West Midlands abortion percentages by reporting area, 1991-2021

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.

Abortion ratios for West Midlands reporting areas, 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 2022 region

West Midlands 280.6 281.0 279.2 282.2 290.3 300.3 299.2 285.5 284.1 282.0 287.3 265.9 270.5 283.5 290.0 279.1 297.7 310.6 336.0 363.3 381.5 West Midlands

Shropshire and Staffordshire 235.9 237.0 234.9 236.0 248.8 259.5 248.5 256.0 255.6 260.0 254.3 250.4 270.5 264.7 276.0 266.8 290.0 303.4 316.2 336.2 363.8 Shropshire and Staffordshire

Shropshire (Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin) 232.2 233.0 213.5 226.2 231.6 247.3 226.8 255.1 227.2 241.9 223.6 224.8 224.9 235.5 239.2 218.3 256.8 271.2 303.8 330.9 341.1 Shropshire (Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin)

Shropshire (Shropshire County) 213.4 193.5 218.5 202.7 236.1 216.8 235.7 209.7 222.6 213.2 222.5 220.2 217.3 222.9 202.2 235.2 258.4 295.3 335.5 330.0 Shropshire (Shropshire County)

Telford and Wrekin 260.9 243.2 236.2 270.3 261.8 239.7 281.0 250.1 267.7 236.6 227.8 230.9 260.9 261.2 241.0 285.7 288.2 314.7 325.0 355.8 Telford and Wrekin

Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent 237.5 238.8 244.0 240.1 255.9 264.6 257.2 256.4 267.4 267.3 266.8 260.6 289.5 276.2 291.0 286.8 303.7 316.5 321.1 338.3 373.2 Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent

Staffordshire 250.5 248.6 243.4 266.5 269.9 262.0 268.2 277.7 271.4 269.5 264.0 290.6 272.7 286.7 281.6 301.0 309.9 319.0 334.2 363.5 Staffordshire

South Staffordshire 250.2 260.1 261.5 254.0 277.6 273.4 268.5 271.1 278.0 274.0 275.6 266.5 290.4 275.7 285.0 277.3 298.0 304.0 319.7 339.6 361.6 South Staffordshire

Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth 255.3 226.8 247.6 258.6 Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth

Cannock Chase 334.9 383.6 365.8 375.5 374.8 410.4 452.0 430.9 448.7 453.4 437.6 428.2 462.4 578.8 Cannock Chase

East Staffordshire 221.4 235.3 205.6 262.8 215.2 243.7 205.8 231.2 229.6 274.9 271.3 297.9 311.0 301.8 East Staffordshire

South Western Staffordshire 580.4 574.6 543.3 601.5 South Western Staffordshire

Stafford and Surrounds 314.6 344.2 304.7 313.5 281.3 348.6 303.1 325.6 400.0 396.5 Stafford and Surrounds

Mid Staffordshire Mid Staffordshire

South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula

North Staffordshire (and Stoke on Trent) 221.0 212.3 222.1 223.4 230.2 253.8 243.6 239.6 254.9 259.5 256.9 253.8 288.4 276.7 298.2 298.2 310.7 331.7 322.8 336.8 388.7 North Staffordshire (and Stoke on Trent)

North Staffordshire 220.2 209.3 211.1 232.7 258.5 240.8 258.9 276.7 263.0 250.6 247.3 283.1 257.4 287.5 289.6 305.2 315.4 315.3 316.9 369.2 North Staffordshire

Newcastle-under-Lyme 206.8 186.7 194.2 194.2 Newcastle-under-Lyme

Staffordshire Moorlands 237.7 242.7 236.3 288.0 Staffordshire Moorlands

Stoke on Trent Stoke on Trent

Stoke-on-Trent 207.1 230.8 231.5 228.6 251.1 245.2 228.8 242.3 257.5 260.4 252.5 286.9 284.5 302.0 299.8 310.7 330.1 323.4 345.8 396.7 Stoke-on-Trent

North Stoke North Stoke

South Stoke South Stoke

Birmingham and the Black Country 294.6 296.7 300.4 303.1 312.2 325.3 325.8 300.3 298.4 300.3 311.4 279.5 273.7 296.7 306.9 297.9 309.7 326.4 355.2 382.7 405.6 Birmingham and the Black Country

Black Country and West Birmingham (Dudly, Sandwell, Walsall, West Birmingham, and Wolverhampton) Black Country and West Birmingham

Birmingham 309.2 315.5 317.2 318.2 332.0 343.3 343.0 312.6 310.1 317.9 330.1 301.0 279.1 298.3 306.6 291.3 304.8 306.6 344.4 362.6 385.6 Birmingham

Birmingham CrossCity Birmingham CrossCity

North Birmingham (North, East, West) North Birmingham (North, East, West)

