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- Children looked after in England including adoptions
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- LA - Children looked after numbers and rates per 10,000 children aged under 18 years
Step 3 Choose locations
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- Barking and Dagenham
- Barnet
- Barnsley
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Bedford Borough
Step 4 Choose time period
- Time period
- 2020
Step 5 Choose your filters
- Indicators
- Number of children looked after
- Rate per 10 000 children aged under 18 years
- CLA population count
- Children looked after at 31 March each year
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This data is not from the latest releaseView latest data: Reporting year 2023'LA - Children looked after numbers and rates per 10,000 children aged under 18 years' for Children looked after at 31 March each year in Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Barnsley, Bath and North East Somerset, Bedford Borough and 149 other locations for 2020 Number of children looked after Rate per 10 000 children aged under 18 years Outer London Barking and Dagenham 402 63 Barnet 325 35 Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003) Barnsley 300 59 South West (E12000009) Bath and North East Somerset 181 50 East of England Bedford Borough 253 62 Outer London Bexley 222 39 West Midlands Birmingham 1,928 67 North West Blackburn with Darwen 411 106 Blackpool 652 223 Bolton 632 92 South West (E12000009) Bournemouth (up to 2019) z z Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (2020 onwards) 526 70 South East Bracknell Forest 142 50 Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003) Bradford 1,245 87 Outer London Brent 299 38 South East Brighton and Hove 370 74 SOUTH WEST (E12000009) Bristol, City of 623 66 Outer London Bromley 331 44 South East Buckinghamshire 484 38 North West Bury 342 79 Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003) Calderdale 330 72 East of England Cambridgeshire 714 52 Inner London Camden 190 36 East of England Central Bedfordshire 314 49 North West Cheshire East 534 69 Cheshire West and Chester 488 71 Inner London City of London 24 148 South West (E12000009) Cornwall 473 44 West Midlands Coventry 701 88 Outer London Croydon 791 83 North West Cumbria 721 78 North East Darlington 270 120 East Midlands Derby 588 98 Derbyshire 861 56 South West (E12000009) Devon 749 51 Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003) Doncaster 504 75 South West (E12000009) Dorset (2020 onwards) 474 70 Dorset (up to 2019) z z West Midlands Dudley 623 90 North East Durham 914 90 Outer London Ealing 332 40 Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003) East Riding of Yorkshire 340 54 South East East Sussex 592 56 Outer London Enfield 374 44 East of England Essex 1,071 34 North East Gateshead 414 105 South West (E12000009) Gloucestershire 731 57 Outer London Greenwich 462 67 Inner London Hackney 432 68 North West Halton 278 97 Inner London Hammersmith and Fulham 252 68 South East Hampshire 1,602 56 Inner London Haringey 403 67 Outer London Harrow 185 31 North East Hartlepool 316 158 Outer London Havering 232 40 West Midlands Herefordshire 351 97 East of England Hertfordshire 948 35 Outer London Hillingdon 337 45 Hounslow 269 41 South East Isle of Wight 264 107 South West (E12000009) Isles Of Scilly c c Inner London Islington 366 86 Kensington and Chelsea 106 37 South East Kent 1,807 53 YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER (E12000003) Kingston Upon Hull, City of 867 151 Outer London Kingston upon Thames 125 32 Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003) Kirklees 669 67 North West Knowsley 307 91 Inner London Lambeth 358 58 North West Lancashire 2,096 83 Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003) Leeds 1,346 79 East Midlands Leicester 611 73 Leicestershire 654 46 Inner London Lewisham 472 69 East Midlands Lincolnshire 622 42 North West Liverpool 1,424 148 East of England Luton 387 67 North West Manchester 1,407 114 South East Medway 426 66 Outer London Merton 154 32 North East Middlesbrough 619 189 South East Milton Keynes 403 59 North East Newcastle upon Tyne 662 113 Inner London Newham 411 48 East of England Norfolk 1,106 64 Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003) North East Lincolnshire 572 166 North Lincolnshire 231 65 South West (E12000009) North Somerset 230 53 North East North Tyneside 299 71 Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003) North Yorkshire 443 38 East Midlands Northamptonshire 1,163 68 North East Northumberland 434 73 East Midlands Nottingham 656 95 Nottinghamshire 916 55 North West Oldham 520 87 South East Oxfordshire 767 52 East of England Peterborough 372 72 South West (E12000009) Plymouth 434 82 Poole (up to 2019) z z South East Portsmouth 466 106 Reading 280 76 Outer London Redbridge 237 31 North East Redcar and Cleveland 348 126 Outer London Richmond upon Thames 122 27 North West Rochdale 535 100 Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003) Rotherham 595 103 East Midlands Rutland 43 55 North West Salford 558 97 West Midlands Sandwell 865 105 North West Sefton 566 105 Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003) Sheffield 626 53 West Midlands Shropshire 399 66 South East Slough 196 45 West Midlands Solihull 461 97 South West (E12000009) Somerset 529 48 South Gloucestershire 210 35 North East South Tyneside 294 97 South East Southampton 486 95 East of England Southend-on-Sea 314 79 Inner London Southwark 458 70 North West St. Helens 496 135 West Midlands Staffordshire 1,217 72 North West Stockport 368 58 North East Stockton-on-Tees 576 131 West Midlands Stoke-on-Trent 919 159 East of England Suffolk 936 61 North East Sunderland 582 106 South East Surrey 981 37 Outer London Sutton 233 48 South West (E12000009) Swindon 301 60 North West Tameside 704 139 West Midlands Telford and Wrekin 403 98 East of England Thurrock 297 67 South West (E12000009) Torbay 357 140 Inner London Tower Hamlets 307 42 North West Trafford 378 67 Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003) Wakefield 639 87 West Midlands Walsall 671 97 Outer London Waltham Forest 304 46 Inner London Wandsworth 277 43 North West Warrington 364 82 West Midlands Warwickshire 754 64 South East West Berkshire 157 44 West Sussex 808 46 Inner London Westminster 219 45 North West Wigan 533 77 South West (E12000009) Wiltshire 458 43 South East Windsor and Maidenhead 116 33 North West Wirral 812 120 South East Wokingham 98 24 West Midlands Wolverhampton 588 94 Worcestershire 819 69 Yorkshire and the Humber (E12000003) York 262 72 Footnotes
- Rates per 10,000 children are calculated using the most recent mid-year population estimates from the Office for National Statistics.
- National and regional numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Rates rounded to the nearest whole number. See the methodology document for further information. Figures exclude children looked after under a series of short-term placements. Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication.
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- Publication: Children looked after in England including adoptions, Reporting year 2023
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