Claimant rate: every council in West Midlands
Birmingham had the highest claimant rate of West Midlands’s 30 councils in August 2026, at 10.1%.
Stratford-on-Avon had the lowest, at 2.2%. The middle council, Tamworth, had 3.3%.
| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 10.1% |
| =2 | Sandwell | 6.7% |
| =2 | Wolverhampton | 6.7% |
| 4 | Walsall | 6.0% |
| 5 | Coventry | 5.8% |
| 6 | Stoke-on-Trent | 5.4% |
| 7 | Dudley | 4.6% |
| 8 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 4.2% |
| 9 | Telford and Wrekin | 4.0% |
| 10 | Redditch | 3.9% |
| 11 | Solihull | 3.6% |
| =12 | Worcester | 3.4% |
| =12 | Wyre Forest | 3.4% |
| =14 | East Staffordshire | 3.3% |
| =14 | Tamworth | 3.3% |
| 16 | Cannock Chase | 3.1% |
| =17 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 3.0% |
| =17 | North Warwickshire | 3.0% |
| 19 | Rugby | 2.9% |
| =20 | Bromsgrove | 2.6% |
| =20 | Herefordshire | 2.6% |
| =20 | South Staffordshire | 2.6% |
| =20 | Stafford | 2.6% |
| =20 | Wychavon | 2.6% |
| =25 | Malvern Hills | 2.5% |
| =25 | Warwick | 2.5% |
| =27 | Lichfield | 2.4% |
| =27 | Shropshire | 2.4% |
| =29 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 2.2% |
| =29 | Stratford-on-Avon | 2.2% |