Rank
|
District
|
Density (per km2)
|
Type of district
|
Ceremonial county
|
1 |
Tower Hamlets |
15,794 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
2 |
Islington |
14,589 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
3 |
Hackney |
13,650 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
5 |
Lambeth |
11,844 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
4 |
Kensington and Chelsea |
11,873 |
London borough, Royal Borough |
Greater London
|
6 |
Hammersmith and Fulham |
11,174 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
7 |
Southwark |
10,609 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
8 |
Newham |
9,687 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
9 |
Camden |
9,660 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
10 |
Wandsworth |
9,584 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
11 |
Westminster |
9,547 |
London borough, City (1540) |
Greater London
|
12 |
Haringey |
8,922 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
13 |
Lewisham |
8,530 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
14 |
Brent |
7,839 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
15 |
Waltham Forest |
7,164 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
16 |
Ealing |
6,592 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
17 |
Greenwich |
6,114 |
London borough, Royal Borough |
Greater London
|
18 |
Barking and Dagenham |
6,053 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
19 |
Merton |
5,723 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
20 |
Redbridge |
5,494 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
21 |
Luton |
5,186 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Bedfordshire
|
22 |
Harrow |
5,172 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
24 |
Portsmouth |
5,122 |
Unitary authority, City (1926) |
Hampshire
|
23 |
Hounslow |
5,145 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
25 |
Leicester |
4,991 |
Unitary authority, City (1919) |
Leicestershire
|
26 |
Southampton |
4,957 |
Unitary authority, City (1964) |
Hampshire
|
27 |
Slough |
4,864 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Berkshire
|
29 |
Sutton |
4,778 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
30 |
Manchester |
4,755 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1853) |
Greater Manchester
|
28 |
Watford |
4,781 |
Borough |
Hertfordshire
|
31 |
Croydon |
4,515 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
32 |
Kingston upon Thames |
4,505 |
London borough, Royal Borough |
Greater London
|
33 |
Barnet |
4,479 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
35 |
Liverpool |
4,332 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1880) |
Merseyside
|
38 |
Nottingham |
4,283 |
Unitary authority, City (1897) |
Nottinghamshire
|
34 |
Southend-on-Sea |
4,334 |
Unitary authority, Borough, City (2022) |
Essex
|
37 |
Reading |
4,288 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Berkshire
|
36 |
Bristol |
4,296 |
Unitary authority, City (1542) |
Bristol
|
39 |
Birmingham |
4,266 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1889) |
West Midlands
|
40 |
Enfield |
4,078 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
41 |
Bexley |
4,070 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
42 |
Blackpool |
4,042 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Lancashire
|
43 |
Sandwell |
3,994 |
Metropolitan borough |
West Midlands
|
44 |
Wolverhampton |
3,803 |
Metropolitan borough, City (2000) |
West Midlands
|
45 |
Hull |
3,722 |
Unitary authority, City (1897) |