Birmingham East and North Birmingham East and North

Eastern Birmingham Eastern Birmingham

North Birmingham North Birmingham

West Birmingham West Birmingham

Birmingham South and Central Birmingham South and Central

Heart of Birmingham Heart of Birmingham

South Birmingham South Birmingham

Sandwell and West Birmingham Sandwell and West Birmingham

Sandwell 303.2 313.0 310.2 299.5 318.1 340.1 293.0 271.2 265.9 300.2 296.6 208.5 241.9 327.8 312.8 316.8 322.6 363.6 391.7 428.5 458.0 Sandwell

Oldbury and Smethwick Oldbury and Smethwick

Rowley Regis and Tipton Rowley Regis and Tipton

Wednesbury and West Bromwich Wednesbury and West Bromwich

Dudley 272.9 246.7 265.0 267.8 259.7 276.5 290.6 277.3 259.7 274.4 293.1 239.3 239.6 266.9 291.7 271.5 292.5 321.4 327.2 346.7 385.3 Dudley

Dudley Beacon and Castle Dudley Beacon and Castle

Dudley South Dudley South

Solihull 254.7 247.6 256.1 304.7 316.6 315.6 344.8 308.0 298.0 288.9 294.5 297.6 285.5 287.0 313.4 327.0 319.7 350.4 367.9 395.9 422.7 Solihull

Walsall 227.6 237.8 236.4 230.3 223.4 252.6 288.9 254.0 289.3 238.7 246.7 271.8 263.5 268.9 275.6 285.6 302.9 326.2 338.8 383.3 385.9 Walsall

Wolverhampton 336.6 338.1 341.7 351.6 357.8 357.6 346.0 349.5 335.2 313.5 338.7 316.8 331.5 315.7 346.7 327.7 334.7 359.9 397.3 444.3 458.4 Wolverhampton

West Midlands South (Coventry, Warwickshire, Hereford and Worcestershire; Arden, Herefordshire and Worcestershire) 297.5 294.0 282.2 288.0 289.3 292.4 298.6 286.1 284.3 268.6 273.2 254.8 264.2 275.9 271.1 254.4 281.6 287.6 318.4 352.2 354.1 West Midlands South

Herefordshire and Worcestershire 234.6 231.3 222.5 228.4 219.9 221.8 229.0 222.4 219.7 214.9 224.8 199.6 204.9 221.3 213.8 215.9 239.2 249.7 273.5 303.6 300.5 Herefordshire and Worcestershire

Herefordshire 240.1 229.1 197.8 225.6 203.7 184.2 258.8 277.2 251.6 221.9 203.9 214.6 217.1 243.6 233.1 207.1 220.9 237.1 248.6 312.4 305.8 Herefordshire

Worcestershire 233.0 231.9 229.6 229.2 224.3 232.5 220.3 206.8 210.1 212.7 231.1 195.2 201.2 214.8 208.3 218.5 244.5 253.5 280.8 301.2 298.9 Worcestershire

North Worcestershire 235.6 236.1 237.5 238.6 197.8 190.4 201.6 201.0 212.1 252.2 237.3 278.1 North Worcestershire

Redditch and Bromsgrove 240.3 241.0 243.7 240.0 204.2 196.5 211.8 208.6 228.9 263.4 251.6 284.4 Redditch and Bromsgrove

Wyre Forest (Kidderminster) 227.0 227.1 225.1 235.8 185.4 179.5 182.0 187.3 181.8 230.6 209.5 264.6 Wyre Forest (Kidderminster)

South Worcestershire (Worcester) 228.3 223.6 220.8 210.9 192.6 210.9 229.0 215.8 225.1 237.0 270.3 283.5 South Worcestershire (Worcester)

Coventry and Warwickshire 348.2 343.9 330.6 334.9 345.8 345.6 352.7 332.4 332.2 308.4 308.4 296.9 308.5 315.7 312.9 283.2 312.7 314.8 350.9 386.3 392.1 Coventry and Warwickshire

Warwickshire 299.4 285.0 279.3 272.6 272.6 281.6 284.8 267.4 283.3 255.3 264.3 248.1 251.7 267.6 259.9 238.3 272.2 267.9 309.9 327.9 338.3 Warwickshire

North East Warwickshire 442.6 451.6 424.8 421.7 401.1 407.4 457.1 419.9 388.3 446.3 443.6 504.0 564.1 North East Warwickshire

Warwickshire North (North Warwickshire) Warwickshire North (North Warwickshire)

South Warwickshire South Warwickshire

Rugby 285.4 271.0 295.0 250.2 210.9 237.3 224.7 227.5 220.6 268.4 225.4 271.4 307.6 Rugby

Coventry and Rugby 399.7 376.0 398.1 408.3 330.3 353.4 344.8 350.0 316.2 346.3 345.7 378.1 433.4 Coventry and Rugby

Coventry 419.2 430.2 403.3 425.1 451.6 437.1 445.5 420.3 395.1 379.2 366.0 362.1 385.5 377.5 384.3 342.1 367.1 379.8 408.1 469.2 473.9 Coventry

