12%	-4%
147	Oadby and Wigston	12%	-4%
148	Stockport	12.1%	-3%
149	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	12.1%	-3%
150	Hinckley and Bosworth	12.1%	-3%
151	Southend-on-Sea	12.1%	-3%
152	Redbridge	12.2%	-2%
153	Halton	12.2%	-2%
154	Norwich	12.2%	-2%
155	Ipswich	12.2%	-2%
156	Brent	12.3%	-2%
157	Exeter	12.4%	-1%
158	Dorset	12.5%	avg
159	Stroud	12.5%	avg
160	East Suffolk	12.5%	avg
161	Salford	12.6%	+1%
162	Fylde	12.6%	+1%
163	Middlesbrough	12.8%	+2%
164	Charnwood	12.8%	+2%
165	North Kesteven	12.8%	+2%
166	Ribble Valley	12.8%	+2%
167	Knowsley	12.8%	+2%
168	West Northamptonshire	12.9%	+3%
169	Gedling	13%	+4%
170	South Derbyshire	13%	+4%
171	Luton	13%	+4%
172	Bury	13.1%	+5%
173	East Devon	13.1%	+5%
174	Rother	13.1%	+5%
175	Teignbridge	13.2%	+6%
176	Cotswold	13.2%	+6%
177	South Kesteven	13.2%	+6%
178	Brighton and Hove	13.2%	+6%
179	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	13.2%	+6%
180	Bath and North East Somerset	13.2%	+6%
181	Waltham Forest	13.2%	+6%
182	Somerset	13.3%	+6%
183	Wigan	13.3%	+6%
184	West Lancashire	13.3%	+6%
185	Wyre	13.3%	+6%
186	Haringey	13.3%	+6%
187	Barking and Dagenham	13.4%	+7%
188	North Norfolk	13.5%	+8%
189	North Northamptonshire	13.6%	+9%
190	Folkestone and Hythe	13.6%	+9%
191	Broxtowe	13.6%	+9%
192	York	13.7%	+10%
193	Dover	13.7%	+10%
194	St. Helens	13.7%	+10%
195	Isle of Wight	13.8%	+10%
196	Tameside	13.8%	+10%
197	Bristol, City of	13.8%	+10%
198	Sefton	13.9%	+11%
199	Melton	14%	+12%
200	Portsmouth	14%	+12%
201	Rutland	14%	+12%
202	North West Leicestershire	14.1%	+13%
203	Solihull	14.1%	+13%
204	South Hams	14.2%	+14%
205	Bromsgrove	14.2%	+14%
206	Cumberland	14.4%	+15%
207	Tendring	14.4%	+15%
208	Westmorland and Furness	14.5%	+16%
209	Lichfield	14.5%	+16%
210	Plymouth	14.5%	+16%
211	Mid Devon	14.6%	+17%
212	South Holland	14.6%	+17%
213	Redditch	14.7%	+18%
214	Warwick	14.7%	+18%
215	Preston	14.7%	+18%
216	North East Derbyshire	14.7%	+18%
217	Great Yarmouth	14.7%	+18%
218	Newham	14.8%	+18%
219	South Staffordshire	14.9%	+19%
220	Newark and Sherwood	14.9%	+19%
221	Bolton	14.9%	+19%
222	Tamworth	15%	+20%
223	Erewash	15%	+20%
224	Lancaster	15.1%	+21%
225	East Riding of Yorkshire	15.2%	+22%
226	Rochdale	15.2%	+22%
227	Wirral	15.2%	+22%
228	Rossendale	15.3%	+22%
229	West Devon	15.3%	+22%
230	Oldham	15.4%	+23%
231	Cornwall	15.4%	+23%
232	Rugby	15.5%	+24%
233	Torbay	15.5%	+24%
234	Wakefield	15.6%	+25%
235	Ashfield	15.6%	+25%
236	North Devon	15.6%	+25%
237	Torridge	15.7%	+26%
238	Bassetlaw	15.7%	+26%
239	North Yorkshire	15.8%	+26%
240	Thanet	15.8%	+26%
241	Boston	15.8%	+26%
242	Forest of Dean	15.8%	+26%
243	Amber Valley	15.9%	+27%
244	High Peak	15.9%	+27%
245	Mansfield	15.9%	+27%
246	Leeds	16%	+28%
247	West Lindsey	16%	+28%
248	Worcester	16.1%	+29%
249	Hastings	16.1%	+29%
250	Chesterfield	16.2%	+30%
251	Telford and Wrekin	16.3%	+30%
252	Stafford	16.3%	+30%
253	Stratford-on-Avon	16.5%	+32%
254	Wychavon	16.5%	+32%
255	North Lincolnshire	16.6%	+33%
256	Rotherham	16.6%	+33%
257	Manchester	16.7%	+34%
258	Derby	17%	+36%
259	Cannock Chase	17%	+36%
260	Lincoln	17.1%	+37%
261	Liverpool	17.2%	+38%
262	Derbyshire Dales	17.3%	+38%
263	Nuneaton and Bedworth	17.4%	+39%
264	Blackburn with Darwen	17.6%	+41%
265	Bolsover	17.7%	+42%
266	Isles of Scilly	18%	+44%
267	East Lindsey	18.1%	+45%
268	Calderdale	18.1%	+45%
269	North Warwickshire	18.1%	+45%
270	Kirklees	18.1%	+45%
271	Doncaster	18.2%	+46%
272	Wyre Forest	18.3%	+46%
273	Hyndburn	18.4%	+47%
274	Dudley	18.8%	+50%
275	Shropshire	18.9%	+51%
276	Nottingham	19.3%	+54%
277	Burnley	19.3%	+54%
278	Malvern Hills	19.4%	+55%
279	North East Lincolnshire	19.4%	+55%
280	East Staffordshire	19.5%	+56%
281	Newcastle-under-Lyme	19.5%	+56%
282	Pendle	19.6%	+57%
283	Herefordshire, County of	19.7%	+58%
284	Staffordshire Moorlands	19.7%	+58%
285	Blackpool	19.7%	+58%
286	Bradford	19.8%	+58%
287	Leicester	19.8%	+58%
288	Kingston upon Hull, City of	20.4%	+63%
289	Walsall	21%	+68%
290	Sandwell	22%	+76%
291	Coventry	22.2%	+78%
292	Wolverhampton	23%	+84%
293	Birmingham	24%	+92%
294	Stoke-on-Trent	24.7%	+98%

About Fuel Poverty Rankings

This leaderboard shows local authorities ranked by the percentage of households in fuel poverty (lowest first). Fuel poverty is defined as having a low income and living in a home with poor energy efficiency.

Areas with lower fuel poverty rates have better combinations of household income, energy prices, and home insulation.

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