Rank
|
District
|
Density (per km2)
|
Type of district
|
Ceremonial county
|
1 |
Tower Hamlets |
16,478 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
2 |
Islington |
14,833 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
3 |
Hackney |
13,729 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
5 |
Lambeth |
11,818 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
4 |
Kensington and Chelsea |
12,053 |
London borough, Royal Borough |
Greater London
|
6 |
Hammersmith and Fulham |
11,293 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
7 |
Southwark |
10,802 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
9 |
Newham |
9,908 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
8 |
Camden |
10,007 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
11 |
Wandsworth |
9,605 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
10 |
Westminster |
9,841 |
London borough, City (1540) |
Greater London
|
12 |
Haringey |
8,845 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
13 |
Lewisham |
8,497 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
14 |
Brent |
7,893 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
15 |
Waltham Forest |
7,109 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
16 |
Ealing |
6,660 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
17 |
Greenwich |
6,153 |
London borough, Royal Borough |
Greater London
|
18 |
Barking and Dagenham |
6,094 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
19 |
Merton |
5,707 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
20 |
Redbridge |
5,512 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
21 |
Luton |
5,236 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Bedfordshire
|
23 |
Harrow |
5,176 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
24 |
Portsmouth |
5,161 |
Unitary authority, City (1926) |
Hampshire
|
22 |
Hounslow |
5,190 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
25 |
Leicester |
5,091 |
Unitary authority, City (1919) |
Leicestershire
|
26 |
Southampton |
5,066 |
Unitary authority, City (1964) |
Hampshire
|
28 |
Slough |
4,892 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Berkshire
|
30 |
Sutton |
4,791 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
27 |
Manchester |
4,920 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1853) |
Greater Manchester
|
29 |
Watford |
4,808 |
Borough |
Hertfordshire
|
31 |
Croydon |
4,535 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
32 |
Kingston upon Thames |
4,516 |
London borough, Royal Borough |
Greater London
|
33 |
Barnet |
4,485 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
34 |
Liverpool |
4,442 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1880) |
Merseyside
|
35 |
Nottingham |
4,403 |
Unitary authority, City (1897) |
Nottinghamshire
|
37 |
Southend-on-Sea |
4,341 |
Unitary authority, Borough, City (2022) |
Essex
|
38 |
Reading |
4,327 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Berkshire
|
36 |
Bristol |
4,368 |
Unitary authority, City (1542) |
Bristol
|
39 |
Birmingham |
4,323 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1889) |
West Midlands
|
42 |
Enfield |
4,048 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
40 |
Bexley |
4,091 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
41 |
Blackpool |
4,060 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Lancashire
|
43 |
Sandwell |
4,023 |
Metropolitan borough |
West Midlands
|
44 |
Wolverhampton |
3,855 |
Metropolitan borough, City (2000) |
West Midlands
|
45 |
Hull |
