London abortions and live births by reporting area, 1991-2022

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 20 August 2023

Note: Abortion statistics by health region for England have been reported for years 1991-2022, but the regions for which data are reported have changed repeatedly during this time period. Tables below give abortion statistics for uniformly defined regions, either as reported or derived, for 1991-2022. Abortion data for 2022 are incomplete and cover only January-June.

London: abortions by reporting area of residence, 1991-2022

region	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022 (inc)	region
London			41,886	42,475	43,405	46,769	47,441	49,580	48,361	49,808	51,103	51,015	51,853	51,406	50,525	51,072	50,213	48,679	46,360	46,686	46,800	45,311	45,652	43,761	43,383	42,061	42,582	43,805	44,213	42,630	41,455	22,990	London

North London			7,886	7,986	8,289	8,667	8,382	8,899	8,480	8,683	8,785	8,818	8,866	8,720	8,258	8,315	8,069	7,689	7,246	7,254	7,353	7,038	7,184	6,618	6,839	6,678	6,757	7,042	7,109	6,705	6,401	3,643	North London
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey	4,998	4,835	4,681	4,763	4,944	5,065	4,952	5,373	5,167	5,373	5,522	5,679	5,736	5,726	5,416	5,460	5,384	5,161	4,873	4,955	4,912	4,792	4,882	4,557	4,716	4,572	4,604	4,829	4,903	4,631	4,412	2,545	Barnet, Enfield and Haringey
Barnet	1,605	1,477	1,473	1,482	1,548	1,691	1,675	1,715	1,625	1,639		1,770	1,804	1,841	1,790	1,851	1,788	1,697	1,692	1,615	1,558	1,582	1,624	1,438	1,417	1,391	1,417	1,534	1,546	1,502	1,441	794	Barnet
Enfield and Haringey	3,393	3,358	3,208	3,281	3,396	3,374	3,277	3,658	3,542	3,734		3,909	3,932	3,885	3,626	3,609	3,596	3,464	3,181	3,340	3,354	3,210	3,258	3,119	3,299	3,181	3,187	3,295	3,357	3,129	2,971	1,751	Enfield and Haringey
Enfield	1,344	1,348										1,810	1,847	1,827	1,789	1,831	1,827	1,788	1,679	1,665	1,623	1,624	1,711	1,661	1,790	1,684	1,767	1,780	1,808	1,750	1,740	1,011	Enfield
Haringey	2,049	2,010										2,099	2,085	2,058	1,837	1,778	1,769	1,676	1,502	1,675	1,731	1,586	1,547	1,458	1,509	1,497	1,420	1,515	1,549	1,379	1,231	740	Haringey
Camden and Islington			3,205	3,223	3,345	3,602	3,430	3,526	3,313	3,310	3,263	3,139	3,130	2,994	2,842	2,855	2,685	2,528	2,373	2,299	2,441	2,246	2,302	2,061	2,123	2,106	2,153	2,213	2,206	2,074	1,989	1,098	Camden and Islington
Camden												1,465	1,531	1,372	1,358	1,298	1,261	1,235	1,176	1,099	1,117	1,049	1,050	897	962	911	968	971	984	896	879	513	Camden
Islington												1,674	1,599	1,622	1,484	1,557	1,424	1,293	1,197	1,200	1,324	1,197	1,252	1,164	1,161	1,195	1,185	1,242	1,222	1,178	1,110	585	Islington