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
46 |
Norwich |
3,668 |
City (TI) |
Norfolk
|
47 |
Cambridge |
3,556 |
City (1951) |
Cambridgeshire
|
49 |
Oxford |
3,509 |
City (1542) |
Oxfordshire
|
48 |
Ipswich |
3,534 |
Borough |
Suffolk
|
50 |
Coventry |
3,481 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1102) |
West Midlands
|
51 |
Stevenage |
3,439 |
Borough |
Hertfordshire
|
52 |
Worthing |
3,433 |
Borough |
West Sussex
|
53 |
Richmond upon Thames |
3,402 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
54 |
Derby |
3,347 |
Unitary authority, City (1977) |
Derbyshire
|
55 |
Brighton & Hove |
3,336 |
Unitary authority, City (2000) |
East Sussex
|
56 |
Plymouth |
3,315 |
Unitary authority, City (1928) |
Devon
|
57 |
Dudley |
3,303 |
Metropolitan borough |
West Midlands
|
58 |
Gloucester |
3,268 |
City (1541) |
Gloucestershire
|
59 |
Gosport |
3,239 |
Borough |
Hampshire
|
60 |
Worcester |
3,114 |
City (TI) |
Worcestershire
|
61 |
Harlow |
3,058 |
|
Essex
|
62 |
Hastings |
3,053 |
Borough |
East Sussex
|
63 |
City of London |
2,982 |
City (TI), sui generis |
City of London
|
64 |
Lincoln |
2,867 |
City (TI) |
Lincolnshire
|
67 |
Exeter |
2,749 |
City (TI) |
Devon
|
65 |
Salford |
2,786 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1926) |
Greater Manchester
|
66 |
Stoke-on-Trent |
2,761 |
Unitary authority, City (1925) |
Staffordshire
|
68 |
Walsall |
2,734 |
Metropolitan borough |
West Midlands
|
69 |
Middlesbrough |
2,668 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
North Yorkshire
|
72 |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
2,629 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1882) |
Tyne and Wear
|
71 |
Hillingdon |
2,634 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
70 |
Crawley |
2,637 |
Borough |
West Sussex
|
73 |
Rushmoor |
2,563 |
Borough |
Hampshire
|
74 |
Tamworth |
2,555 |
Borough |
Staffordshire
|
75 |
Cheltenham |
2,551 |
Borough |
Gloucestershire
|
76 |
North Tyneside |
2,541 |
Metropolitan borough |
Tyne and Wear
|
77 |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
2,469 |
Unitary authority |
Dorset
|
78 |
Oadby and Wigston |
2,455 |
Borough |
Leicestershire
|
79 |
Epsom and Ewell |
2,377 |
Borough |
Surrey
|
80 |
Stockport |
2,342 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester
|
81 |
Havering |
2,332 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
82 |
Eastbourne |
2,300 |
Borough |
East Sussex
|
83 |
South Tyneside |
2,296 |
Metropolitan borough |
Tyne and Wear
|
84 |
Spelthorne |
2,294 |
Borough |
Surrey
|
85 |
Tameside |
2,241 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester
|
86 |
Havant |
2,233 |
Borough |
Hampshire
|
87 |
Trafford |
2,221 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester
|
88 |
Torbay |
2,217 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Devon
|
89 |
Bromley |
2,197 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
90 |
Bolton |
2,118 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester
|
91 |
Castle Point |
2,008 |
Borough |
Essex
|
92 |
Sunderland |
1,995 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1992) |
Tyne and Wear
|
93 |
Wirral |
1,992 |
Metropolitan borough |
Merseyside
|
94 |
Bury |
1,949 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester
|
95 |
Broxbourne |
1,927 |
Borough |
Hertfordshire
|
96 |
Knowsley |
1,792 |
Metropolitan borough |
Merseyside
|
97 |
Sefton |
1,786 |
Metropolitan borough |
Merseyside
|
98 |
Wigan |
1,752 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester
|
99 |
Eastleigh |