Abortion percentages for West Midlands reporting areas, 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 2022 region

West Midlands 21.91 21.94 21.83 22.01 22.50 23.09 23.03 22.21 22.12 22.00 22.32 21.01 21.29 22.09 22.48 21.82 22.94 23.70 25.15 26.65 27.61 West Midlands

Shropshire and Staffordshire 19.09 19.16 19.02 19.10 19.92 20.60 19.90 20.38 20.36 20.64 20.28 20.02 21.29 20.93 21.63 21.06 22.48 23.28 24.02 25.16 26.68 Shropshire and Staffordshire

Shropshire (Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin) 18.85 18.90 17.60 18.44 18.80 19.82 18.49 20.32 18.52 19.48 18.28 18.35 18.36 19.06 19.30 17.92 20.43 21.34 23.30 24.86 25.44 Shropshire (Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin)

Shropshire (Shropshire County) 17.59 16.21 17.93 16.86 19.10 17.82 19.07 17.34 18.20 17.57 18.20 18.05 17.85 18.23 16.82 19.04 20.53 22.80 25.12 24.81 Shropshire (Shropshire County)

Telford and Wrekin 20.69 19.56 19.10 21.28 20.75 19.34 21.94 20.01 21.11 19.13 18.55 18.76 20.69 20.71 19.42 22.22 22.37 23.94 24.53 26.25 Telford and Wrekin

Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent 19.19 19.28 19.61 19.36 20.37 20.92 20.46 20.41 21.10 21.09 21.06 20.67 22.45 21.64 22.54 22.29 23.30 24.04 24.31 25.28 27.18 Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent

Staffordshire 20.03 19.91 19.57 21.04 21.25 20.76 21.15 21.74 21.35 21.23 20.89 22.51 21.43 22.28 21.97 23.14 23.66 24.18 25.05 26.66 Staffordshire

South Staffordshire 20.01 20.64 20.73 20.26 21.73 21.47 21.17 21.33 21.76 21.50 21.60 21.04 22.50 21.61 22.18 21.71 22.96 23.31 24.23 25.35 26.56 South Staffordshire

Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth 20.34 18.49 19.85 20.54 Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth

Cannock Chase 25.09 27.73 26.78 27.30 27.26 29.10 31.13 30.11 30.97 31.19 30.44 29.98 31.62 36.66 Cannock Chase

East Staffordshire 18.13 19.05 17.05 20.81 17.71 19.59 17.07 18.78 18.67 21.57 21.34 22.95 23.72 23.19 East Staffordshire

South Western Staffordshire 36.73 36.49 35.20 37.56 South Western Staffordshire

Stafford and Surrounds 23.93 25.61 23.36 23.87 21.95 25.85 23.26 24.56 28.57 28.39 Stafford and Surrounds

Mid Staffordshire Mid Staffordshire

South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula

North Staffordshire (and Stoke on Trent) 18.10 17.51 18.17 18.26 18.71 20.25 19.59 19.33 20.31 20.60 20.44 20.24 22.39 21.68 22.97 22.97 23.70 24.91 24.40 25.19 27.99 North Staffordshire (and Stoke on Trent)

North Staffordshire 18.05 17.31 17.43 18.88 20.54 19.41 20.57 21.68 20.83 20.04 19.83 22.07 20.47 22.33 22.45 23.38 23.98 23.97 24.06 26.96 North Staffordshire

Newcastle-under-Lyme 17.14 15.73 16.26 16.26 Newcastle-under-Lyme

Staffordshire Moorlands 19.20 19.53 19.11 22.36 Staffordshire Moorlands

Stoke on Trent Stoke on Trent

Stoke-on-Trent 17.16 18.76 18.80 18.60 20.07 19.69 18.62 19.51 20.47 20.66 20.16 22.30 22.15 23.19 23.07 23.70 24.82 24.44 25.69 28.40 Stoke-on-Trent

North Stoke North Stoke

South Stoke South Stoke

Birmingham and the Black Country 22.75 22.88 23.10 23.26 23.79 24.55 24.57 23.10 22.98 23.09 23.75 21.84 21.49 22.88 23.48 22.95 23.65 24.61 26.21 27.68 28.85 Birmingham and the Black Country

Black Country and West Birmingham (Dudly, Sandwell, Walsall, West Birmingham, and Wolverhampton) Black Country and West Birmingham

Birmingham 23.62 23.98 24.08 24.14 24.92 25.56 25.54 23.81 23.67 24.12 24.82 23.13 21.82 22.97 23.46 22.56 23.36 23.47 25.62 26.61 27.83 Birmingham

Birmingham CrossCity Birmingham CrossCity

North Birmingham (North, East, West) North Birmingham (North, East, West)