3,756 |
Unitary authority, City (1897) |
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
47 |
Norwich |
3,704 |
City (TI) |
Norfolk
|
48 |
Cambridge |
3,612 |
City (1951) |
Cambridgeshire
|
50 |
Oxford |
3,580 |
City (1542) |
Oxfordshire
|
51 |
Ipswich |
3,524 |
Borough |
Suffolk
|
49 |
Coventry |
3,605 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1102) |
West Midlands
|
52 |
Stevenage |
3,456 |
Borough |
Hertfordshire
|
53 |
Worthing |
3,445 |
Borough |
West Sussex
|
54 |
Richmond upon Thames |
3,396 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
55 |
Derby |
3,377 |
Unitary authority, City (1977) |
Derbyshire
|
56 |
Brighton & Hove |
3,356 |
Unitary authority, City (2000) |
East Sussex
|
57 |
Plymouth |
3,342 |
Unitary authority, City (1928) |
Devon
|
58 |
Dudley |
3,317 |
Metropolitan borough |
West Midlands
|
59 |
Gloucester |
3,293 |
City (1541) |
Gloucestershire
|
60 |
Gosport |
3,243 |
Borough |
Hampshire
|
61 |
Worcester |
3,129 |
City (TI) |
Worcestershire
|
62 |
Harlow |
3,092 |
|
Essex
|
63 |
Hastings |
3,041 |
Borough |
East Sussex
|
46 |
City of London |
3,753 |
City (TI), sui generis |
City of London
|
64 |
Lincoln |
2,873 |
City (TI) |
Lincolnshire
|
65 |
Exeter |
2,869 |
City (TI) |
Devon
|
66 |
Salford |
2,861 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1926) |
Greater Manchester
|
67 |
Stoke-on-Trent |
2,782 |
Unitary authority, City (1925) |
Staffordshire
|
68 |
Walsall |
2,752 |
Metropolitan borough |
West Midlands
|
69 |
Middlesbrough |
2,752 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
North Yorkshire
|
70 |
Newcastle upon Tyne |
2,711 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1882) |
Tyne and Wear
|
71 |
Hillingdon |
2,685 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
72 |
Crawley |
2,657 |
Borough |
West Sussex
|
73 |
Rushmoor |
2,588 |
Borough |
Hampshire
|
74 |
Tamworth |
2,581 |
Borough |
Staffordshire
|
75 |
Cheltenham |
2,563 |
Borough |
Gloucestershire
|
76 |
North Tyneside |
2,558 |
Metropolitan borough |
Tyne and Wear
|
77 |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
2,480 |
Unitary authority |
Dorset
|
78 |
Oadby and Wigston |
2,480 |
Borough |
Leicestershire
|
79 |
Epsom and Ewell |
2,382 |
Borough |
Surrey
|
80 |
Stockport |
2,357 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester
|
81 |
Havering |
2,356 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
82 |
Eastbourne |
2,315 |
Borough |
East Sussex
|
83 |
South Tyneside |
2,308 |
Metropolitan borough |
Tyne and Wear
|
84 |
Spelthorne |
2,307 |
Borough |
Surrey
|
85 |
Tameside |
2,256 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester
|
86 |
Havant |
2,240 |
Borough |
Hampshire
|
87 |
Trafford |
2,228 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester
|
88 |
Torbay |
2,218 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Devon
|
89 |
Bromley |
2,195 |
London borough |
Greater London
|
90 |
Bolton |
2,138 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester
|
92 |
Castle Point |
2,009 |
Borough |
Essex
|
91 |
Sunderland |
2,018 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1992) |
Tyne and Wear
|
93 |
Wirral |
2,004 |
Metropolitan borough |
Merseyside
|
94 |
Bury |
1,957 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester
|
95 |
Broxbourne |
1,926 |
Borough |
Hertfordshire
|
96 |
Knowsley |
1,816 |
Metropolitan borough |
Merseyside
|
97 |
Sefton |
1,795 |
Metropolitan borough |
Merseyside
|
98 |
Wigan |
1,776 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester
|
99 |