North East London			8,538	8,518	8,429	9,110	9,089	9,727	9,906	10,414	11,151	11,192	11,635	11,720	11,320	11,479	11,403	11,333	11,255	11,703	11,139	10,782	10,739	10,807	10,772	10,604	10,606	10,544	10,872	10,623	10,288	5,827	North East London
Barking and Havering	1,703	1,577	1,350	1,288	1,298	1,475	1,450	1,607	1,650	1,714	1,938	1,896	2,171	2,211	2,263	2,323	2,505	2,565	2,577	2,532	2,614	2,497	2,464	2,442	2,424	2,427	2,426	2,434	2,610	2,688	2,557	1,436	Barking and Havering
Barking and Dagenham												1,055	1,272	1,266	1,313	1,363	1,491	1,507	1,533	1,490	1,532	1,456	1,427	1,385	1,347	1,361	1,271	1,344	1,423	1,423	1,349	734	Barking and Dagenham
Havering												841	899	945	950	960	1,014	1,058	1,044	1,042	1,082	1,041	1,037	1,057	1,077	1,066	1,155	1,090	1,187	1,265	1,208	702	Havering
East London and the City			4,756	4,812	4,775	5,051	5,012	5,314	5,444	5,809	6,223	6,217	6,436	6,371	5,965	5,989	5,515	5,497	5,371	5,579	5,158	5,066	5,045	5,156	5,224	5,217	5,210	5,152	5,312	5,075	4,967	2,869	East London and the City
Hackney and City of London	2,184	2,052										2,207	2,352	2,141	2,019	2,071	2,036	1,943	1,731	1,651	1,746	1,674	1,675	1,555	1,601	1,576	1,618	1,642	1,723	1,638	1,462	791	Hackney and City of London
City of London																						19	25	26	26	31	28	33	24	21	31	20	City of London
Hackney																						1,655	1,650	1,529	1,575	1,545	1,590	1,609	1,699	1,617	1,431	771	Hackney
Newham												2,415	2,410	2,556	2,267	2,185	1,788	1,958	2,134	2,341	1,856	1,862	1,804	2,087	2,055	2,204	2,135	2,059	2,166	2,075	2,025	1,160	Newham
Tower Hamlets	1,223	1,171										1,595	1,674	1,674	1,679	1,733	1,691	1,596	1,506	1,587	1,556	1,530	1,566	1,514	1,568	1,437	1,457	1,451	1,423	1,362	1,480	918	Tower Hamlets
Redbridge and Waltham Forest	2,691	2,489	2,432	2,418	2,356	2,584	2,627	2,806	2,812	2,891	2,990	3,079	3,028	3,138	3,092	3,167	3,383	3,271	3,307	3,592	3,367	3,219	3,230	3,209	3,124	2,960	2,948	2,958	2,950	2,860	2,764	1,522	Redbridge and Waltham Forest
Redbridge	1,179	1,057											1,352	1,381	1,423	1,508	1,600	1,492	1,534	1,720	1,645	1,650	1,557	1,577	1,521	1,443	1,444	1,477	1,510	1,471	1,404	804	Redbridge
Waltham Forest	1,512	1,432											1,676	1,757	1,669	1,659	1,783	1,779	1,773	1,872	1,722	1,569	1,673	1,632	1,603	1,517	1,504	1,481	1,440	1,389	1,360	718	Waltham Forest
Chingford, Wanstead and Woodford												646																					Chingford, Wanstead and Woodford
Redbridge												957																					Redbridge
Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonstone												1,476																					Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonstone

South East London			9,078	9,026	9,078	10,231	10,375	10,914	10,818	11,163	11,828	11,893	12,183	11,838	11,934	11,897	11,950	11,663	10,460	9,993	10,157	10,005	10,288	9,568	9,585	9,031	9,226	9,712	9,705	9,247	9,215	4,999	South East London
Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich	2,782	2,664	2,553	2,303	2,308	2,864	2,936	2,916	3,067	3,034	3,400	3,575	3,641	3,729	3,908	4,048	4,116	4,136	3,713	3,727	3,752	3,902	4,035	3,697	3,673	3,557	3,653	3,892	3,833	3,918	3,992	2,230	Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich
Bexley and Greenwich	1,822	1,713	1,626	1,546	1,523	1,830	1,886	1,888	1,988	1,991		2,460	2,538	2,612	2,760	2,802	2,887	2,880	2,551	2,596	2,638	2,649	2,764	2,561	2,467	2,395	2,516	2,610	2,510	2,624	2,705	1,502	Bexley and Greenwich
Bexley	729	703	656									874	860	932	915	975	1,018	1,054	924	934	979	987	1,035	974	949	973	988	1,035	978	1,082	1,068	648	Bexley
Greenwich	1,093	1,010	970									1,586	1,678	1,680	1,845	1,827	1,869	1,826	1,627	1,662	1,659	1,662	1,729	1,587	1,518	1,422	1,528	1,575	1,532	1,542	1,637	854	Greenwich
Bromley	960	951	927	757	785	1,034	1,050	1,028	1,079	1,043		1,115	1,103	1,117	1,148	1,246	1,229	1,256	1,162	1,131	1,114	1,253	1,271	1,136	1,206	1,162	1,137	1,282	1,323	1,294	1,287	728	Bromley
Lambeth, Southmark and Lewisham (South East London)			6,525	6,723	6,770	7,367	7,439	7,998	7,751	8,129	8,428	8,318	8,542	8,109	8,026	7,849	7,834	7,527	6,747	6,266	6,405	6,103	6,253	5,871	5,912	5,474	5,573	5,820	5,872	5,329	5,223	2,769	Lambeth, Southmark and Lewisham (South East London)
Lambeth												3,164	3,082	2,880	2,776	2,732	2,664	2,574	2,284	2,133	2,151	2,066	2,149	2,086	1,945	1,895	1,912	2,036	2,122	1,792	1,798	983	Lambeth
Lewisham												2,232	2,449	2,349	2,348	2,262	2,293	2,321	2,027	1,869	2,001	1,893	1,952	1,774	1,905	1,746	1,822	1,801	1,856	1,750	1,714	863	Lewisham
Southwark												2,922	3,011	2,880	2,902	2,855	2,877	2,632	2,436	2,264	2,253	2,144	2,152	2,011	2,062	1,833	1,839	1,983	1,894	1,787	1,711	923	Southwark