Birmingham East and North Birmingham East and North

Eastern Birmingham Eastern Birmingham

North Birmingham North Birmingham

West Birmingham West Birmingham

Birmingham South and Central Birmingham South and Central

Heart of Birmingham Heart of Birmingham

South Birmingham South Birmingham

Sandwell and West Birmingham Sandwell and West Birmingham

Sandwell 23.27 23.84 23.67 23.05 24.14 25.38 22.66 21.34 21.01 23.09 22.87 17.25 19.48 24.69 23.83 24.06 24.39 26.67 28.15 30.00 31.41 Sandwell

Oldbury and Smethwick Oldbury and Smethwick

Rowley Regis and Tipton Rowley Regis and Tipton

Wednesbury and West Bromwich Wednesbury and West Bromwich

Dudley 21.44 19.79 20.95 21.12 20.62 21.66 22.52 21.71 20.62 21.53 22.67 19.31 19.33 21.07 22.58 21.35 22.63 24.32 24.66 25.74 27.81 Dudley

Dudley Beacon and Castle Dudley Beacon and Castle

Dudley South Dudley South

Solihull 20.30 19.84 20.39 23.36 24.04 23.99 25.64 23.55 22.96 22.41 22.75 22.94 22.21 22.30 23.86 24.64 24.23 25.95 26.89 28.36 29.71 Solihull

Walsall 18.54 19.21 19.12 18.72 18.26 20.16 22.41 20.25 22.44 19.27 19.79 21.37 20.86 21.19 21.60 22.22 23.25 24.60 25.31 27.71 27.85 Walsall

Wolverhampton 25.18 25.27 25.47 26.01 26.35 26.34 25.71 25.90 25.11 23.87 25.30 24.06 24.90 24.00 25.75 24.68 25.08 26.46 28.43 30.76 31.43 Wolverhampton

West Midlands South (Coventry, Warwickshire, Hereford and Worcestershire; Arden, Herefordshire and Worcestershire) 22.93 22.72 22.01 22.36 22.44 22.62 22.99 22.25 22.13 21.17 21.46 20.30 20.90 21.62 21.33 20.28 21.97 22.33 24.15 26.05 26.15 West Midlands South

Herefordshire and Worcestershire 19.00 18.79 18.20 18.59 18.02 18.16 18.63 18.20 18.01 17.69 18.35 16.64 17.00 18.12 17.62 17.76 19.30 19.98 21.48 23.29 23.10 Herefordshire and Worcestershire

Herefordshire 19.36 18.64 16.52 18.41 16.93 15.56 20.56 21.71 20.11 18.16 16.93 17.67 17.84 19.59 18.91 17.16 18.10 19.16 19.91 23.80 23.42 Herefordshire

Worcestershire 18.90 18.83 18.68 18.64 18.32 18.87 18.05 17.14 17.36 17.54 18.77 16.33 16.75 17.68 17.24 17.93 19.65 20.22 21.92 23.15 23.01 Worcestershire

North Worcestershire 19.07 19.10 19.19 19.26 16.51 15.99 16.78 16.74 17.50 20.14 19.18 21.76 North Worcestershire

Redditch and Bromsgrove 19.37 19.42 19.60 19.36 16.96 16.42 17.48 17.26 18.63 20.85 20.10 22.14 Redditch and Bromsgrove

Wyre Forest (Kidderminster) 18.50 18.51 18.38 19.08 15.64 15.22 15.40 15.78 15.38 18.74 17.32 20.92 Wyre Forest (Kidderminster)

South Worcestershire (Worcester) 18.59 18.27 18.09 17.42 16.15 17.42 18.63 17.75 18.38 19.16 21.28 22.09 South Worcestershire (Worcester)

Coventry and Warwickshire 25.83 25.59 24.84 25.09 25.70 25.68 26.07 24.95 24.93 23.57 23.57 22.90 23.58 23.99 23.83 22.07 23.82 23.94 25.97 27.87 28.17 Coventry and Warwickshire

Warwickshire 23.04 22.18 21.83 21.42 21.42 21.97 22.17 21.10 22.08 20.34 20.91 19.88 20.11 21.11 20.63 19.24 21.40 21.13 23.66 24.70 25.28 Warwickshire

North East Warwickshire 30.68 31.11 29.82 29.66 28.63 28.95 31.37 29.57 27.97 30.86 30.73 33.51 36.07 North East Warwickshire

Warwickshire North (North Warwickshire) Warwickshire North (North Warwickshire)

South Warwickshire South Warwickshire

Rugby 22.20 21.32 22.78 20.02 17.42 19.18 18.35 18.53 18.07 21.16 18.39 21.35 23.52 Rugby

Coventry and Rugby 28.55 27.33 28.48 28.99 24.83 26.11 25.64 25.93 24.03 25.72 25.69 27.44 30.24 Coventry and Rugby

Coventry 29.54 30.08 28.74 29.83 31.11 30.42 30.82 29.59 28.32 27.49 26.79 26.58 27.83 27.41 27.76 25.49 26.85 27.52 28.98 31.94 32.15 Coventry