1,719 |
Borough |
Hampshire
|
100 |
Basildon |
1,706 |
|
Essex
|
102 |
Oldham |
1,701 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester
|
101 |
Nuneaton and Bedworth |
1,701 |
Borough |
Warwickshire
|
103 |
Woking |
1,633 |
Borough |
Surrey
|
104 |
Halton |
1,626 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Cheshire
|
105 |
Dartford |
1,606 |
Borough |
Kent
|
106 |
Redditch |
1,604 |
Borough |
Worcestershire
|
107 |
Chesterfield |
1,570 |
Borough |
Derbyshire
|
108 |
Fareham |
1,549 |
Borough |
Hampshire
|
109 |
Adur |
1,536 |
|
West Sussex
|
110 |
Sheffield |
1,507 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1893) |
South Yorkshire
|
111 |
Bradford |
1,493 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1897) |
West Yorkshire
|
112 |
Leeds |
1,466 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1893) |
West Yorkshire
|
113 |
Elmbridge |
1,466 |
Borough |
Surrey
|
114 |
Medway |
1,445 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Kent
|
115 |
Mansfield |
1,442 |
|
Nottinghamshire
|
116 |
Rochdale |
1,417 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester
|
117 |
Broxtowe |
1,383 |
Borough |
Nottinghamshire
|
118 |
Gateshead |
1,378 |
Metropolitan borough |
Tyne and Wear
|
119 |
Thanet |
1,358 |
|
Kent
|
120 |
St Helens |
1,345 |
Metropolitan borough |
Merseyside
|
121 |
Cannock Chase |
1,275 |
|
Staffordshire
|
122 |
Solihull |
1,215 |
Metropolitan borough |
West Midlands
|
123 |
Reigate and Banstead |
1,173 |
Borough |
Surrey
|
124 |
Warrington |
1,169 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Cheshire
|
125 |
Ashfield |
1,153 |
|
Nottinghamshire
|
126 |
Bracknell Forest |
1,144 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Berkshire
|
127 |
Blackburn with Darwen |
1,131 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Lancashire
|
129 |
Runnymede |
1,124 |
Borough |
Surrey
|
128 |
Hyndburn |
1,127 |
Borough |
Lancashire
|
130 |
Gravesham |
1,079 |
Borough |
Kent
|
131 |
Thurrock |
1,074 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Essex
|
132 |
Hertsmere |
1,069 |
Borough |
Hertfordshire
|
133 |
Kirklees |
1,061 |
Metropolitan borough |
West Yorkshire
|
134 |
Three Rivers |
1,058 |
|
Hertfordshire
|
135 |
Wakefield |
1,045 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1888) |
West Yorkshire
|
136 |
Preston |
1,037 |
City (2002) |
Lancashire
|
137 |
Erewash |
1,031 |
Borough |
Derbyshire
|
138 |
Swindon |
1,016 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Wiltshire
|
139 |
Wokingham |
996 |
Unitary authority |
Berkshire
|
140 |
Hartlepool |
988 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Durham
|
141 |
South Ribble |
983 |
Borough |
Lancashire
|
142 |
Gedling |
978 |
Borough |
Nottinghamshire
|
143 |
Stockton-on-Tees |
961 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Durham and North Yorkshire
|
144 |
Surrey Heath |
953 |
Borough |
Surrey
|
145 |
Milton Keynes |
934 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Buckinghamshire
|
146 |
Rotherham |
929 |
Metropolitan borough |
South Yorkshire
|
147 |
Welwyn Hatfield |
923 |
|
Hertfordshire
|
148 |
St Albans |
922 |
City (1877) |
Hertfordshire
|
String Module Error: String subset index out of range |
Barrow-in-Furness |
|
Borough |
Cumbria
|
149 |
Burnley |
856 |
Borough |
Lancashire
|
150 |
North East Lincolnshire |
816 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Lincolnshire
|
155 |
York |
742 |
Unitary authority, City (TI) |
North Yorkshire
|
151 |
Blaby |
792 |
|
Leicestershire
|
152 |
Windsor and Maidenhead |
783 |