South West London			5,756	5,846	5,872	6,603	6,814	7,262	6,732	6,977	6,921	6,805	6,864	6,925	6,994	7,191	7,050	6,741	6,310	6,200	6,518	6,465	6,636	6,387	6,284	6,127	6,331	6,537	6,669	6,448	6,183	3,380	South West London
Croydon	1,497	1,411	1,423	1,406	1,619	1,868	1,822	2,082	1,883	2,035	2,116	2,113	2,253	2,333	2,391	2,318	2,312	2,236	1,886	1,901	1,945	1,982	2,199	2,102	2,023	2,011	2,120	2,141	2,192	2,163	2,083	1,224	Croydon
Kingston and Richmond			1,584	1,081	1,067	1,238	1,272	1,383	1,239	1,275	1,243	1,140	1,097	1,203	1,216	1,389	1,285	1,280	1,294	1,209	1,286	1,268	1,167	1,134	1,119	1,123	1,143	1,213	1,190	1,150	1,052	530	Kingston and Richmond
Kingston upon Thames (Kingston and Esher)	686	650										557	507	598	621	735	712	681	747	675	680	697	596	575	583	576	609	609	601	581	493	280	Kingston upon Thames (Kingston and Esher)
Richmond upon Thames												583	590	605	595	654	573	599	547	534	606	571	571	559	536	547	534	604	589	569	559	250	Richmond upon Thames
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth	3,169	2,879	2,749	3,359	3,186	3,497	3,720	3,797	3,610	3,667	3,562	3,552	3,514	3,389	3,387	3,484	3,453	3,225	3,130	3,090	3,287	3,215	3,270	3,151	3,142	2,993	3,068	3,183	3,287	3,135	3,048	1,626	Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth
Sutton and Merton	1,566	1,418	1,370									1,609	1,707	1,644	1,684	1,724	1,768	1,735	1,706	1,678	1,737	1,695	1,703	1,648	1,641	1,584	1,625	1,630	1,673	1,654	1,597	843	Sutton and Merton
Merton																						936	964	907	916	851	834	864	911	838	844	454	Merton
Sutton																						759	739	741	725	733	791	766	762	816	753	389	Sutton
Wandsworth	1,603	1,461	1,379									1,943	1,807	1,745	1,703	1,760	1,685	1,490	1,424	1,412	1,550	1,520	1,567	1,503	1,501	1,409	1,443	1,553	1,614	1,481	1,451	783	Wandsworth