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region	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	region
West Midlands	280.6	281.0	279.2	282.2	290.3	300.3	299.2	285.5	284.1	282.0	287.3	265.9	270.5	283.5	290.0	279.1	297.7	310.6	336.0	363.3	381.5	West Midlands

Shropshire and Staffordshire	235.9	237.0	234.9	236.0	248.8	259.5	248.5	256.0	255.6	260.0	254.3	250.4	270.5	264.7	276.0	266.8	290.0	303.4	316.2	336.2	363.8	Shropshire and Staffordshire

Shropshire (Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin)	232.2	233.0	213.5	226.2	231.6	247.3	226.8	255.1	227.2	241.9	223.6	224.8	224.9	235.5	239.2	218.3	256.8	271.2	303.8	330.9	341.1	Shropshire (Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin)
Shropshire (Shropshire County)		213.4	193.5	218.5	202.7	236.1	216.8	235.7	209.7	222.6	213.2	222.5	220.2	217.3	222.9	202.2	235.2	258.4	295.3	335.5	330.0	Shropshire (Shropshire County)
Telford and Wrekin		260.9	243.2	236.2	270.3	261.8	239.7	281.0	250.1	267.7	236.6	227.8	230.9	260.9	261.2	241.0	285.7	288.2	314.7	325.0	355.8	Telford and Wrekin

Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent	237.5	238.8	244.0	240.1	255.9	264.6	257.2	256.4	267.4	267.3	266.8	260.6	289.5	276.2	291.0	286.8	303.7	316.5	321.1	338.3	373.2	Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent
Staffordshire		250.5	248.6	243.4	266.5	269.9	262.0	268.2	277.7	271.4	269.5	264.0	290.6	272.7	286.7	281.6	301.0	309.9	319.0	334.2	363.5	Staffordshire
South Staffordshire	250.2	260.1	261.5	254.0	277.6	273.4	268.5	271.1	278.0	274.0	275.6	266.5	290.4	275.7	285.0	277.3	298.0	304.0	319.7	339.6	361.6	South Staffordshire
Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth		255.3	226.8	247.6	258.6																	Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth
Cannock Chase		334.9	383.6	365.8	375.5							374.8	410.4	452.0	430.9	448.7	453.4	437.6	428.2	462.4	578.8	Cannock Chase
East Staffordshire		221.4	235.3	205.6	262.8							215.2	243.7	205.8	231.2	229.6	274.9	271.3	297.9	311.0	301.8	East Staffordshire
South Western Staffordshire		580.4	574.6	543.3	601.5																	South Western Staffordshire
Stafford and Surrounds												314.6	344.2	304.7	313.5	281.3	348.6	303.1	325.6	400.0	396.5	Stafford and Surrounds
Mid Staffordshire																						Mid Staffordshire
South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula																						South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula
North Staffordshire (and Stoke on Trent)	221.0	212.3	222.1	223.4	230.2	253.8	243.6	239.6	254.9	259.5	256.9	253.8	288.4	276.7	298.2	298.2	310.7	331.7	322.8	336.8	388.7	North Staffordshire (and Stoke on Trent)
North Staffordshire		220.2	209.3	211.1	232.7	258.5	240.8	258.9	276.7	263.0	250.6	247.3	283.1	257.4	287.5	289.6	305.2	315.4	315.3	316.9	369.2	North Staffordshire
Newcastle-under-Lyme		206.8	186.7	194.2	194.2																	Newcastle-under-Lyme
Staffordshire Moorlands		237.7	242.7	236.3	288.0																	Staffordshire Moorlands
Stoke on Trent																						Stoke on Trent
Stoke-on-Trent		207.1	230.8	231.5	228.6	251.1	245.2	228.8	242.3	257.5	260.4	252.5	286.9	284.5	302.0	299.8	310.7	330.1	323.4	345.8	396.7	Stoke-on-Trent
North Stoke																						North Stoke
South Stoke																						South Stoke

