Rankings · Overweight or obese

Adults overweight or obese (BMI 25 or over), council by council

The share of adults, from each nation’s own survey. Surveys, periods and methods differ between the nations, so each nation is ranked on its own and the tables are not comparable across nations.

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How to read these rankings. Rank 1 is the highest figure in the group. Councils with the same figure share a rank, marked “=”, and the next rank is skipped. Ranks describe the published estimates, not a verdict on a council.

These are survey estimates, and Lifemap’s dataset holds no confidence intervals for them, so the tables show none and make no comparison with a national figure. Small differences between neighbouring councils are unlikely to be meaningful. Methodology §04 gives the survey and period behind each nation’s figures.

England

English upper-tier councils: counties, unitary authorities, metropolitan and London boroughs

Period 2024/25 · OHID Fingertips indicator 93088 (Active Lives Adult Survey)

Overweight or obese · England, upper tier · 2024/25. 151 councils, highest first. England figure: 64.6%.

Overweight or obese · England, upper tier · 2024/25. 151 councils, highest first.
Rank Council %
1 Sunderland 77.0
2 Sandwell 75.1
3 Knowsley 74.6
4= Barnsley 74.4
4= South Tyneside 74.4
6 North Lincolnshire 74.2
7 Peterborough 73.9
8= Stoke-on-Trent 73.7
8= Wigan 73.7
10 North Northamptonshire 73.6
11 Stockton-on-Tees 73.5
12 Northumberland 73.3
13 Wakefield 73.2
14 Halton 73.1
15 Bedford 72.9
16 Hartlepool 72.8
17 Rotherham 72.6
18 Dudley 72.2
19= Nottingham 71.8
19= Wirral 71.8
21 Barking and Dagenham 71.7
22 Doncaster 71.5
23 Thurrock 71.3
24 Derby 70.9
25 Bexley 70.6
26 Gateshead 70.5
27= Calderdale 70.4
27= Telford and Wrekin 70.4
29= Plymouth 70.3
29= Sefton 70.3
31 North East Lincolnshire 70.2
32 Middlesbrough 69.7
33= Kingston upon Hull, City of 69.6
33= Walsall 69.6
35 County Durham 69.3
36 Luton 69.2
37 Lincolnshire 69.1
38 Cornwall 69.0
39 Tameside 68.8
40 Staffordshire 68.7
41= Lancashire 68.6
41= St. Helens 68.6
43 Nottinghamshire 68.5
44 Somerset 68.4
45 East Riding of Yorkshire 68.3
46= Kirklees 68.1
46= Oldham 68.1
46= Rochdale 68.1
49= Medway 68.0
49= Milton Keynes 68.0
49= Swindon 68.0
52= Bolton 67.9
52= Liverpool 67.9
52= Salford 67.9
55 Blackpool 67.8
56 Birmingham 67.6
57= Essex 67.5
57= Torbay 67.5
59= Cumberland 67.4
59= Redcar and Cleveland 67.4
59= Sheffield 67.4
62= Bracknell Forest 67.3
62= Leicestershire 67.3
64 South Gloucestershire 67.2
65= Blackburn with Darwen 67.0
65= Darlington 67.0
67 Cheshire West and Chester 66.9
68 Coventry 66.8
69 Kent 66.5
70 Suffolk 66.4
71= Derbyshire 66.3
71= Dorset 66.3
73= Gloucestershire 66.2
73= North Yorkshire 66.2
75 Warwickshire 65.9
76 Southampton 65.8
77= Sutton 65.6
77= West Sussex 65.6
79 Portsmouth 65.5
80 Bury 65.4
81= Slough 65.3
81= Wolverhampton 65.3
83 Central Bedfordshire 65.2
84= Leeds 65.1
84= Norfolk 65.1
86 Rutland 65.0
87= Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 64.8
87= Newcastle upon Tyne 64.8
89 Herefordshire, County of 64.6
90 Bradford 64.5
91 Wiltshire 64.3
92 Shropshire 64.0
93 Hampshire 63.7
94 East Sussex 63.3
95= Buckinghamshire 63.2
95= Trafford 63.2
97 Hertfordshire 63.1
98= Enfield 63.0
98= West Northamptonshire 63.0
98= Worcestershire 63.0
101 Reading 62.8
102 Hillingdon 62.7
103= Havering 61.9
103= Newham 61.9
105= Leicester 61.8
105= Stockport 61.8
107= Croydon 61.4
107= Warrington 61.4
109 Devon 61.3
110= Cheshire East 61.1
110= North Tyneside 61.1
110= Solihull 61.1
113 Hounslow 61.0
114 Manchester 60.9
115 Redbridge 60.8
116 York 60.7
117 Merton 60.2
118 Bromley 60.0
119= Bristol, City of 59.4
119= Waltham Forest 59.4
121 Windsor and Maidenhead 59.3
122= Greenwich 59.2
122= Oxfordshire 59.2
124 Surrey 59.1
125 Ealing 59.0
126 Isle of Wight 58.9
127 West Berkshire 58.7
128= Lewisham 58.6
128= Westmorland and Furness 58.6
130= Brent 58.2
130= Southend-on-Sea 58.2
132 Wokingham 57.5
133 North Somerset 57.2
134 Cambridgeshire 56.8
135 Westminster 56.2
136 Hackney 56.1
137 Haringey 56.0
138 Tower Hamlets 55.6
139 Brighton and Hove 55.2
140 Kingston upon Thames 55.1
141 Harrow 53.6
142 Barnet 53.3
143 Southwark 52.1
144 Bath and North East Somerset 51.9
145 Lambeth 51.4
146 Wandsworth 51.3
147 Islington 49.8
148 Camden 48.9
149 Hammersmith and Fulham 45.6
150 Richmond upon Thames 43.1
151 Kensington and Chelsea 40.0
England

