vallierojas: Repossessions by local authority

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Repossessions by local authority - visualised and listed

The number of repossessions are on the rise. These are the latest figures for each court and local authority in the UK
? Get the data

Repossessions across England and Wales have risen - there is a 4% increase on mortgage possession claims issued during the first quarter of 2011.

The figures released by the Ministry of Justice shows that Birmingham continues to have the highest number of repossession claims across both England and Wales - the city's county court recorded 2,185 claims during 2010. Although the highest of any county in England and Wales, it has seen a large decrease since claims reached over 4,000 during 2008.

It's probably related to the city's title as capital of unemployment ? it has the highest benefit claimant rate and count in the UK as a whole.

Hartlepool saw the biggest rise in mortgage possession claims with an 83% increase between the first quarter of 2011 and 2010. That means there were 1.67 claims per 1,000 households during the first quarter of 2011, much higher than the average across England and Wales of 0.85 per 1,000 households. However Corby continues to be the local authority with the highest rate at 2.61 mortgage possession claims per 1,000 households in the same period.

The map above shows the rate of claims between the Q1 2010 - Q2 2011 per 1,000 households with percentage change on the previous year for Corby, Barking and Dagenham, Thurrock and Birmingham. Corby, as mentioned previously, has the highest number of possession claims per 1,000. The data for this can be downloaded from our spreadsheet.

These figures, from the Ministry of Justice let you find out repossessions claims and orders made for every local authority in England and Wales. They show you that the highest proportional figures too with the highest number of claims per 1,000 households. There is data from 2009-2011 (first quarter). There are also figures going back to 1987 on the number of court orders and claims issued.

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