Birmingham and the Black Country	294.6	296.7	300.4	303.1	312.2	325.3	325.8	300.3	298.4	300.3	311.4	279.5	273.7	296.7	306.9	297.9	309.7	326.4	355.2	382.7	405.6	Birmingham and the Black Country
Black Country and West Birmingham (Dudly, Sandwell, Walsall, West Birmingham, and Wolverhampton)																						Black Country and West Birmingham
Birmingham	309.2	315.5	317.2	318.2	332.0	343.3	343.0	312.6	310.1	317.9	330.1	301.0	279.1	298.3	306.6	291.3	304.8	306.6	344.4	362.6	385.6	Birmingham
Birmingham CrossCity																						Birmingham CrossCity
North Birmingham (North, East, West)																						North Birmingham (North, East, West)
Birmingham East and North																						Birmingham East and North
Eastern Birmingham																						Eastern Birmingham
North Birmingham																						North Birmingham
West Birmingham																						West Birmingham
Birmingham South and Central																						Birmingham South and Central
Heart of Birmingham																						Heart of Birmingham
South Birmingham																						South Birmingham
Sandwell and West Birmingham																						Sandwell and West Birmingham
Sandwell	303.2	313.0	310.2	299.5	318.1	340.1	293.0	271.2	265.9	300.2	296.6	208.5	241.9	327.8	312.8	316.8	322.6	363.6	391.7	428.5	458.0	Sandwell
Oldbury and Smethwick																						Oldbury and Smethwick
Rowley Regis and Tipton																						Rowley Regis and Tipton
Wednesbury and West Bromwich																						Wednesbury and West Bromwich
Dudley	272.9	246.7	265.0	267.8	259.7	276.5	290.6	277.3	259.7	274.4	293.1	239.3	239.6	266.9	291.7	271.5	292.5	321.4	327.2	346.7	385.3	Dudley
Dudley Beacon and Castle																						Dudley Beacon and Castle
Dudley South																						Dudley South
Solihull	254.7	247.6	256.1	304.7	316.6	315.6	344.8	308.0	298.0	288.9	294.5	297.6	285.5	287.0	313.4	327.0	319.7	350.4	367.9	395.9	422.7	Solihull
Walsall	227.6	237.8	236.4	230.3	223.4	252.6	288.9	254.0	289.3	238.7	246.7	271.8	263.5	268.9	275.6	285.6	302.9	326.2	338.8	383.3	385.9	Walsall
Wolverhampton	336.6	338.1	341.7	351.6	357.8	357.6	346.0	349.5	335.2	313.5	338.7	316.8	331.5	315.7	346.7	327.7	334.7	359.9	397.3	444.3	458.4	Wolverhampton

West Midlands South (Coventry, Warwickshire, Hereford and Worcestershire; Arden, Herefordshire and Worcestershire)	297.5	294.0	282.2	288.0	289.3	292.4	298.6	286.1	284.3	268.6	273.2	254.8	264.2	275.9	271.1	254.4	281.6	287.6	318.4	352.2	354.1	West Midlands South

Herefordshire and Worcestershire	234.6	231.3	222.5	228.4	219.9	221.8	229.0	222.4	219.7	214.9	224.8	199.6	204.9	221.3	213.8	215.9	239.2	249.7	273.5	303.6	300.5	Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Herefordshire	240.1	229.1	197.8	225.6	203.7	184.2	258.8	277.2	251.6	221.9	203.9	214.6	217.1	243.6	233.1	207.1	220.9	237.1	248.6	312.4	305.8	Herefordshire
Worcestershire	233.0	231.9	229.6	229.2	224.3	232.5	220.3	206.8	210.1	212.7	231.1	195.2	201.2	214.8	208.3	218.5	244.5	253.5	280.8	301.2	298.9	Worcestershire
North Worcestershire		235.6	236.1	237.5	238.6							197.8	190.4	201.6	201.0	212.1	252.2	237.3	278.1			North Worcestershire
Redditch and Bromsgrove		240.3	241.0	243.7	240.0							204.2	196.5	211.8	208.6	228.9	263.4	251.6	284.4			Redditch and Bromsgrove
Wyre Forest (Kidderminster)		227.0	227.1	225.1	235.8							185.4	179.5	182.0	187.3	181.8	230.6	209.5	264.6			Wyre Forest (Kidderminster)
South Worcestershire (Worcester)		228.3	223.6	220.8	210.9							192.6	210.9	229.0	215.8	225.1	237.0	270.3	283.5			South Worcestershire (Worcester)
Coventry and Warwickshire	348.2	343.9	330.6	334.9	345.8	345.6	352.7	332.4	332.2	308.4	308.4	296.9	308.5	315.7	312.9	283.2	312.7	314.8	350.9	386.3	392.1	Coventry and Warwickshire

Warwickshire	299.4	285.0	279.3	272.6	272.6	281.6	284.8	267.4	283.3	255.3	264.3	248.1	251.7	267.6	259.9	238.3	272.2	267.9	309.9	327.9	338.3	Warwickshire
North East Warwickshire		442.6	451.6	424.8	421.7							401.1	407.4	457.1	419.9	388.3	446.3	443.6	504.0	564.1		North East Warwickshire
Warwickshire North (North Warwickshire)																						Warwickshire North (North Warwickshire)
South Warwickshire																						South Warwickshire
Rugby		285.4	271.0	295.0	250.2							210.9	237.3	224.7	227.5	220.6	268.4	225.4	271.4	307.6		Rugby
Coventry and Rugby		399.7	376.0	398.1	408.3							330.3	353.4	344.8	350.0	316.2	346.3	345.7	378.1	433.4		Coventry and Rugby
Coventry	419.2	430.2	403.3	425.1	451.6	437.1	445.5	420.3	395.1	379.2	366.0	362.1	385.5	377.5	384.3	342.1	367.1	379.8	408.1	469.2	473.9	Coventry

region	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	region
West Midlands	21.91	21.94	21.83	22.01	22.50	23.09	23.03	22.21	22.12	22.00	22.32	21.01	21.29	22.09	22.48	21.82	22.94	23.70	25.15	26.65	27.61	West Midlands