Eastleigh |
1,743 |
Borough |
Hampshire
|
100 |
Basildon |
1,717 |
|
Essex
|
102 |
Oldham |
1,714 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester
|
101 |
Nuneaton and Bedworth |
1,716 |
Borough |
Warwickshire
|
103 |
Woking |
1,638 |
Borough |
Surrey
|
105 |
Halton |
1,631 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Cheshire
|
104 |
Dartford |
1,634 |
Borough |
Kent
|
106 |
Redditch |
1,606 |
Borough |
Worcestershire
|
107 |
Chesterfield |
1,577 |
Borough |
Derbyshire
|
108 |
Fareham |
1,543 |
Borough |
Hampshire
|
110 |
Adur |
1,538 |
|
West Sussex
|
109 |
Sheffield |
1,539 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1893) |
South Yorkshire
|
111 |
Bradford |
1,508 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1897) |
West Yorkshire
|
112 |
Leeds |
1,491 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1893) |
West Yorkshire
|
113 |
Elmbridge |
1,473 |
Borough |
Surrey
|
114 |
Medway |
1,459 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Kent
|
115 |
Mansfield |
1,449 |
|
Nottinghamshire
|
116 |
Rochdale |
1,435 |
Metropolitan borough |
Greater Manchester
|
117 |
Broxtowe |
1,400 |
Borough |
Nottinghamshire
|
118 |
Gateshead |
1,389 |
Metropolitan borough |
Tyne and Wear
|
119 |
Thanet |
1,358 |
|
Kent
|
120 |
St Helens |
1,355 |
Metropolitan borough |
Merseyside
|
121 |
Cannock Chase |
1,282 |
|
Staffordshire
|
122 |
Solihull |
1,221 |
Metropolitan borough |
West Midlands
|
123 |
Reigate and Banstead |
1,190 |
Borough |
Surrey
|
124 |
Warrington |
1,171 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Cheshire
|
125 |
Ashfield |
1,161 |
|
Nottinghamshire
|
126 |
Bracknell Forest |
1,160 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Berkshire
|
128 |
Blackburn with Darwen |
1,137 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Lancashire
|
129 |
Runnymede |
1,134 |
Borough |
Surrey
|
127 |
Hyndburn |
1,140 |
Borough |
Lancashire
|
130 |
Gravesham |
1,081 |
Borough |
Kent
|
131 |
Thurrock |
1,080 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Essex
|
133 |
Hertsmere |
1,069 |
Borough |
Hertfordshire
|
132 |
Kirklees |
1,071 |
Metropolitan borough |
West Yorkshire
|
135 |
Three Rivers |
1,060 |
|
Hertfordshire
|
136 |
Wakefield |
1,056 |
Metropolitan borough, City (1888) |
West Yorkshire
|
134 |
Preston |
1,065 |
City (2002) |
Lancashire
|
137 |
Erewash |
1,031 |
Borough |
Derbyshire
|
138 |
Swindon |
1,024 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Wiltshire
|
139 |
Wokingham |
1,011 |
Unitary authority |
Berkshire
|
140 |
Hartlepool |
1,002 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Durham
|
141 |
South Ribble |
991 |
Borough |
Lancashire
|
142 |
Gedling |
981 |
Borough |
Nottinghamshire
|
143 |
Stockton-on-Tees |
976 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Durham and North Yorkshire
|
144 |
Surrey Heath |
959 |
Borough |
Surrey
|
145 |
Milton Keynes |
947 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Buckinghamshire
|
146 |
Rotherham |
937 |
Metropolitan borough |
South Yorkshire
|
147 |
Welwyn Hatfield |
928 |
|
Hertfordshire
|
148 |
St Albans |
920 |
City (1877) |
Hertfordshire
|
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Barrow-in-Furness |
|
Borough |
Cumbria
|
149 |
Burnley |
863 |
Borough |
Lancashire
|
150 |
North East Lincolnshire |
819 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Lincolnshire
|
154 |
York |
752 |
Unitary authority, City (TI) |
North Yorkshire
|
151 |
Blaby |
799 |
|
Leicestershire
|
152 |
Windsor and Maidenhead |
787 |