Unitary authority, Royal Borough |
Berkshire
|
154 |
Barnsley |
744 |
Metropolitan borough |
South Yorkshire
|
156 |
Dacorum |
731 |
Borough |
Hertfordshire
|
153 |
Arun |
748 |
|
West Sussex
|
157 |
Charnwood |
655 |
Borough |
Leicestershire
|
162 |
Newcastle-under-Lyme |
583 |
Borough |
Staffordshire
|
158 |
Telford and Wrekin |
640 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Shropshire
|
159 |
Peterborough |
630 |
Unitary authority, City (1541) |
Cambridgeshire
|
160 |
Colchester |
586 |
Borough |
Essex
|
166 |
Calderdale |
568 |
Metropolitan borough |
West Yorkshire
|
164 |
Chorley |
582 |
Borough |
Lancashire
|
163 |
North Somerset |
582 |
Unitary authority |
Somerset
|
165 |
Great Yarmouth |
575 |
Borough |
Norfolk
|
161 |
South Gloucestershire |
585 |
Unitary authority |
Gloucestershire
|
168 |
Redcar and Cleveland |
557 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
North Yorkshire
|
169 |
Bath and North East Somerset |
556 |
Unitary authority |
Somerset
|
172 |
Doncaster |
543 |
Metropolitan borough |
South Yorkshire
|
174 |
Guildford |
531 |
Borough |
Surrey
|
170 |
Tonbridge and Malling |
551 |
Borough |
Kent
|
167 |
Pendle |
566 |
Borough |
Lancashire
|
171 |
Darlington |
548 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Durham
|
179 |
Canterbury |
507 |
City (TI) |
Kent
|
173 |
Chelmsford |
537 |
City (2012) |
Essex
|
176 |
Wyre Forest |
521 |
|
Worcestershire
|
178 |
Rossendale |
514 |
Borough |
Lancashire
|
177 |
Rochford |
516 |
|
Essex
|
175 |
Warwick |
526 |
|
Warwickshire
|
180 |
Brentwood |
504 |
Borough |
Essex
|
181 |
Bolsover |
502 |
|
Derbyshire
|
182 |
Fylde |
494 |
Borough |
Lancashire
|
183 |
Amber Valley |
477 |
Borough |
Derbyshire
|
184 |
Hart |
466 |
|
Hampshire
|
185 |
Bromsgrove |
458 |
|
Worcestershire
|
186 |
Mid Sussex |
458 |
|
West Sussex
|
187 |
Maidstone |
449 |
Borough |
Kent
|
188 |
Tendring |
443 |
|
Essex
|
189 |
Central Bedfordshire |
413 |
Unitary authority |
Bedfordshire
|
204 |
Buckinghamshire |
355 |
Unitary authority |
Buckinghamshire
|
190 |
Swale |
408 |
Borough |
Kent
|
191 |
Wyre |
399 |
Borough |
Lancashire
|
192 |
Epping Forest |
398 |
|
Essex
|
195 |
Hinckley and Bosworth |
382 |
Borough |
Leicestershire
|
199 |
Isle of Wight |
371 |
Unitary authority, County |
Isle of Wight
|
194 |
Cheshire West and Chester |
389 |
Unitary authority |
Cheshire
|
200 |
Dover |
370 |
|
Kent
|
198 |
North East Derbyshire |
371 |
|
Derbyshire
|
196 |
North West Leicestershire |
376 |
|
Leicestershire
|
197 |
Waverley |
373 |
Borough |
Surrey
|
193 |
Bedford |
390 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Bedfordshire
|
205 |
Tunbridge Wells |
349 |
Borough |
Kent
|
202 |
North Hertfordshire |
356 |
|
Hertfordshire
|
203 |
Tandridge |
355 |
|
Surrey
|
207 |
Lewes |
343 |
|
East Sussex
|
208 |
Mole Valley |
339 |
|
Surrey
|
209 |
West Lancashire |
338 |
|
Lancashire
|
206 |
Cheshire East |
343 |
Unitary authority |
Cheshire
|
210 |
Sevenoaks |
327 |
|
Kent
|
217 |
Folkestone and Hythe |
308 |
|
Kent
|
212 |
Lichfield |
323 |
|
Staffordshire
|
215 |
East Hertfordshire |
317 |
|
Hertfordshire
|
214 |
South Derbyshire |
320 |
|
Derbyshire
|
213 |
East Staffordshire |
322 |
Borough |
Staffordshire
|
211 |
Rugby |
327 |
Borough |
Warwickshire
|
219 |
Rushcliffe |
292 |
Borough |
Nottinghamshire
|
218 |
Basingstoke and Deane |
293 |
Borough |
Hampshire
|
222 |
South Staffordshire |
272 |
|
Staffordshire
|
220 |
Horsham |
278 |
|
West Sussex
|
223 |
Stroud |
264 |
|
Gloucestershire
|
221 |
Cherwell |
275 |
|
Oxfordshire
|
225 |
Lancaster |