Shropshire and Staffordshire	19.09	19.16	19.02	19.10	19.92	20.60	19.90	20.38	20.36	20.64	20.28	20.02	21.29	20.93	21.63	21.06	22.48	23.28	24.02	25.16	26.68	Shropshire and Staffordshire

Shropshire (Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin)	18.85	18.90	17.60	18.44	18.80	19.82	18.49	20.32	18.52	19.48	18.28	18.35	18.36	19.06	19.30	17.92	20.43	21.34	23.30	24.86	25.44	Shropshire (Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin)
Shropshire (Shropshire County)		17.59	16.21	17.93	16.86	19.10	17.82	19.07	17.34	18.20	17.57	18.20	18.05	17.85	18.23	16.82	19.04	20.53	22.80	25.12	24.81	Shropshire (Shropshire County)
Telford and Wrekin		20.69	19.56	19.10	21.28	20.75	19.34	21.94	20.01	21.11	19.13	18.55	18.76	20.69	20.71	19.42	22.22	22.37	23.94	24.53	26.25	Telford and Wrekin

Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent	19.19	19.28	19.61	19.36	20.37	20.92	20.46	20.41	21.10	21.09	21.06	20.67	22.45	21.64	22.54	22.29	23.30	24.04	24.31	25.28	27.18	Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent
Staffordshire		20.03	19.91	19.57	21.04	21.25	20.76	21.15	21.74	21.35	21.23	20.89	22.51	21.43	22.28	21.97	23.14	23.66	24.18	25.05	26.66	Staffordshire
South Staffordshire	20.01	20.64	20.73	20.26	21.73	21.47	21.17	21.33	21.76	21.50	21.60	21.04	22.50	21.61	22.18	21.71	22.96	23.31	24.23	25.35	26.56	South Staffordshire
Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth		20.34	18.49	19.85	20.54																	Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth
Cannock Chase		25.09	27.73	26.78	27.30							27.26	29.10	31.13	30.11	30.97	31.19	30.44	29.98	31.62	36.66	Cannock Chase
East Staffordshire		18.13	19.05	17.05	20.81							17.71	19.59	17.07	18.78	18.67	21.57	21.34	22.95	23.72	23.19	East Staffordshire
South Western Staffordshire		36.73	36.49	35.20	37.56																	South Western Staffordshire
Stafford and Surrounds												23.93	25.61	23.36	23.87	21.95	25.85	23.26	24.56	28.57	28.39	Stafford and Surrounds
Mid Staffordshire																						Mid Staffordshire
South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula																						South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula
North Staffordshire (and Stoke on Trent)	18.10	17.51	18.17	18.26	18.71	20.25	19.59	19.33	20.31	20.60	20.44	20.24	22.39	21.68	22.97	22.97	23.70	24.91	24.40	25.19	27.99	North Staffordshire (and Stoke on Trent)
North Staffordshire		18.05	17.31	17.43	18.88	20.54	19.41	20.57	21.68	20.83	20.04	19.83	22.07	20.47	22.33	22.45	23.38	23.98	23.97	24.06	26.96	North Staffordshire
Newcastle-under-Lyme		17.14	15.73	16.26	16.26																	Newcastle-under-Lyme
Staffordshire Moorlands		19.20	19.53	19.11	22.36																	Staffordshire Moorlands
Stoke on Trent																						Stoke on Trent
Stoke-on-Trent		17.16	18.76	18.80	18.60	20.07	19.69	18.62	19.51	20.47	20.66	20.16	22.30	22.15	23.19	23.07	23.70	24.82	24.44	25.69	28.40	Stoke-on-Trent
North Stoke																						North Stoke
South Stoke																						South Stoke

