Rankings · Smoking

Adults who smoke, 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 2022–24 · OHID Fingertips indicator 92443 (Annual Population Survey)

Smoking · England, upper tier · 2022–24. 151 councils, highest first. England figure: 10.9%.

Smoking · England, upper tier · 2022–24. 151 councils, highest first.
Rank Council %
1 Blackpool 19.1
2= North East Lincolnshire 17.6
2= Sandwell 17.6
4 Kingston upon Hull, City of 17.4
5 Nottingham 16.6
6 Tameside 15.7
7= Haringey 15.6
7= Middlesbrough 15.6
9 Blackburn with Darwen 15.4
10 Plymouth 15.2
11= Luton 14.6
11= North Lincolnshire 14.6
13= Barking and Dagenham 14.5
13= Ealing 14.5
15 Thurrock 14.3
16 Manchester 14.2
17= Doncaster 14.1
17= Lincolnshire 14.1
19 Torbay 13.8
20= Barnsley 13.7
20= Croydon 13.7
20= Walsall 13.7
23= South Tyneside 13.6
23= Wolverhampton 13.6
25= Hartlepool 13.5
25= Stoke-on-Trent 13.5
27 Bradford 13.4
28= Rotherham 13.3
28= Salford 13.3
30 Liverpool 13.2
31= Enfield 13.1
31= North Northamptonshire 13.1
33 Bolton 12.9
34= Brighton and Hove 12.8
34= Derby 12.8
34= Redcar and Cleveland 12.8
37= Birmingham 12.7
37= Bristol, City of 12.7
37= Peterborough 12.7
37= Rochdale 12.7
37= Westminster 12.7
42 Bracknell Forest 12.6
43= Coventry 12.4
43= Southampton 12.4
45= Kirklees 12.2
45= Tower Hamlets 12.2
47= Bedford 12.0
47= Cumberland 12.0
49 Telford and Wrekin 11.9
50= Hackney 11.8
50= Hounslow 11.8
50= Leicester 11.8
53= Wakefield 11.7
53= Wigan 11.7
55= Knowsley 11.6
55= West Sussex 11.6
57= Camden 11.5
57= Devon 11.5
57= Halton 11.5
57= Leeds 11.5
61 County Durham 11.3
62= Merton 11.2
62= Reading 11.2
62= St. Helens 11.2
65 Portsmouth 11.1
66= Central Bedfordshire 11.0
66= Essex 11.0
66= Havering 11.0
66= Lambeth 11.0
66= Lancashire 11.0
66= Newham 11.0
66= Suffolk 11.0
66= Sunderland 11.0
66= West Northamptonshire 11.0
75= Cornwall 10.9
75= Derbyshire 10.9
75= Lewisham 10.9
75= Somerset 10.9
75= Warwickshire 10.9
80= East Sussex 10.8
80= Herefordshire, County of 10.8
82= Calderdale 10.7
82= Dudley 10.7
82= Kent 10.7
82= Norfolk 10.7
82= Sheffield 10.7
82= Wirral 10.7
88 Newcastle upon Tyne 10.5
89= Brent 10.4
89= Bury 10.4
89= Medway 10.4
89= Nottinghamshire 10.4
89= Oldham 10.4
94= East Riding of Yorkshire 10.3
94= Hammersmith and Fulham 10.3
94= Harrow 10.3
94= Milton Keynes 10.3
94= Southend-on-Sea 10.3
99 Cambridgeshire 10.1
100= Greenwich 10.0
100= Southwark 10.0
100= Stockton-on-Tees 10.0
103 North Tyneside 9.9
104 Stockport 9.8
105 Worcestershire 9.7
106= Dorset 9.6
106= Hillingdon 9.6
106= Kensington and Chelsea 9.6
109= Gloucestershire 9.5
109= Slough 9.5
111= Bath and North East Somerset 9.4
111= Buckinghamshire 9.4
113= Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 9.3
113= Isle of Wight 9.3
113= Solihull 9.3
113= Staffordshire 9.3
113= Westmorland and Furness 9.3
118= Hertfordshire 9.2
118= Wiltshire 9.2
120= Cheshire West and Chester 9.1
120= Oxfordshire 9.1
120= West Berkshire 9.1
123= Gateshead 9.0
123= North Yorkshire 9.0
123= Sefton 9.0
123= Swindon 9.0
127 South Gloucestershire 8.9
128= Bexley 8.8
128= North Somerset 8.8
130= Darlington 8.6
130= Hampshire 8.6
130= Shropshire 8.6
133= Bromley 8.5
133= Islington 8.5
133= Redbridge 8.5
136 Surrey 8.3
137 Leicestershire 8.2
138= Barnet 8.1
138= Northumberland 8.1
138= Waltham Forest 8.1
141 Trafford 7.9
142= Wandsworth 7.7
142= Windsor and Maidenhead 7.7
144 Warrington 7.6
145 York 7.4
146 Sutton 7.1
147 Cheshire East 7.0
148 Kingston upon Thames 6.8
149 Richmond upon Thames 6.7
150 Rutland 6.0
151 Wokingham 5.7
England

