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Proportion of adults living with obesity in England, by local area
@Source: standard.co.uk
Here is a full list of the proportion of adults in England estimated to be living with obesity in 2023/24, broken down by local authority area.
The figures have been published by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities using data from the Sport England Active Lives Adult Survey.
The list covers all upper-tier and lower-tier local authorities in England, including both district and county councils.
It reads, from left to right: name of local authority; region; proportion of adults estimated to be living with obesity in 2023/24; the equivalent proportion (in brackets) in 2022/23 and in 2018/19.
West Lindsey (E Midlands): 38.8% (2022/23 26.3%, 2018/19 25.6%)Hartlepool (NE England): 37.9% (33.8%, 35.6%)Bolsover (E Midlands): 37.9% (35.0%, 38.6%)Cannock Chase (W Midlands): 37.8% (38.4%, 28.4%)Doncaster (Yorkshire/Humber): 37.5% (29.7%, 30.2%)Tamworth (W Midlands): 37.4% (35.9%, 30.3%)Gateshead (NE England): 37.2% (35.8%, 28.4%)Hull (Yorkshire/Humber): 36.8% (36.5%, 30.9%)Amber Valley (E Midlands): 36.6% (29.1%, 27.4%)Stockton-on-Tees (NE England): 36.4% (34.1%, 31.9%)Telford & Wrekin (W Midlands): 36.3% (28.4%, 34.4%)Walsall (W Midlands): 36.2% (29.0%, 28.0%)Halton (NW England): 36.0% (34.5%, 29.5%)Rotherham (Yorkshire/Humber): 36.0% (37.8%, 36.8%)Newark & Sherwood (E Midlands): 35.9% (29.0%, 33.1%)East Lindsey (E Midlands): 35.9% (35.6%, 26.1%)North Warwickshire (W Midlands): 35.8% (33.4%, 26.3%)South Holland (E Midlands): 35.6% (35.6%, 31.0%)Tendring (E England): 35.6% (28.1%, 26.4%)Ashfield (E Midlands): 35.4% (36.1%, 26.9%)Middlesbrough (NE England): 35.3% (34.7%, 33.3%)Wakefield (Yorkshire/Humber): 35.1% (31.0%, 23.9%)North Lincolnshire (Yorkshire/Humber): 35.1% (35.8%, 28.8%)Fenland (E England): 34.9% (36.6%, 36.0%)Barnsley (Yorkshire/Humber): 34.9% (28.8%, 27.8%)Wyre Forest (W Midlands): 34.8% (30.7%, 23.9%)Burnley (NW England): 34.7% (30.5%, 30.2%)Stoke-on-Trent (W Midlands): 34.7% (38.7%, 29.6%)Gosport (SE England): 34.7% (33.1%, 36.6%)Thurrock (E England): 34.6% (26.3%, 35.8%)King’s Lynn & West Norfolk (E England): 34.6% (28.6%, 26.3%)Tameside (NW England): 34.5% (34.6%, 26.9%)Durham (NE England): 34.4% (34.0%, 29.5%)Breckland (E England): 34.4% (25.0%, 29.7%)North West Leicestershire (E Midlands): 34.2% (28.4%, 29.9%)Great Yarmouth (E England): 34.1% (39.1%, 29.3%)St Helens (NW England): 34.0% (34.4%, 28.0%)Redditch (W Midlands): 33.7% (32.0%, 25.9%)Swindon (SW England): 33.7% (30.1%, 27.2%)Havant (SE England): 33.6% (30.1%, 28.1%)Crawley (SE England): 33.5% (22.9%, 26.8%)Colchester (E England): 33.5% (31.9%, 19.7%)Medway (SE England): 33.3% (30.2%, 31.2%)Darlington (NE England): 33.3% (30.5%, 21.5%)Blackpool (NW England): 33.2% (33.2%, 28.2%)Derby (E Midlands): 33.0% (34.6%, 26.5%)Mansfield (E Midlands): 33.0% (27.4%, 24.8%)Redcar & Cleveland (NE England): 33.0% (31.2%, 32.2%)Southend-on-Sea (E England): 32.9% (31.4%, 20.0%)Knowsley (NW England): 32.9% (35.6%, 30.7%)Sunderland (NE England): 32.8% (30.4%, 29.0%)Chesterfield (E Midlands): 32.8% (38.1%, 33.6%)North Kesteven (E Midlands): 32.6% (25.1%, 22.9%)Pendle (NW England): 32.6% (30.6%, 20.2%)Plymouth (SW England): 32.6% (26.0%, 26.5%)Oldham (NW England): 32.4% (32.7%, 26.9%)Broxbourne (E England): 32.3% (25.6%, 23.2%)Rochford (E England): 32.3% (24.5%, 22.2%)Harlow (E England): 32.3% (31.2%, 28.5%)North East Derbyshire (E Midlands): 32.3% (33.4%, 24.2%)Peterborough (E England): 32.2% (26.5%, 30.5%)West Devon (SW England): 32.1% (23.8%, 19.8%)Stevenage (E England): 32.0% (32.4%, 28.7%)Maldon (E England): 32.0% (33.7%, 27.8%)Dover (SE England): 32.0% (32.6%, 30.0%)Sandwell (W Midlands): 31.9% (35.1%, 35.0%)Lincolnshire (E Midlands): 31.9% (29.4%, 27.3%)Rugby (W Midlands): 31.9% (29.0%, 29.1%)Boston (E Midlands): 31.9% (32.3%, 28.0%)New Forest (SE England): 31.8% (25.0%, 21.4%)Fylde (NW England): 31.8% (27.6%, 24.3%)North East Lincolnshire (Yorkshire/Humber): 31.8% (30.0%, 28.9%)Wirral (NW England): 31.6% (35.7%, 24.6%)Rossendale (NW England): 31.6% (26.0%, 27.5%)Portsmouth (SE England): 31.4% (30.8%, 30.0%)Rochdale (NW England): 31.3% (34.9%, 27.3%)Gloucester (SW England): 31.3% (27.9%, 24.2%)Bradford (Yorkshire/Humber): 31.2% (32.9%, 26.5%)Wolverhampton (W Midlands): 31.1% (33.0%, 26.5%)Castle Point (E England): 31.1% (29.7%, 26.3%)South Tyneside (NE England): 31.1% (38.8%, 29.4%)Barking & Dagenham (London): 31.0% (30.5%, 33.3%)Dudley (W Midlands): 31.0% (32.2%, 27.4%)North Northamptonshire (E Midlands): 30.9% (29.2%, 25.4%)Cumberland (NW England): 30.9% (26.6%, 25.5%)Bolton (NW England): 30.9% (28.1%, 28.7%)Blackburn with Darwen (NW England): 30.8% (31.0%, 24.4%)High Peak (E Midlands): 30.8% (21.2%, 18.6%)East Suffolk (E England): 30.8% (27.2%, 26.2%)Derbyshire (E Midlands): 30.8% (30.1%, 27.0%)Gedling (E Midlands): 30.7% (29.1%, 24.5%)Northumberland (NE England): 30.7% (28.8%, 25.9%)Slough (SE England): 30.7% (26.2%, 24.0%)Isles of Scilly (SW England): 30.6% (14.0%, 25.1%)Luton (E England): 30.5% (23.2%, 30.4%)Wokingham (SE England): 30.5% (19.0%, 19.4%)Basildon (E England): 30.4% (34.4%, 28.7%)Havering (London): 30.4% (25.7%, 19.7%)East Riding of Yorkshire (Yorkshire/Humber): 30.1% (27.7%, 22.4%)Test Valley (SE England): 30.1% (20.9%, 19.1%)Newcastle-under-Lyme (W Midlands): 30.1% (32.9%, 22.0%)Liverpool (NW England): 30.1% (29.8%, 28.6%)Wigan (NW England): 30.0% (39.1%, 31.3%)Chichester (SE England): 30.0% (24.7%, 18.3%)Hyndburn (NW England): 30.0% (34.4%, 33.4%)Bracknell Forest (SE England): 30.0% (27.3%, 18.7%)Isle of Wight (SE England): 29.9% (21.9%, 24.9%)Nottinghamshire (E Midlands): 29.9% (27.9%, 26.6%)Mid Suffolk (E England): 29.8% (32.4%, 20.4%)Preston (NW England): 29.8% (24.5%, 22.7%)South Derbyshire (E Midlands): 29.6% (27.8%, 25.5%)Warrington (NW England): 29.6% (25.2%, 21.8%)Central Bedfordshire (E England): 29.5% (24.7%, 22.4%)Norfolk (E England): 29.4% (27.4%, 24.7%)Worcestershire (W Midlands): 29.4% (27.7%, 22.4%)Birmingham (W Midlands): 29.3% (25.9%, 