Unitary authority, Royal Borough |
Berkshire
|
155 |
Barnsley |
749 |
Metropolitan borough |
South Yorkshire
|
156 |
Dacorum |
735 |
Borough |
Hertfordshire
|
153 |
Arun |
753 |
|
West Sussex
|
157 |
Charnwood |
662 |
Borough |
Leicestershire
|
160 |
Newcastle-under-Lyme |
594 |
Borough |
Staffordshire
|
158 |
Telford and Wrekin |
651 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Shropshire
|
159 |
Peterborough |
634 |
Unitary authority, City (1541) |
Cambridgeshire
|
162 |
Colchester |
592 |
Borough |
Essex
|
166 |
Calderdale |
571 |
Metropolitan borough |
West Yorkshire
|
164 |
Chorley |
585 |
Borough |
Lancashire
|
163 |
North Somerset |
586 |
Unitary authority |
Somerset
|
165 |
Great Yarmouth |
573 |
Borough |
Norfolk
|
161 |
South Gloucestershire |
593 |
Unitary authority |
Gloucestershire
|
169 |
Redcar and Cleveland |
560 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
North Yorkshire
|
168 |
Bath and North East Somerset |
566 |
Unitary authority |
Somerset
|
172 |
Doncaster |
548 |
Metropolitan borough |
South Yorkshire
|
174 |
Guildford |
538 |
Borough |
Surrey
|
170 |
Tonbridge and Malling |
557 |
Borough |
Kent
|
167 |
Pendle |
567 |
Borough |
Lancashire
|
171 |
Darlington |
554 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Durham
|
179 |
Canterbury |
510 |
City (TI) |
Kent
|
173 |
Chelmsford |
541 |
City (2012) |
Essex
|
176 |
Wyre Forest |
524 |
|
Worcestershire
|
178 |
Rossendale |
516 |
Borough |
Lancashire
|
177 |
Rochford |
522 |
|
Essex
|
175 |
Warwick |
534 |
|
Warwickshire
|
181 |
Brentwood |
505 |
Borough |
Essex
|
180 |
Bolsover |
509 |
|
Derbyshire
|
182 |
Fylde |
501 |
Borough |
Lancashire
|
183 |
Amber Valley |
478 |
Borough |
Derbyshire
|
184 |
Hart |
469 |
|
Hampshire
|
186 |
Bromsgrove |
461 |
|
Worcestershire
|
185 |
Mid Sussex |
464 |
|
West Sussex
|
187 |
Maidstone |
459 |
Borough |
Kent
|
188 |
Tendring |
450 |
|
Essex
|
189 |
Central Bedfordshire |
421 |
Unitary authority |
Bedfordshire
|
202 |
Buckinghamshire |
358 |
Unitary authority |
Buckinghamshire
|
190 |
Swale |
414 |
Borough |
Kent
|
191 |
Wyre |
407 |
Borough |
Lancashire
|
192 |
Epping Forest |
398 |
|
Essex
|
196 |
Hinckley and Bosworth |
384 |
Borough |
Leicestershire
|
200 |
Isle of Wight |
371 |
Unitary authority, County |
Isle of Wight
|
193 |
Cheshire West and Chester |
393 |
Unitary authority |
Cheshire
|
199 |
Dover |
373 |
|
Kent
|
198 |
North East Derbyshire |
377 |
|
Derbyshire
|
195 |
North West Leicestershire |
385 |
|
Leicestershire
|
197 |
Waverley |
377 |
Borough |
Surrey
|
194 |
Bedford |
393 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Bedfordshire
|
205 |
Tunbridge Wells |
350 |
Borough |
Kent
|
203 |
North Hertfordshire |
357 |
|
Hertfordshire
|
204 |
Tandridge |
357 |
|
Surrey
|
207 |
Lewes |
345 |
|
East Sussex
|
209 |
Mole Valley |
340 |
|
Surrey
|
208 |
West Lancashire |
344 |
|
Lancashire
|
206 |
Cheshire East |
349 |
Unitary authority |
Cheshire
|
212 |
Sevenoaks |
328 |
|
Kent
|
217 |
Folkestone and Hythe |
309 |
|
Kent
|
213 |
Lichfield |
327 |
|
Staffordshire
|
215 |
East Hertfordshire |
319 |
|
Hertfordshire
|
211 |
South Derbyshire |
329 |
|
Derbyshire
|
214 |
East Staffordshire |
325 |
Borough |
Staffordshire
|
210 |
Rugby |
332 |
Borough |
Warwickshire
|
218 |
Rushcliffe |
297 |
Borough |
Nottinghamshire
|
219 |
Basingstoke and Deane |
296 |
Borough |
Hampshire
|
222 |
South Staffordshire |
274 |
|
Staffordshire
|
220 |
Horsham |
280 |
|
West Sussex
|
223 |
Stroud |
268 |
|
Gloucestershire
|
221 |
Cherwell |
279 |
|
Oxfordshire