English districts (lower tier)

Period 2022–24 · OHID Fingertips indicator 92443 (Annual Population Survey)

Smoking · England, districts · 2022–24. 163 councils, highest first. England figure: 10.9%.

Smoking · England, districts · 2022–24. 163 councils, highest first.
Rank Council %
1 Boston 20.8
2 South Holland 19.6
3 Fenland 17.0
4 Crawley 16.7
5 West Lindsey 16.5
6 Teignbridge 16.0
7= Hastings 15.9
7= Preston 15.9
9 Mansfield 15.6
10 Rossendale 15.2
11= Lincoln 15.1
11= Tendring 15.1
13 Uttlesford 15.0
14 Welwyn Hatfield 14.5
15= Harlow 14.4
15= Mid Devon 14.4
15= North Warwickshire 14.4
18= Basildon 14.3
18= Nuneaton and Bedworth 14.3
20= East Lindsey 14.1
20= Pendle 14.1
22= King's Lynn and West Norfolk 14.0
22= Worthing 14.0
24= Babergh 13.8
24= Norwich 13.8
26 Worcester 13.6
27= Bolsover 13.4
27= West Oxfordshire 13.4
29 Thanet 13.3
30 Gosport 13.1
31 Burnley 13.0
32 North Devon 12.8
33= East Staffordshire 12.7
33= Exeter 12.7
33= Rother 12.7
33= Swale 12.7
37= Broxbourne 12.6
37= Lancaster 12.6
39= High Peak 12.3
39= South Derbyshire 12.3
41 Tamworth 12.1
42= Chichester 12.0
42= Gravesham 12.0
42= Tunbridge Wells 12.0
45= Chesterfield 11.9
45= Great Yarmouth 11.9
47= Arun 11.8
47= Erewash 11.8
49= Cheltenham 11.6
49= Havant 11.6
49= Rugby 11.6
52= Braintree 11.5
52= Cherwell 11.5
52= Maidstone 11.5
52= Newark and Sherwood 11.5
56= East Suffolk 11.3
56= Forest of Dean 11.3
56= Redditch 11.3
59 Chelmsford 11.2
60 Amber Valley 11.1
61= Chorley 11.0
61= South Kesteven 11.0
61= West Suffolk 11.0
64 Cannock Chase 10.9
65= Folkestone and Hythe 10.8
65= Guildford 10.8
67= Ashfield 10.7
67= Dartford 10.7
67= Oadby and Wigston 10.7
67= Tandridge 10.7
71= Ashford 10.5
71= Lewes 10.5
71= West Devon 10.5
74 Canterbury 10.4
75 South Ribble 10.3
76= Gloucester 10.2
76= Hyndburn 10.2
78= Adur 10.1
78= Cambridge 10.1
80= Eastbourne 10.0
80= North Hertfordshire 10.0
82= Hertsmere 9.9
82= Stroud 9.9
84= Ipswich 9.7
84= Mid Suffolk 9.7
86= Broxtowe 9.6
86= Castle Point 9.6
86= Reigate and Banstead 9.6
86= Sevenoaks 9.6
86= Spelthorne 9.6
86= Wychavon 9.6
92= Horsham 9.5
92= Rushmoor 9.5
94= Blaby 9.4
94= East Cambridgeshire 9.4
94= Epping Forest 9.4
94= Huntingdonshire 9.4
94= North West Leicestershire 9.4
94= Watford 9.4
100= Colchester 9.3
100= Waverley 9.3
102= Bassetlaw 9.2
102= Gedling 9.2
102= South Staffordshire 9.2
105= Warwick 9.1
105= Wyre Forest 9.1
107= East Hertfordshire 9.0
107= Harborough 9.0
107= Hinckley and Bosworth 9.0
107= Newcastle-under-Lyme 9.0
107= Runnymede 9.0
112 Wyre 8.9
113 Basingstoke and Deane 8.8
114 South Norfolk 8.7
115= Breckland 8.6
115= Eastleigh 8.6
115= Fareham 8.6
115= South Hams 8.6
115= Torridge 8.6
120 Dover 8.5
121= Broadland 8.4
121= Mid Sussex 8.4
121= North Norfolk 8.4
121= Stevenage 8.4
125 Dacorum 8.3
126 Elmbridge 8.2
127= Malvern Hills 8.1
127= Melton 8.1
129= East Devon 8.0
129= Oxford 8.0
131= Lichfield 7.9
131= South Oxfordshire 7.9
131= West Lancashire 7.9
134 East Hampshire 7.8
135= New Forest 7.7
135= North East Derbyshire 7.7
137 Brentwood 7.6
138 North Kesteven 7.5
139= Staffordshire Moorlands 7.4
139= Test Valley 7.4
141 Fylde 7.2
142= Surrey Heath 7.1
142= Wealden 7.1
144= Mole Valley 7.0
144= Winchester 7.0
146= Stafford 6.9
146= Stratford-on-Avon 6.9
148= Rushcliffe 6.8
148= Tewkesbury 6.8
150= South Cambridgeshire 6.7
150= Three Rivers 6.7
152 Cotswold 6.4
153 Bromsgrove 6.1
154= Derbyshire Dales 6.0
154= Hart 6.0
156 Tonbridge and Malling 5.7
157 Maldon 5.5
158 Charnwood 5.4
159 Vale of White Horse 5.3
160 St Albans 4.3
161 Rochford 4.2
162 Epsom and Ewell 3.9
163 Woking 3.2