English districts (lower tier)

Period 2024/25 · OHID Fingertips indicator 93088 (Active Lives Adult Survey)

Overweight or obese · England, districts · 2024/25. 164 councils, highest first. England figure: 64.6%.

Overweight or obese · England, districts · 2024/25. 164 councils, highest first.
Rank Council %
1 Cannock Chase 78.5
2 Braintree 75.3
3 West Lindsey 74.7
4 Basildon 74.6
5 Rugby 74.3
6 South Staffordshire 73.9
7 Wyre 73.6
8 Thanet 73.3
9 Newark and Sherwood 72.6
10 East Lindsey 72.5
11= Gosport 72.4
11= Tonbridge and Malling 72.4
13 Forest of Dean 72.3
14= Bolsover 72.1
14= Burnley 72.1
16 Nuneaton and Bedworth 71.9
17 Bassetlaw 71.8
18 Blaby 71.5
19 South Kesteven 71.4
20= Ashfield 71.2
20= South Norfolk 71.2
22= Rochford 71.0
22= Swale 71.0
24 Boston 70.9
25 Rushmoor 70.8
26= King's Lynn and West Norfolk 70.7
26= Tendring 70.7
26= West Lancashire 70.7
29 South Holland 70.5
30 Harlow 70.4
31= Crawley 70.2
31= East Suffolk 70.2
31= Pendle 70.2
34= Gloucester 70.1
34= Stevenage 70.1
36 Arun 69.7
37= Castle Point 69.6
37= East Staffordshire 69.6
37= Mansfield 69.6
37= South Ribble 69.6
41 Gravesham 69.5
42 Hinckley and Bosworth 69.3
43 Great Yarmouth 69.2
44 Hyndburn 69.1
45 Worthing 68.8
46 Dover 68.7
47= Breckland 68.5
47= Dartford 68.5
49= Amber Valley 68.3
49= North East Derbyshire 68.3
49= Spelthorne 68.3
52= Staffordshire Moorlands 68.2
52= Wychavon 68.2
54= Chorley 68.1
54= Fenland 68.1
56= South Derbyshire 68.0
56= Tamworth 68.0
58 Charnwood 67.9
59= Gedling 67.8
59= Ipswich 67.8
59= Redditch 67.8
62 Fylde 67.4
63 Preston 67.1
64= Derbyshire Dales 67.0
64= North Warwickshire 67.0
66 Eastleigh 66.8
67 Harborough 66.6
68 Rossendale 66.5
69= North Hertfordshire 66.2
69= Oadby and Wigston 66.2
71= Lincoln 66.1
71= Tandridge 66.1
71= Torridge 66.1
74 Erewash 65.8
75= Cheltenham 65.7
75= West Suffolk 65.7
77= Broxtowe 65.3
77= Fareham 65.3
77= Lichfield 65.3
77= Test Valley 65.3
81 Tewkesbury 65.2
82 Newcastle-under-Lyme 65.1
83 Melton 65.0
84 Stafford 64.9
85= Broxbourne 64.8
85= Mid Devon 64.8
85= Wealden 64.8
88 Basingstoke and Deane 64.7
89= Maidstone 64.4
89= Maldon 64.4
91 Stroud 64.1
92= Colchester 64.0
92= Lancaster 64.0
94 Eastbourne 63.9
95 Chesterfield 63.7
96= Hastings 63.6
96= South Oxfordshire 63.6
98= Mole Valley 63.5
98= West Oxfordshire 63.5
100= Huntingdonshire 63.4
100= North Devon 63.4
102 Ribble Valley 63.3
103= North West Leicestershire 63.2
103= St Albans 63.2
105= Havant 62.9
105= New Forest 62.9
107= North Norfolk 62.7
107= Surrey Heath 62.7
109= Lewes 62.6
109= Mid Suffolk 62.6
109= Uttlesford 62.6
112 Vale of White Horse 62.4
113 Teignbridge 62.3
114 East Hertfordshire 62.2
115= Exeter 62.1
115= North Kesteven 62.1
115= Worcester 62.1
118= Bromsgrove 61.9
118= Tunbridge Wells 61.9
118= Watford 61.9
121 Sevenoaks 61.8
122 Horsham 61.6
123 Adur 61.5
124= Canterbury 61.4
124= Epping Forest 61.4
124= Folkestone and Hythe 61.4
127 Hertsmere 61.2
128 Stratford-on-Avon 61.0
129= Ashford 60.8
129= Broadland 60.8
131 Dacorum 60.7
132 Reigate and Banstead 60.6
133 Chelmsford 60.4
134= Mid Sussex 60.2
134= Welwyn Hatfield 60.2
136 Rushcliffe 60.1
137 Hart 59.7
138 Brentwood 59.5
139 Warwick 58.8
140 Malvern Hills 58.5
141 Runnymede 58.4
142 East Devon 58.3
143 Winchester 58.2
144 Cotswold 58.0
145 Chichester 57.9
146 Babergh 57.1
147 Three Rivers 57.0
148= Cherwell 56.9
148= West Devon 56.9
150 South Hams 56.8
151 Woking 56.7
152 Wyre Forest 56.0
153 Rother 55.9
154 High Peak 55.7
155 Elmbridge 55.6
156 Guildford 55.5
157 Epsom and Ewell 55.1
158 South Cambridgeshire 55.0
159 Norwich 54.3
160= East Hampshire 53.7
160= Oxford 53.7
162 East Cambridgeshire 52.7
163 Waverley 51.5
164 Cambridge 46.7
Scotland