|
225 |
Lancaster |
255 |
City (1937) |
Lancashire
|
224 |
Braintree |
258 |
|
Essex
|
230 |
New Forest |
234 |
|
Hampshire
|
229 |
County Durham |
237 |
Unitary authority |
County Durham
|
226 |
East Hampshire |
247 |
|
Hampshire
|
228 |
Broadland |
242 |
|
Norfolk
|
227 |
Vale of White Horse |
246 |
|
Oxfordshire
|
234 |
North Warwickshire |
232 |
Borough |
Warwickshire
|
233 |
Stafford |
232 |
|
Staffordshire
|
235 |
West Berkshire |
230 |
Unitary authority |
Berkshire
|
232 |
Tewkesbury |
234 |
Borough |
Gloucestershire
|
231 |
Ashford |
234 |
Borough |
Kent
|
String Module Error: String subset index out of range |
Sedgemoor |
|
|
Somerset
|
236 |
South Oxfordshire |
224 |
|
Oxfordshire
|
241 |
North Lincolnshire |
201 |
Unitary authority, Borough |
Lincolnshire
|
237 |
Test Valley |
212 |
Borough |
Hampshire
|
240 |
Teignbridge |
202 |
|
Devon
|
243 |
East Suffolk |
196 |
|
Suffolk
|
238 |
Huntingdonshire |
203 |
|
Cambridgeshire
|
244 |
Wealden |
196 |
|
East Sussex
|
239 |
Wychavon |
203 |
|
Worcestershire
|
245 |
Boston |
195 |
Borough |
Lincolnshire
|
242 |
Winchester |
197 |
City (TI) |
Hampshire
|
251 |
Rother |
185 |
|
East Sussex
|
246 |
Newark and Sherwood |
192 |
|
Nottinghamshire
|
248 |
Fenland |
189 |
|
Cambridgeshire
|
250 |
Bassetlaw |
188 |
|
Nottinghamshire
|
249 |
Maldon |
189 |
|
Essex
|
247 |
East Devon |
190 |
|
Devon
|
String Module Error: String subset index out of range |
South Somerset |
|
|
Somerset
|
252 |
South Cambridgeshire |
184 |
|
Cambridgeshire
|
253 |
West Suffolk |
176 |
Borough |
Suffolk
|
255 |
High Peak |
169 |
Borough |
Derbyshire
|
257 |
Staffordshire Moorlands |
167 |
|
Staffordshire
|
258 |
Forest of Dean |
167 |
|
Gloucestershire
|
260 |
Cornwall |
162 |
Unitary authority |
Cornwall
|
254 |
Harborough |
170 |
|
Leicestershire
|
String Module Error: String subset index out of range |
Mendip |
|
|
Somerset
|
263 |
Babergh |
159 |
|
Suffolk
|
259 |
West Oxfordshire |
164 |
|
Oxfordshire
|
261 |
Chichester |
160 |
|
West Sussex
|
264 |
Wiltshire |
158 |
Unitary authority |
Wiltshire
|
262 |
South Norfolk |
159 |
|
Norfolk
|
266 |
South Kesteven |
153 |
|
Lincolnshire
|
String Module Error: String subset index out of range |
Selby |
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
265 |
Dorset |
154 |
Unitary authority |
Dorset
|
267 |
East Riding of Yorkshire |
144 |
Unitary authority |
East Riding of Yorkshire
|
268 |
Uttlesford |
144 |
|
Essex
|
271 |
Isles of Scilly |
140 |
sui generis |
Cornwall
|
272 |
East Cambridgeshire |
137 |
|
Cambridgeshire
|
270 |
Malvern Hills |
140 |
|
Worcestershire
|
String Module Error: String subset index out of range |
Scarborough |
|
Borough |
North Yorkshire
|
269 |
Stratford-on-Avon |
142 |
|
Warwickshire
|
String Module Error: String subset index out of range |
Somerset West and Taunton |
|
Borough |
Somerset
|
273 |
North Kesteven |
130 |
|
Lincolnshire
|
274 |
South Holland |
129 |
|
Lincolnshire
|
String Module Error: String subset index out of range |
Harrogate |
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
275 |
Mid Suffolk |
121 |
|
Suffolk
|
281 |
North Norfolk |
107 |
|
Norfolk
|
276 |
Breckland |
110 |
|
Norfolk
|
277 |
Melton |
109 |
Borough |
Leicestershire
|
278 |
King's Lynn and West Norfolk |
108 |
Borough |
Norfolk
|
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Carlisle |
|
City (1133) |
Cumbria
|
280 |
Rutland |
108 |
Unitary authority |
Rutland
|
279 |
Ribble Valley |
108 |
Borough |
Lancashire
|
282 |
Shropshire |
102 |
Unitary authority |
Shropshire
|