This page presents annual childhood vaccination coverage statistics for local authorities (LA) in England, Regions in England and countries of the UK. Data presented here supplements the annual report for the cover of vaccinations evaluated rapidly (COVER) programme.
The data reflects vaccination coverage by 12 months of age, 24 months of age and 5 years of age, not the age at the time of vaccination.
Coverage statistics should be considered in light of the uncertainty in the numbers of children recorded in child health information systems nationally. This uncertainty is linked to population movement and is therefore likely to have greater impact in urbanised areas with higher levels of population turnover such as London. Coverage may be underestimated in these areas and reported falls in coverage over time should be interpreted with caution due to the relationship with underlying trends in population movement. Consequently, in 14 UTLAs in London, children not registered with a GP are excluded from the dataset. The 14 UTLAs affected are: Greenwich, Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Westminster, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, and Hounslow. Work is underway to better understand the scale and impact of population errors on reported coverage to ensure they are consistent and comparable over time and between regions.
More information on methodology and data sources can be found in our metrics documentation.
Use the map below to explore childhood vaccination coverage for upper tier local authorities across England for a selected reporting year.
Disclosure controls are applied by combining pairs of local authorities where eligible populations are small.
Numbers for the Isles of Scilly are combined with and reported as Cornwall.
Numbers for the City of London are combined with and reported as Hackney.
Numbers for Rutland are combined with and reported as Leicestershire.
Local authority boundary change over time. Note that:
In 2021, Northamptonshire was split into North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. Each of the new local authorities are displayed as normal for years 2021-2022 onwards. However, it is not possible to display data for either North or West Northamptonshire for prior years.
In 2021, Cumbria was split into Cumberland, and Westmorland and Furness. However, these areas submit aggregated vaccination data together as ‘Cumbria’. On a map, combined data is presented for both local authorities.
Caveats affecting FY21/22 childhood vaccination coverage data relating to Peterborough are not currently reproduced on this page. Further information is available in the Quality and methodology information: COVER programme report.
Data at the local authority level is available from 2013-2014 onwards.
Childhood vaccination coverage by local authority in England
Annual immunisation coverage is calculated and reported by financial year (1 April to 31 March). In time series data, coverage statistics for a given year are tied to the end of respective financial year. For example, annual coverage for the 2022-2023 reporting year is represented by the date 31 March 2023.
In Q2 2020-2021 the vaccine schedule changed for the pneumococcal vaccine. Coverage for this reporting year cannot be calculated. This may also affect comparability with previous years.
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This report explains the quality and methodology information (QMI) for the Cover of vaccination evaluated rapidly programme official/accredited official statistics published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