251 |
City (1937) |
Lancashire
|
224 |
Braintree |
255 |
|
Essex
|
229 |
New Forest |
234 |
|
Hampshire
|
230 |
County Durham |
234 |
Unitary authority |
County Durham
|
226 |
East Hampshire |
245 |
|
Hampshire
|
228 |
Broadland |
240 |
|
Norfolk
|
227 |
Vale of White Horse |
241 |
|
Oxfordshire
|
233 |
North Warwickshire |
230 |
Borough |
Warwickshire
|
234 |
Stafford |
229 |
|
Staffordshire
|
232 |
West Berkshire |
230 |
Unitary authority |
Berkshire
|
231 |
Tewkesbury |
230 |
Borough |
Gloucestershire
|
235 |
Ashford |
229 |
Borough |
Kent
|
String Module Error: String subset index out of range |
Sedgemoor |
|
|
Somerset
|
236 |
South Oxfordshire |
221 |
|
Oxfordshire
|
238 |
North Lincolnshire |
201 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Lincolnshire
|
237 |
Test Valley |
209 |
Borough |
Hampshire
|
239 |
Teignbridge |
201 |
|
Devon
|
242 |
East Suffolk |
196 |
|
Suffolk
|
240 |
Huntingdonshire |
201 |
|
Cambridgeshire
|
245 |
Wealden |
193 |
|
East Sussex
|
241 |
Wychavon |
201 |
|
Worcestershire
|
243 |
Boston |
194 |
Borough |
Lincolnshire
|
244 |
Winchester |
194 |
City (TI) |
Hampshire
|
251 |
Rother |
183 |
|
East Sussex
|
246 |
Newark and Sherwood |
189 |
|
Nottinghamshire
|
247 |
Fenland |
188 |
|
Cambridgeshire
|
250 |
Bassetlaw |
186 |
|
Nottinghamshire
|
249 |
Maldon |
186 |
|
Essex
|
248 |
East Devon |
187 |
|
Devon
|
String Module Error: String subset index out of range |
South Somerset |
|
|
Somerset
|
252 |
South Cambridgeshire |
181 |
|
Cambridgeshire
|
253 |
West Suffolk |
175 |
Borough |
Suffolk
|
254 |
High Peak |
169 |
Borough |
Derbyshire
|
255 |
Staffordshire Moorlands |
167 |
|
Staffordshire
|
258 |
Forest of Dean |
166 |
|
Gloucestershire
|
259 |
Cornwall |
161 |
Unitary authority |
Cornwall
|
257 |
Harborough |
166 |
|
Leicestershire
|
String Module Error: String subset index out of range |
Mendip |
|
|
Somerset
|
264 |
Babergh |
156 |
|
Suffolk
|
260 |
West Oxfordshire |
161 |
|
Oxfordshire
|
261 |
Chichester |
158 |
|
West Sussex
|
262 |
Wiltshire |
158 |
Unitary authority |
Wiltshire
|
263 |
South Norfolk |
157 |
|
Norfolk
|
266 |
South Kesteven |
153 |
|
Lincolnshire
|
String Module Error: String subset index out of range |
Selby |
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
265 |
Dorset |
153 |
Unitary authority |
Dorset
|
268 |
East Riding of Yorkshire |
143 |
Unitary authority |
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
267 |
Uttlesford |
143 |
|
Essex
|
269 |
Isles of Scilly |
139 |
sui generis |
Cornwall
|
272 |
East Cambridgeshire |
135 |
|
Cambridgeshire
|
271 |
Malvern Hills |
139 |
|
Worcestershire
|
String Module Error: String subset index out of range |
Scarborough |
|
Borough |
North Yorkshire
|
270 |
Stratford-on-Avon |
139 |
|
Warwickshire
|
String Module Error: String subset index out of range |
Somerset West and Taunton |
|
Borough |
Somerset
|
273 |
North Kesteven |
129 |
|
Lincolnshire
|
274 |
South Holland |
127 |
|
Lincolnshire
|
String Module Error: String subset index out of range |
Harrogate |
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
275 |
Mid Suffolk |
119 |
|
Suffolk
|
280 |
North Norfolk |
107 |
|
Norfolk
|
276 |
Breckland |
109 |
|
Norfolk
|
279 |
Melton |
108 |
Borough |
Leicestershire
|
278 |
King's Lynn and West Norfolk |
108 |
Borough |
Norfolk
|
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Carlisle |
|
City (1133) |
Cumbria
|
277 |
Rutland |
108 |
Unitary authority |
Rutland
|
281 |
Ribble Valley |
106 |
Borough |
Lancashire
|
282 |
Shropshire |
102 |
Unitary authority |
Shropshire
|