North West London			10,628	11,099	11,737	12,158	12,781	12,778	12,425	12,571	12,418	12,307	12,305	12,203	12,019	12,190	11,741	11,253	11,089	11,536	11,633	11,021	10,805	10,387	9,903	9,621	9,662	9,970	9,858	9,607	9,368	5,141	North West London
Brent and Harrow			2,918	3,137	3,318	3,449	3,526	3,533	3,548	3,663	3,678	3,688	3,767	3,701	3,606	3,585	3,578	3,291	3,151	3,393	3,330	3,222	3,095	2,866	2,751	2,667	2,713	2,635	2,729	2,670	2,531	1,432	Brent and Harrow
Brent												2,592	2,628	2,463	2,415	2,346	2,367	2,129	2,052	2,223	2,182	1,988	1,959	1,821	1,723	1,656	1,738	1,666	1,720	1,675	1,618	878	Brent
Harrow	904	903										1,096	1,139	1,238	1,191	1,239	1,211	1,162	1,099	1,170	1,148	1,234	1,136	1,045	1,028	1,011	975	969	1,009	995	913	554	Harrow
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow			3,614	3,951	4,297	4,268	4,540	4,828	4,656	4,700	4,609	4,699	4,699	4,617	4,691	4,783	4,687	4,463	4,569	4,683	4,806	4,592	4,501	4,388	4,106	3,975	3,908	4,077	4,141	3,984	3,848	2,049	Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow
Ealing	1,492	1,427										1,984	2,030	1,960	1,979	2,009	1,948	1,868	1,834	1,903	2,001	1,977	1,940	1,869	1,705	1,711	1,705	1,753	1,746	1,763	1,619	882	Ealing
Hammersmith and Fulham												1,438	1,305	1,267	1,209	1,252	1,231	1,158	1,231	1,177	1,115	1,017	1,004	1,016	934	867	926	920	942	876	895	440	Hammersmith and Fulham
Hounslow (Hounslow and Spelthorne)	1,199	1,143										1,277	1,364	1,390	1,503	1,522	1,508	1,437	1,504	1,603	1,690	1,598	1,557	1,503	1,467	1,397	1,277	1,404	1,453	1,345	1,334	727	Hounslow (Hounslow and Spelthorne)
Hillingdon	975	886	900	926	901	1,064	1,124	1,150	1,158	1,251	1,275	1,290	1,359	1,421	1,407	1,451	1,476	1,403	1,434	1,525	1,582	1,457	1,462	1,486	1,412	1,389	1,441	1,543	1,409	1,449	1,495	799	Hillingdon
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster			3,196	3,085	3,221	3,377	3,591	3,267	3,063	2,957	2,856	2,630	2,480	2,464	2,315	2,371	2,000	2,096	1,935	1,935	1,915	1,750	1,747	1,641	1,634	1,590	1,600	1,715	1,579	1,504	1,494	861	Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster
Kensington and Chelsea												1,102	1,007	991	999	999	788	830	780	776	775	664	717	674	650	645	649	705	655	650	614	329	Kensington and Chelsea
Westminster												1,528	1,473	1,473	1,316	1,372	1,212	1,266	1,155	1,159	1,140	1,086	1,030	967	984	945	951	1,010	924	854	880	532	Westminster

London: live births by reporting area of residence, 1991-2021

region	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	region
London	105,813	106,273	104,374	104,945	104,149	105,411	105,587	105,304	105,545	104,695	104,162	105,603	110,437	113,679	116,019	120,883	125,505	127,651	129,245	133,111	132,843	134,186	128,250	127,339	129,546	128,749	126,234	120,622	117,819	111,636	110,901	London