26.1%)Staffordshire (W Midlands): 29.2% (29.0%, 25.1%)Arun (SE England): 29.0% (29.6%, 24.1%)East Staffordshire (W Midlands): 29.0% (27.7%, 29.5%)Bromsgrove (W Midlands): 29.0% (23.6%, 20.7%)Hastings (SE England): 28.9% (31.2%, 22.6%)Bassetlaw (E Midlands): 28.9% (28.5%, 33.9%)Wychavon (W Midlands): 28.8% (24.7%, 22.0%)Erewash (E Midlands): 28.8% (30.0%, 25.9%)Milton Keynes (SE England): 28.7% (25.9% 24.8%)Eastleigh (SE England): 28.7% (28.0%, 21.4%)Shropshire (W Midlands): 28.6% (28.6%, 26.5%)Tonbridge & Malling (SE England): 28.6% (22.2%, 23.1%)Tewkesbury (SW England): 28.6% (28.5%, 22.8%)Suffolk (E England): 28.5% (26.8%, 26.2%)Lancashire (NW England): 28.5% (28.0%, 25.5%)Essex (E England): 28.5% (29.1%, 23.5%)South Ribble (NW England): 28.5% (25.9%, 21.1%)Sheffield (Yorkshire/Humber): 28.3% (24.5%, 22.9%)Wyre (NW England): 28.3% (29.5%, 30.1%)Newcastle-upon-Tyne (NE England): 28.2% (29.9%, 23.6%)Babergh (E England): 28.2% (21.8%, 27.3%)Cheshire West & Chester (NW England): 28.2% (30.2%, 21.8%)North Yorkshire (Yorkshire/Humber): 28.0% (25.3%, 24.7%)Lincoln (E Midlands): 28.0% (27.4%, 28.6%)Hinckley & Bosworth (E Midlands): 27.9% (32.9%, 23.1%)Staffordshire Moorlands (W Midlands): 27.6% (28.9%, 22.6%)West Suffolk (E England): 27.6% (27.7%, 27.3%)Salford (NW England): 27.6% (28.6%, 25.6%)North Norfolk (E England): 27.5% (29.7%, 20.6%)Dartford (SE England): 27.5% (29.2%, 26.1%)Melton (E Midlands): 27.4% (34.2%, 20.4%)Nottingham (E Midlands): 27.4% (28.0%, 25.2%)Leicestershire (E Midlands): 27.3% (26.2%, 24.3%)Kirklees (Yorkshire/Humber): 27.3% (26.9%, 27.5%)Brentwood (E England): 27.3% (20.5%, 19.2%)Watford (E England): 27.3% (20.8%, 21.4%)Leeds (Yorkshire/Humber): 27.2% (26.2%, 23.2%)Coventry (W Midlands): 27.1% (27.7%, 31.4%)Chorley (NW England): 27.1% (27.0%, 24.8%)Hampshire (SE England): 27.0% (24.7%, 23.0%)Wiltshire (SW England): 27.0% (26.7%, 20.2%)Norwich (E England): 26.9% (23.2%, 21.0%)Calderdale (Yorkshire/Humber): 26.9% (28.2%, 25.4%)Ipswich (E England): 26.8% (25.3%, 28.1%)West Sussex (SE England): 26.8% (23.9%, 22.0%)Herefordshire (W Midlands): 26.8% (26.1%, 26.2%)Nuneaton & Bedworth (W Midlands): 26.6% (34.3%, 28.3%)Sefton (NW England): 26.6% (35.3%, 26.1%)Worcester (W Midlands): 26.6% (26.2%, 26.1%)Gravesham (SE England): 26.6% (35.6%, 29.8%)Leicester (E Midlands): 26.6% (24.9%, 21.2%)Cherwell (SE England): 26.4% (23.4%, 20.1%)Epping Forest (E England): 26.4% (25.7%, 21.6%)Welwyn Hatfield (E England): 26.4% (26.4%, 26.9%)Warwickshire (W Midlands): 26.3% (26.4%, 24.5%)Sutton (London): 26.3% (21.1%, 20.6%)Blaby (E Midlands): 26.2% (25.6%, 23.7%)Lancaster (NW England): 26.2% (25.8%, 27.2%)Bedford (E England): 26.2% (22.3%, 28.6%)Thanet (SE England): 26.2% (28.8%, 28.1%)Stafford (W Midlands): 26.1% (25.9%, 20.9%)Braintree (E England): 26.1% (28.4%, 24.5%)South Staffordshire (W Midlands): 26.1% (25.7%, 26.4%)Stockport (NW England): 26.0% (25.3%, 19.1%)Oadby & Wigston (E Midlands): 26.0% (23.8%, 20.1%)Maidstone (SE England): 26.0% (32.7%, 19.2%)Bury (NW England): 25.9% (30.0%, 24.9%)Reading (SE England): 25.9% (28.2%, 18.5%)Forest of Dean (SW England): 25.9% (34.3%, 22.3%)Torbay (SW England): 25.9% (32.6%, 24.4%)Huntingdonshire (E England): 25.9% (26.3%, 20.3%)North Hertfordshire (E England): 25.8% (19.5%, 17.3%)Malvern Hills (W Midlands): 25.8% (26.4%, 16.2%)Somerset (SW England): 25.8% (27.8%, 23.9%)South Norfolk (E England): 25.8% (22.0%, 22.4%)South Gloucestershire (SW England): 25.7% (23.1%, 23.1%)Hart (SE England): 25.7% (20.0%, 17.5%)Kent (SE England): 25.6% (27.8%, 24.5%)North Tyneside (NE England): 25.6% (29.8%, 30.7%)Ashford (SE England): 25.6% (27.4%, 24.8%)Solihull (W Midlands): 25.5% (22.9%, 20.2%)Rushmoor (SE England): 25.5% (30.2%, 26.8%)Cheshire East (NW England): 25.5% (21.5%, 24.8%)East Devon (SW England): 25.5% (28.9%, 15.4%)Lewes (SE England): 25.4% (24.5%, 24.6%)Charnwood (E Midlands): 25.3% (20.2%, 23.9%)York (Yorkshire/Humber): 25.2% (23.5%, 22.7%)Bexley (London): 25.2% (24.2%, 27.4%)South Kesteven (E Midlands): 25.1% (26.3%, 28.8%)Teignbridge (SW England): 25.0% (22.2%, 20.1%)Mid Devon (SW England): 24.9% (27.2%, 26.3%)Southampton (SE England): 24.9% (29.5%, 23.1%)Gloucestershire (SW England): 24.9% (25.9%, 21.5%)Dacorum (E England): 24.8% (22.9%, 20.3%)East Cambridgeshire (E England): 24.8% (26.8%, 22.9%)East Sussex (SE England): 24.8% (25.3%, 23.8%)Enfield (London): 24.8% (24.0%, 27.8%)Harborough (E Midlands): 24.7% (26.3%, 24.3%)Torridge (SW England): 24.6% (23.6%, 22.0%)West Northamptonshire (E Midlands): 24.6% (27.0%, 24.4%)Broadland (E England): 24.6% (31.2%, 20.6%)Runnymede (SE England): 24.6% (23.0%, 16.9%)Waltham Forest (London): 24.5% (22.4%, 21.0%)Hertfordshire (SE England): 24.5% (22.7%, 22.1%)Croydon (London): 24.4% (24.1%, 20.1%)Dorset (SW England): 24.3% (28.9%, 20.6%)Cambridgeshire (E England): 24.3% (23.9%, 22.0%)Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole (SW England): 24.3% (26.8%, 23.3%)Rushcliffe (E Midlands): 24.2% (19.8%, 17.9%)Horsham (SE England): 24.2% (22.7%, 20.4%)East Hampshire (SE England): 24.1% (17.7%, 17.6%)Sevenoaks (SE England): 24.0% (23.5%, 18.2%)Cornwall (SW England): 24.0% (27.5%, 21.0%)Broxtowe (E Midlands): 23.9% (27.1%, 24.0%)Fareham (SE England): 23.9% (23.7%, 23.2%)Folkestone & Hythe (SE England): 23.8% (24.0%, 23.6%)Lichfield (W Midlands): 23.8% (18.2%, 26.9%)Mid Sussex (SE England): 23.6% (16.1%, 19.8%)Manchester (NW England): 23.5% (27.3%, 24.0%)Swale (SE England): 23.5% (39.1%, 30.8%)Devon (SW England): 23.3% (24.3%, 19.7%)Rother (SE England): 23.3% (23.1%, 28.2%)Greenwich (London): 22.9% (23.2%, 23.8%)Hackney (London): 22.9% (21.9%, 22.1%)Three Rivers (E England): 22.9% (22.3%, 24.0%)Exeter (SW England): 22.9% (21.1%, 19.8%)Stratford-on-Avon (W Midlands): 22.8% (24.8%, 20.9%)Chelmsford (E England): 22.8% (28.6%, 18.9%)Hillingdon (London): 22.8% (22.3%, 19.4%)Worthing (SE England): 22.7% (24.8%, 20.5%)Derbyshire Dales (E Midlands): 22.7% (20.6%, 18.4%)Tandridge (SE England): 22.6% (23.4%, 21.3%)South Cambridgeshire (E England): 22.4% (20.3%, 18.3%)Stroud (SW England): 22.3% (22.6%, 20.1%)Brent (London): 22.2% (19.4%, 13.3%)Westmorland & Furness (NW England): 22.1% (24.8%, 19.8%)Vale of White Horse (SE England): 22.0% (20.6%, 15.1%)West Berkshire (SE England): 22.0% (26.8%, 20.1%)Surrey Heath (SE England): 21.8% (22.5%, 19.8%)Tower Hamlets (London): 21.7% (16.0%, 17.7%)Basingstoke & Deane (SE England): 21.6% (27.4%, 24.2%)Canterbury (SE England): 21.6% (21.5%, 24.1%)Cotswold (SW England): 21.5% (23.1%, 23.1%)Eastbourne (SE England): 21.5% (22.3%, 25.0%)Southwark (London): 21.4% (19.7%, 17.7%)Ealing (London): 21.4% (22.2%, 20.1%)Bromley (London): 21.4% (26.4%, 20.1%)West Oxfordshire (SE England): 21.2% (24.2%, 20.9%)Ribble Valley (NW England): 21.2% (25.8%, 21.3%)West Lancashire (NW England): 20.9% (29.2%, 23.3%)Hertsmere (E England): 20.9% (21.5%, 19.1%)Harrow (London): 20.8% (16.7%, 15.7%)Oxfordshire (SE England): 20.8% (21.3%, 17.2%)Redbridge (London): 20.7% (25.3%, 23.9%)Barnet (London): 20.6% (18.2%, 18.1%)Winchester (SE England): 20.6% (18.3%, 21.1%)Adur (SE England): 20.4% (27.4%, 24.7%)North Somerset (SW England): 20.4% (27.9%, 19.7%)Newham (London): 20.4% (23.3%, 20.9%)Bristol (SW England): 20.3% (22.3%, 17.2%)Wealden (SE England): 20.3% (23.9%, 20.6%)Brighton & Hove (SE England): 20.1% (15.1%, 19.3%)East Hertfordshire (E England): 20.1% (21.1%, 25.1%)Warwick (W Midlands): 20.1% (16.8%, 20.5%)Lewisham (London): 20.1% (23.8%, 20.9%)Rutland (E Midlands): 20.0% (20.2%, 18.0%)Reigate & Banstead (SE England): 19.9% (22.7%, 17.9%)Buckinghamshire (SE England): 19.8% (23.7%, 17.5%)Merton (London): 19.6% (20.9%, 18.6%)Hounslow (London): 19.4% (26.2%, 21.2%)Cheltenham (SW England): 19.3% (18.9%, 18.4%)Windsor & Maidenhead (SE England): 19.3% (23.3%, 15.9%)Spelthorne (SE England): 19.0% (25.2%, 20.6%)Surrey (SE England): 19.0% (20.4%, 17.3%)Guildford (SE England): 18.9% (18.0%, 16.5%)North Devon (SW England): 18.9% (26.5%, 20.8%)Lambeth (London): 18.4% (19.2%, 18.1%)Mole Valley (SE England): 18.2% (19.5%, 14.4%)Waverley (SE England): 18.1% (16.8%, 12.8%)Woking (SE England): 18.0% (16.5%, 21.6%)Bath & North East Somerset (SW England): 17.9% (20.8%, 17.4%)South Oxfordshire (SE England): 17.3% (22.3%, 15.6%)Tunbridge Wells (SE England): 17.2% (18.6%, 18.5%)Trafford (NW England): 16.9% (22.8%, 19.8%)Haringey (London): 16.5% (13.9%, 19.2%)Epsom & Ewell (SE England): 16.4% (21.8%, 16.3%)St Albans (E England): 16.2% (17.3%, 15.1%)Oxford (SE England): 16.2% (16.2%, 14.6%)Cambridge (E England): 16.1% (19.6%, 14.0%)Kingston-upon-Thames (London): 15.8% (15.5%, 15.8%)City of London (London): 15.5% (14.3%, 12.9%)Wandsworth (London): 15.3% (16.3%, 9.9%)Westminster (London): 15.2% (16.2%, 12.6%)Uttlesford (E England): 15.1% (24.7%, 16.6%)Elmbridge (SE England): 14.8% (17.8%, 16.1%)Richmond-upon-Thames (London): 14.7% (20.5%, 12.5%)Kensington & Chelsea (London): 14.3% (13.2%, 19.3%)South Hams (SW England): 13.8% (21.3%, 20.4%)Islington (London): 13.0% (17.9%, 15.6%)Hammersmith & Fulham (London): 12.1% (18.1%, 13.0%)Camden (London): 11.0% (17.3%, 14.1%)
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