Birmingham and the Black Country	22.75	22.88	23.10	23.26	23.79	24.55	24.57	23.10	22.98	23.09	23.75	21.84	21.49	22.88	23.48	22.95	23.65	24.61	26.21	27.68	28.85	Birmingham and the Black Country
Black Country and West Birmingham (Dudly, Sandwell, Walsall, West Birmingham, and Wolverhampton)																						Black Country and West Birmingham
Birmingham	23.62	23.98	24.08	24.14	24.92	25.56	25.54	23.81	23.67	24.12	24.82	23.13	21.82	22.97	23.46	22.56	23.36	23.47	25.62	26.61	27.83	Birmingham
Birmingham CrossCity																						Birmingham CrossCity
North Birmingham (North, East, West)																						North Birmingham (North, East, West)
Birmingham East and North																						Birmingham East and North
Eastern Birmingham																						Eastern Birmingham
North Birmingham																						North Birmingham
West Birmingham																						West Birmingham
Birmingham South and Central																						Birmingham South and Central
Heart of Birmingham																						Heart of Birmingham
South Birmingham																						South Birmingham
Sandwell and West Birmingham																						Sandwell and West Birmingham
Sandwell	23.27	23.84	23.67	23.05	24.14	25.38	22.66	21.34	21.01	23.09	22.87	17.25	19.48	24.69	23.83	24.06	24.39	26.67	28.15	30.00	31.41	Sandwell
Oldbury and Smethwick																						Oldbury and Smethwick
Rowley Regis and Tipton																						Rowley Regis and Tipton
Wednesbury and West Bromwich																						Wednesbury and West Bromwich
Dudley	21.44	19.79	20.95	21.12	20.62	21.66	22.52	21.71	20.62	21.53	22.67	19.31	19.33	21.07	22.58	21.35	22.63	24.32	24.66	25.74	27.81	Dudley
Dudley Beacon and Castle																						Dudley Beacon and Castle
Dudley South																						Dudley South
Solihull	20.30	19.84	20.39	23.36	24.04	23.99	25.64	23.55	22.96	22.41	22.75	22.94	22.21	22.30	23.86	24.64	24.23	25.95	26.89	28.36	29.71	Solihull
Walsall	18.54	19.21	19.12	18.72	18.26	20.16	22.41	20.25	22.44	19.27	19.79	21.37	20.86	21.19	21.60	22.22	23.25	24.60	25.31	27.71	27.85	Walsall
Wolverhampton	25.18	25.27	25.47	26.01	26.35	26.34	25.71	25.90	25.11	23.87	25.30	24.06	24.90	24.00	25.75	24.68	25.08	26.46	28.43	30.76	31.43	Wolverhampton

West Midlands South (Coventry, Warwickshire, Hereford and Worcestershire; Arden, Herefordshire and Worcestershire)	22.93	22.72	22.01	22.36	22.44	22.62	22.99	22.25	22.13	21.17	21.46	20.30	20.90	21.62	21.33	20.28	21.97	22.33	24.15	26.05	26.15	West Midlands South

Herefordshire and Worcestershire	19.00	18.79	18.20	18.59	18.02	18.16	18.63	18.20	18.01	17.69	18.35	16.64	17.00	18.12	17.62	17.76	19.30	19.98	21.48	23.29	23.10	Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Herefordshire	19.36	18.64	16.52	18.41	16.93	15.56	20.56	21.71	20.11	18.16	16.93	17.67	17.84	19.59	18.91	17.16	18.10	19.16	19.91	23.80	23.42	Herefordshire
Worcestershire	18.90	18.83	18.68	18.64	18.32	18.87	18.05	17.14	17.36	17.54	18.77	16.33	16.75	17.68	17.24	17.93	19.65	20.22	21.92	23.15	23.01	Worcestershire
North Worcestershire		19.07	19.10	19.19	19.26							16.51	15.99	16.78	16.74	17.50	20.14	19.18	21.76			North Worcestershire
Redditch and Bromsgrove		19.37	19.42	19.60	19.36							16.96	16.42	17.48	17.26	18.63	20.85	20.10	22.14			Redditch and Bromsgrove
Wyre Forest (Kidderminster)		18.50	18.51	18.38	19.08							15.64	15.22	15.40	15.78	15.38	18.74	17.32	20.92			Wyre Forest (Kidderminster)
South Worcestershire (Worcester)		18.59	18.27	18.09	17.42							16.15	17.42	18.63	17.75	18.38	19.16	21.28	22.09			South Worcestershire (Worcester)
Coventry and Warwickshire	25.83	25.59	24.84	25.09	25.70	25.68	26.07	24.95	24.93	23.57	23.57	22.90	23.58	23.99	23.83	22.07	23.82	23.94	25.97	27.87	28.17	Coventry and Warwickshire

Warwickshire	23.04	22.18	21.83	21.42	21.42	21.97	22.17	21.10	22.08	20.34	20.91	19.88	20.11	21.11	20.63	19.24	21.40	21.13	23.66	24.70	25.28	Warwickshire
North East Warwickshire		30.68	31.11	29.82	29.66							28.63	28.95	31.37	29.57	27.97	30.86	30.73	33.51	36.07		North East Warwickshire
Warwickshire North (North Warwickshire)																						Warwickshire North (North Warwickshire)
South Warwickshire																						South Warwickshire
Rugby		22.20	21.32	22.78	20.02							17.42	19.18	18.35	18.53	18.07	21.16	18.39	21.35	23.52		Rugby
Coventry and Rugby		28.55	27.33	28.48	28.99							24.83	26.11	25.64	25.93	24.03	25.72	25.69	27.44	30.24		Coventry and Rugby
Coventry	29.54	30.08	28.74	29.83	31.11	30.42	30.82	29.59	28.32	27.49	26.79	26.58	27.83	27.41	27.76	25.49	26.85	27.52	28.98	31.94	32.15	Coventry