North London	16,689	16,807	16,747	16,722	16,874	16,822	16,988	17,027	16,947	17,194	16,932	17,248	17,926	18,443	18,935	19,268	20,240	20,462	20,384	21,131	20,762	20,820	19,821	19,653	20,034	20,092	19,402	18,851	18,244	17,058	17,066	North London
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey	11,643	11,633	11,509	11,591	11,721	11,723	11,778	11,808	11,667	11,736	11,640	11,899	12,311	12,721	13,250	13,453	14,301	14,484	14,307	15,119	14,637	14,888	14,236	14,074	14,396	14,415	13,849	13,539	13,116	12,224	12,092	Barnet, Enfield and Haringey
Barnet	4,192	4,119	4,185	4,351	4,125	4,218	4,231	4,227	4,211	4,130	4,063	4,180	4,334	4,482	4,728	4,834	5,120	5,195	5,286	5,541	5,506	5,585	5,187	5,244	5,261	5,301	5,190	5,111	4,973	4,755	4,780	Barnet
Enfield and Haringey	7,451	7,514	7,324	7,240	7,596	7,505	7,547	7,581	7,456	7,606	7,577	7,719	7,977	8,239	8,522	8,619	9,181	9,289	9,021	9,578	9,131	9,303	9,049	8,830	9,135	9,114	8,659	8,428	8,143	7,469	7,312	Enfield and Haringey
Enfield	3,962	4,004	3,862	3,750	4,050	3,907	3,933	3,982	3,829	3,872	3,747	3,988	4,087	4,222	4,496	4,543	4,856	5,000	4,828	5,122	4,904	5,094	4,908	4,824	5,027	5,000	4,778	4,672	4,548	4,086	3,936	Enfield
Haringey	3,489	3,510	3,462	3,490	3,546	3,598	3,614	3,599	3,627	3,734	3,830	3,731	3,890	4,017	4,026	4,076	4,325	4,289	4,193	4,456	4,227	4,209	4,141	4,006	4,108	4,114	3,881	3,756	3,595	3,383	3,376	Haringey
Camden and Islington	5,046	5,174	5,238	5,131	5,153	5,099	5,210	5,219	5,280	5,458	5,292	5,349	5,615	5,722	5,685	5,815	5,939	5,978	6,077	6,012	6,125	5,932	5,585	5,579	5,638	5,677	5,553	5,312	5,128	4,834	4,974	Camden and Islington
Camden	2,306	2,432	2,443	2,551	2,513	2,615	2,648	2,655	2,676	2,749	2,792	2,839	2,944	3,047	2,954	3,012	3,147	3,061	3,094	3,060	3,117	2,944	2,766	2,700	2,699	2,732	2,607	2,519	2,448	2,240	2,317	Camden
Islington	2,740	2,742	2,795	2,580	2,640	2,484	2,562	2,564	2,604	2,709	2,500	2,510	2,671	2,675	2,731	2,803	2,792	2,917	2,983	2,952	3,008	2,988	2,819	2,879	2,939	2,945	2,946	2,793	2,680	2,594	2,657	Islington

North East London	24,006	23,894	23,512	23,585	23,362	23,909	23,771	23,785	23,801	23,749	24,008	24,396	25,471	26,430	26,785	28,084	29,190	29,679	30,021	31,335	31,329	32,264	31,405	31,035	31,860	31,944	31,562	30,457	29,630	28,725	28,421	North East London
Barking and Havering	5,200	5,183	5,037	5,308	4,870	5,013	4,960	5,000	4,843	4,626	4,789	4,676	4,960	5,310	5,459	5,634	5,959	6,406	6,321	6,546	6,583	6,845	6,800	6,719	7,125	7,396	7,265	7,007	6,760	6,522	6,312	Barking and Havering
Barking and Dagenham	2,367	2,438	2,390	2,550	2,291	2,421	2,477	2,417	2,304	2,321	2,407	2,419	2,594	2,751	2,985	3,208	3,384	3,619	3,624	3,729	3,688	3,957	3,796	3,569	3,850	3,973	3,870	3,700	3,574	3,406	3,255	Barking and Dagenham
Havering	2,833	2,745	2,647	2,758	2,579	2,592	2,483	2,583	2,539	2,305	2,382	2,257	2,366	2,559	2,474	2,426	2,575	2,787	2,697	2,817	2,895	2,888	3,004	3,150	3,275	3,423	3,395	3,307	3,186	3,116	3,057	Havering
East London and the City	11,615	11,442	11,428	11,441	11,706	12,106	12,032	12,026	12,342	12,417	12,599	12,924	13,365	13,680	13,760	14,288	14,697	14,678	14,914	15,504	15,330	15,795	15,293	15,020	15,286	15,066	14,906	14,443	13,893	13,663	13,698	East London and the City
Hackney and City of London	3,829	3,645	3,589	3,633	3,669	3,840	3,854	3,946	4,005	3,949	4,148	4,141	4,323	4,424	4,439	4,613	4,500	4,485	4,574	4,677	4,450	4,585	4,418	4,375	4,500	4,447	4,336	4,384	4,094	3,930	3,971	Hackney and City of London
City of London	31	27	32	46	48	53	49	41	53	53	53	57	62	58																		City of London
Hackney	3,798	3,618	3,557	3,587	3,621	3,787	3,805	3,905	3,952	3,896	4,095	4,084	4,261	4,366	4,439	4,613	4,500	4,485	4,574	4,677	4,450	4,585	4,418	4,375	4,500	4,447	4,336	4,384	4,094	3,930	3,971	Hackney
Newham	4,558	4,524	4,559	4,490	4,608	4,821	4,607	4,662	4,816	4,927	4,805	4,938	5,102	5,170	5,353	5,523	6,053	5,963	6,003	6,262	6,335	6,426	6,267	6,023	6,226	6,027	5,966	5,678	5,492	5,442	5,346	Newham
Tower Hamlets	3,228	3,273	3,280	3,318	3,429	3,445	3,571	3,418	3,521	3,541	3,646	3,845	3,940	4,086	3,968	4,152	4,144	4,230	4,337	4,565	4,545	4,784	4,608	4,622	4,560	4,592	4,604	4,381	4,307	4,291	4,381	Tower Hamlets
Redbridge and Waltham Forest	7,191	7,269	7,047	6,836	6,786	6,790	6,779	6,759	6,616	6,706	6,620	6,796	7,146	7,440	7,566	8,162	8,534	8,595	8,786	9,285	9,416	9,624	9,312	9,296	9,449	9,482	9,391	9,007	8,977	8,540	8,411	Redbridge and Waltham Forest
Redbridge	3,335	3,336	3,263	3,125	3,144	3,146	3,194	3,156	3,067	3,185	3,110	3,231	3,376	3,483	3,577	3,977	4,085	4,013	4,253	4,462	4,605	4,792	4,591	4,678	4,798	4,782	4,707	4,539	4,495	4,343	4,275	Redbridge
Waltham Forest	3,856	3,933	3,784	3,711	3,642	3,644	3,585	3,603	3,549	3,521	3,510	3,565	3,770	3,957	3,989	4,185	4,449	4,582	4,533	4,823	4,811	4,832	4,721	4,618	4,651	4,700	4,684	4,468	4,482	4,197	4,136	Waltham Forest
Chingford, Wanstead and Woodford																																Chingford, Wanstead and Woodford
Redbridge																																Redbridge
Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonstone																																Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonstone

South East London	22,601	22,695	22,170	22,101	21,899	21,998	22,184	21,919	21,984	21,821	21,363	21,620	22,798	23,282	24,049	24,993	25,833	26,036	26,237	26,779	26,643	26,790	25,422	25,427	25,925	25,471	25,183	23,865	23,205	21,613	21,574	South East London
Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich	10,259	10,181	9,993	9,716	9,661	9,752	9,481	9,669	9,519	9,468	9,250	9,263	9,737	10,009	10,312	10,764	11,374	11,319	11,613	11,737	11,874	11,840	11,300	11,491	11,904	12,038	11,786	11,263	10,941	10,508	10,471	Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich
Bexley and Greenwich	6,655	6,434	6,283	5,989	6,010	5,992	5,802	6,025	5,936	5,917	5,836	5,862	6,086	6,420	6,649	7,024	7,418	7,336	7,509	7,667	7,733	7,700	7,401	7,405	7,806	7,712	7,548	7,258	7,079	6,817	6,743	Bexley and Greenwich
Bexley	3,103	3,024	2,964	2,853	2,833	2,821	2,731	2,770	2,759	2,677	2,626	2,517	2,640	2,699	2,686	2,788	2,947	2,975	3,029	2,993	3,172	3,076	2,959	3,036	3,162	3,091	3,095	3,030	2,954	2,786	2,837	Bexley
Greenwich	3,552	3,410	3,319	3,136	3,177	3,171	3,071	3,255	3,177	3,240	3,210	3,345	3,446	3,721	3,963	4,236	4,471	4,361	4,480	4,674	4,561	4,624	4,442	4,369	4,644	4,621	4,453	4,228	4,125	4,031	3,906	Greenwich
Bromley	3,604	3,747	3,710	3,727	3,651	3,760	3,679	3,644	3,583	3,551	3,414	3,401	3,651	3,589	3,663	3,740	3,956	3,983	4,104	4,070	4,141	4,140	3,899	4,086	4,098	4,326	4,238	4,005	3,862	3,691	3,728	Bromley
Lambeth, Southmark and Lewisham	12,342	12,514	12,177	12,385	12,238	12,246	12,703	12,250	12,465	12,353	12,113	12,357	13,061	13,273	13,737	14,229	14,459	14,717	14,624	15,042	14,769	14,950	14,122	13,936	14,021	13,433	13,397	12,602	12,264	11,105	11,103	Lambeth, Southmark and Lewisham
Lambeth	4,356	4,361	4,316	4,320	4,213	4,396	4,417	4,249	4,392	4,344	4,397	4,374	4,787	4,753	4,739	4,908	4,822	4,837	4,863	4,929	4,784	4,825	4,589	4,530	4,620	4,209	4,265	3,917	3,844	3,542	3,554	Lambeth
Lewisham	3,918	4,083	3,807	3,899	3,857	3,794	3,973	3,883	3,921	3,887	3,718	3,845	3,932	4,068	4,284	4,568	4,671	4,872	4,888	4,982	4,896	5,095	4,827	4,758	4,814	4,721	4,751	4,504	4,393	4,006	4,024	Lewisham
Southwark	4,068	4,070	4,054	4,166	4,168	4,056	4,313	4,118	4,152	4,122	3,998	4,138	4,342	4,452	4,714	4,753	4,966	5,008	4,873	5,131	5,089	5,030	4,706	4,648	4,587	4,503	4,381	4,181	4,027	3,557	3,525	Southwark