Not published for one council in this group, so not ranked:

Scotland

Scottish councils

Period 2023 · Scottish Surveys Core Questions

Smoking · Scotland · 2023. 32 councils, highest first.

Smoking · Scotland · 2023. 32 councils, highest first.
Rank Council %
1 Moray 19.4
2 East Ayrshire 17.9
3 Clackmannanshire 17.3
4 North Lanarkshire 16.3
5 Angus 16.1
6 Na h-Eileanan Siar 16.0
7 Glasgow City 14.3
8 Midlothian 13.9
9 West Lothian 13.8
10= Aberdeen City 13.7
10= Falkirk 13.7
12 Dundee City 13.1
13 Highland 12.9
14= Perth and Kinross 12.7
14= South Ayrshire 12.7
16 West Dunbartonshire 12.6
17 Dumfries and Galloway 12.2
18= Aberdeenshire 12.1
18= South Lanarkshire 12.1
20= Fife 11.8
20= Inverclyde 11.8
22 City of Edinburgh 11.7
23 North Ayrshire 10.7
24 Orkney Islands 10.6
25 Scottish Borders 10.5
26 Shetland Islands 10.4
27 Renfrewshire 10.3
28 Stirling 10.1
29 Argyll and Bute 10.0
30 East Dunbartonshire 8.9
31 East Lothian 8.7
32 East Renfrewshire 5.9
Wales

Welsh principal areas

Period 2021/22–2022/23 · Public Health Wales, Public Health Outcomes Framework (National Survey for Wales) · Age-standardised percentages (England and Scotland publish crude percentages).

Smoking · Wales · 2021/22–2022/23. 22 councils, highest first.

Smoking · Wales · 2021/22–2022/23. 22 councils, highest first.
Rank Council %
1 Merthyr Tydfil 18.7
2 Gwynedd 17.1
3 Neath Port Talbot 16.7
4 Rhondda Cynon Taf 15.7
5 Torfaen 15.1
6 Wrexham 14.5
7= Carmarthenshire 14.2
7= Vale of Glamorgan 14.2
9= Ceredigion 13.8
9= Denbighshire 13.8
11 Newport 13.2
12 Pembrokeshire 12.5
13= Cardiff 12.3
13= Swansea 12.3
15 Monmouthshire 11.7
16 Blaenau Gwent 11.5
17 Flintshire 11.3
18= Bridgend 11.2
18= Powys 11.2
20 Caerphilly 10.8
21 Isle of Anglesey 10.4
22 Conwy 6.3
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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