Scottish councils

Period 2021–2024 · Scottish Health Survey

Overweight or obese · Scotland · 2021–2024. 32 councils, highest first.

Overweight or obese · Scotland · 2021–2024. 32 councils, highest first.
Rank Council %
1 Inverclyde 75
2 North Ayrshire 74
3= Angus 73
3= Clackmannanshire 73
3= West Dunbartonshire 73
6= Aberdeenshire 72
6= East Ayrshire 72
6= South Ayrshire 72
9= Na h-Eileanan Siar 70
9= Orkney Islands 70
9= Perth and Kinross 70
9= Shetland Islands 70
13= East Lothian 69
13= East Renfrewshire 69
13= North Lanarkshire 69
13= Renfrewshire 69
13= Scottish Borders 69
18= Highland 68
18= South Lanarkshire 68
20= Dumfries and Galloway 67
20= Fife 67
20= Moray 67
23= Argyll and Bute 66
23= East Dunbartonshire 66
23= Falkirk 66
23= Midlothian 66
27 Dundee City 65
28 Aberdeen City 63
29 Stirling 62
30 Glasgow City 61
31 West Lothian 60
32 City of Edinburgh 58
Wales

Welsh principal areas

Period 2019–20 · National Survey for Wales

Overweight or obese · Wales · 2019–20. 22 councils, highest first.

Overweight or obese · Wales · 2019–20. 22 councils, highest first.
Rank Council %
1 Blaenau Gwent 70
2= Caerphilly 67
2= Newport 67
4 Neath Port Talbot 66
5= Bridgend 65
5= Torfaen 65
7 Carmarthenshire 64
8 Rhondda Cynon Taf 63
9 Merthyr Tydfil 62
10 Vale of Glamorgan 60
11 Pembrokeshire 59
12= Ceredigion 58
12= Flintshire 58
12= Swansea 58
12= Wrexham 58
16= Gwynedd 57
16= Isle of Anglesey 57
18= Monmouthshire 56
18= Powys 56
20 Cardiff 55
21 Denbighshire 52
22 Conwy 50
Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland districts

Adult lifestyle figures in Northern Ireland are published only for the five Health and Social Care Trusts, not for councils. Each district's page shows its trust's figures, labelled as the trust's.

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