South West London	17,968	18,023	17,669	18,094	17,871	18,027	18,089	17,980	18,168	17,490	17,518	17,346	18,341	18,888	19,088	20,354	21,200	21,625	21,998	22,584	22,714	22,763	21,673	21,614	22,006	21,489	20,922	19,947	19,381	18,502	18,254	South West London
Croydon	4,934	4,845	4,701	4,729	4,674	4,634	4,715	4,651	4,599	4,572	4,401	4,372	4,591	4,869	4,704	5,024	5,315	5,331	5,235	5,536	5,720	5,884	5,605	5,645	5,832	5,894	5,761	5,425	5,304	5,252	5,001	Croydon
Kingston and Richmond	3,985	3,931	3,840	4,129	4,008	4,170	4,187	4,417	4,377	4,202	4,181	4,228	4,407	4,626	4,580	4,813	5,081	5,113	5,180	5,304	5,224	5,244	4,917	4,836	4,959	4,748	4,626	4,335	4,127	3,859	3,969	Kingston and Richmond
Kingston upon Thames	1,835	1,767	1,653	1,874	1,734	1,809	1,808	1,914	1,869	1,818	1,787	1,815	1,859	2,041	2,000	2,046	2,197	2,248	2,321	2,312	2,289	2,328	2,112	2,247	2,350	2,204	2,185	2,025	1,946	1,838	1,849	Kingston upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames	2,150	2,164	2,187	2,255	2,274	2,361	2,379	2,503	2,508	2,384	2,394	2,413	2,548	2,585	2,580	2,767	2,884	2,865	2,859	2,992	2,935	2,916	2,805	2,589	2,609	2,544	2,441	2,310	2,181	2,021	2,120	Richmond upon Thames
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth	9,049	9,247	9,128	9,236	9,189	9,223	9,187	8,912	9,192	8,716	8,936	8,746	9,343	9,393	9,804	10,517	10,804	11,181	11,583	11,744	11,770	11,635	11,151	11,133	11,215	10,847	10,535	10,187	9,950	9,391	9,284	Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth
Sutton and Merton	5,012	5,104	5,103	5,161	5,043	5,034	5,118	4,956	5,015	4,768	4,754	4,666	4,984	5,048	5,250	5,517	5,868	5,935	6,248	6,198	6,293	6,184	5,999	6,025	6,177	5,987	5,814	5,490	5,479	5,133	5,086	Sutton and Merton
Merton	2,552	2,644	2,641	2,696	2,638	2,710	2,800	2,689	2,664	2,602	2,664	2,535	2,737	2,828	2,925	3,091	3,300	3,330	3,462	3,523	3,537	3,476	3,370	3,274	3,412	3,246	3,172	3,018	2,924	2,783	2,739	Merton
Sutton	2,460	2,460	2,462	2,465	2,405	2,324	2,318	2,267	2,351	2,166	2,090	2,131	2,247	2,220	2,325	2,426	2,568	2,605	2,786	2,675	2,756	2,708	2,629	2,751	2,765	2,741	2,642	2,472	2,555	2,350	2,347	Sutton
Wandsworth	4,037	4,143	4,025	4,075	4,146	4,189	4,069	3,956	4,177	3,948	4,182	4,080	4,359	4,345	4,554	5,000	4,936	5,246	5,335	5,546	5,477	5,451	5,152	5,108	5,038	4,860	4,721	4,697	4,471	4,258	4,198	Wandsworth

North West London	24,549	24,854	24,276	24,443	24,143	24,655	24,555	24,593	24,645	24,441	24,341	24,993	25,901	26,636	27,162	28,184	29,042	29,849	30,605	31,282	31,395	31,549	29,929	29,610	29,721	29,753	29,165	27,502	27,359	25,738	25,586	North West London
Brent and Harrow	6,732	6,986	6,824	6,684	6,627	6,826	6,710	6,626	6,596	6,581	6,498	6,719	7,224	7,196	7,375	7,624	7,927	8,129	8,397	8,743	8,694	8,925	8,729	8,603	8,805	8,752	8,903	8,287	8,445	8,065	7,739	Brent and Harrow
Brent	3,953	4,194	4,103	3,936	3,901	4,057	3,957	3,877	3,987	4,021	3,917	4,155	4,376	4,326	4,503	4,700	4,839	4,899	5,132	5,240	5,228	5,340	5,170	5,078	5,204	5,146	5,208	4,705	4,919	4,613	4,427	Brent
Harrow	2,779	2,792	2,721	2,748	2,726	2,769	2,753	2,749	2,609	2,560	2,581	2,564	2,848	2,870	2,872	2,924	3,088	3,230	3,265	3,503	3,466	3,585	3,559	3,525	3,601	3,606	3,695	3,582	3,526	3,452	3,312	Harrow
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow	9,862	10,152	9,820	9,997	9,889	9,978	10,038	10,135	10,282	9,963	9,891	10,274	10,344	11,028	11,198	11,662	12,123	12,491	12,776	13,067	13,118	13,114	12,390	12,157	12,010	12,110	11,674	10,993	10,848	10,211	10,221	Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow
Ealing	4,442	4,641	4,457	4,482	4,562	4,443	4,431	4,507	4,421	4,396	4,392	4,436	4,479	4,767	4,838	5,064	5,346	5,549	5,638	5,861	5,803	5,847	5,395	5,472	5,210	5,250	5,116	4,732	4,793	4,462	4,397	Ealing
Hammersmith and Fulham	2,243	2,293	2,200	2,323	2,227	2,333	2,292	2,347	2,531	2,479	2,365	2,585	2,559	2,623	2,686	2,770	2,695	2,733	2,841	2,773	2,754	2,646	2,552	2,440	2,345	2,509	2,392	2,314	2,189	2,031	2,146	Hammersmith and Fulham
Hounslow	3,177	3,218	3,163	3,192	3,100	3,202	3,315	3,281	3,330	3,088	3,134	3,253	3,306	3,638	3,674	3,828	4,082	4,209	4,297	4,433	4,561	4,621	4,443	4,245	4,455	4,351	4,166	3,947	3,866	3,718	3,678	Hounslow
Hillingdon	3,605	3,525	3,435	3,522	3,406	3,454	3,465	3,534	3,329	3,297	3,244	3,292	3,334	3,473	3,489	3,691	3,845	4,126	4,207	4,192	4,357	4,536	4,330	4,425	4,394	4,508	4,408	4,075	4,139	3,958	4,061	Hillingdon
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster	4,350	4,191	4,197	4,240	4,221	4,397	4,342	4,298	4,438	4,600	4,708	4,708	4,999	4,939	5,100	5,207	5,147	5,103	5,225	5,280	5,226	4,974	4,480	4,425	4,512	4,383	4,180	4,147	3,927	3,504	3,565	Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster
Kensington and Chelsea	1,829	1,798	1,844	1,883	1,864	1,997	1,963	2,001	1,970	2,020	2,138	2,156	2,235	2,205	2,188	2,321	2,218	2,216	2,227	2,221	2,185	2,024	1,803	1,821	1,805	1,729	1,699	1,637	1,612	1,410	1,455	Kensington and Chelsea
Westminster	2,521	2,393	2,353	2,357	2,357	2,400	2,379	2,297	2,468	2,580	2,570	2,552	2,764	2,734	2,912	2,886	2,929	2,887	2,998	3,059	3,041	2,950	2,677	2,604	2,707	2,654	2,481	2,510	2,315	2,094	2,110	Westminster

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