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Measles

Last updated on Thursday, 19 December 2024 at 09:30am

Measles is a viral infectious disease. This page provides information about measles cases in England.

Cases are confirmed through either local or reference laboratory testing.

Numbers shown here are provisional and subject to change as:

  • more suspected cases undergo confirmatory testing
  • some locally tested cases are discarded after obtaining further epidemiological information or undergoing confirmatory testing at the reference laboratory

We update measles data every month on a Thursday at 9.30am. The next update will be on 16 January.

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Cases

Since January 2024
Up to 16 Dec 2024
2,836

Cases

In the past 4 weeks
Up to 16 Dec 2024
93

Since 1 January 2024, there have been 2,836 laboratory confirmed measles cases reported in England, an increase of 129 cases since the last report on 21 November 2024.

46% (1,295 of 2,836) of these cases have been in London, 20% (562 of 2,836) in the West Midlands, and 9% (244 of 2,836) in the East of England. 136 upper tier local authorities (UTLAs) have reported at least one confirmed case with symptom onset since January 2024, with the highest numbers reported in Birmingham (364 of 2,836, 13%), Lambeth (178 of 2,836, 6%) and Wandsworth (151 of 2,836, 5%).

Percent cases in England by age group (in years), since January 2024

Cases under 1 year of age are assigned to the 00-01 age group.

Up to and including 16 December 2024

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ChartThere are 7 plots on this chart. The horizontal X-axis is labelled 'age'. Whilst the vertical Y-axis is labelled 'metric'. This is plot number 1 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesAgePercent' for the England area, along with the age banding of '00-01' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `00 - 01` along the X-axis. And `11.4000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 2 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesAgePercent' for the England area, along with the age banding of '01-04' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `01 - 04` along the X-axis. And `24.4000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 3 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesAgePercent' for the England area, along with the age banding of '05-10' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `05 - 10` along the X-axis. And `25.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 4 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesAgePercent' for the England area, along with the age banding of '11-14' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `11 - 14` along the X-axis. And `7.2000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 5 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesAgePercent' for the England area, along with the age banding of '15-24' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `15 - 24` along the X-axis. And `11.4000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 6 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesAgePercent' for the England area, along with the age banding of '25-34' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `25 - 34` along the X-axis. And `11.1000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 7 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesAgePercent' for the England area, along with the age banding of '35+' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `35+` along the X-axis. And `9.6000` along the Y-axis. There is no reporting delay period being tracked for the data on this chart. - Refer to tabular data.
Tabular data

Percent cases in England by age group (in years), since January 2024 data for cases under 1 year of age are assigned to the 00-01 age group.

Up to and including 16 December 2024

AgeAmount
00 - 0111.4
01 - 0424.4
05 - 1025
11 - 147.2
15 - 2411.4
25 - 3411.1
35+9.6
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Percent cases in England by UKHSA Region, since January 2024

Up to and including 16 December 2024

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ChartThere are 9 plots on this chart. The horizontal X-axis is labelled 'geography'. Whilst the vertical Y-axis is labelled 'metric'. This is plot number 1 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesRegionPercent' for the East Midlands area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `East Midlands` along the X-axis. And `7.2000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 2 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesRegionPercent' for the East of England area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `East of England` along the X-axis. And `8.6000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 3 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesRegionPercent' for the London area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `London` along the X-axis. And `45.7000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 4 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesRegionPercent' for the North East area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `North East` along the X-axis. And `2.8000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 5 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesRegionPercent' for the North West area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `North West` along the X-axis. And `3.4000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 6 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesRegionPercent' for the South East area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `South East` along the X-axis. And `4.2000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 7 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesRegionPercent' for the South West area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `South West` along the X-axis. And `3.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 8 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesRegionPercent' for the West Midlands area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `West Midlands` along the X-axis. And `19.8000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 9 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesRegionPercent' for the Yorkshire and Humber area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Yorkshire and Humber` along the X-axis. And `5.3000` along the Y-axis. There is no reporting delay period being tracked for the data on this chart. - Refer to tabular data.
Tabular data

Percent cases in England by UKHSA Region, since January 2024 data for

Up to and including 16 December 2024

GeographyAmount
East Midlands7.2
East of England8.6
London45.7
North East2.8
North West3.4
South East4.2
South West3
West Midlands19.8
Yorkshire and Humber5.3
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Number of cases in England by upper-tier local authority, since January 2024

The 25 upper-tier local authorities with the highest number of cumulative measles cases in the reporting period are included in this chart.

Up to and including 16 December 2024

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ChartThere are 25 plots on this chart. The horizontal X-axis is labelled 'geography'. Whilst the vertical Y-axis is labelled 'metric'. This is plot number 1 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Birmingham area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Birmingham` along the X-axis. And `364.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 2 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Lambeth area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Lambeth` along the X-axis. And `178.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 3 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Wandsworth area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Wandsworth` along the X-axis. And `151.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 4 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Leicester area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Leicester` along the X-axis. And `124.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 5 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Harrow area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Harrow` along the X-axis. And `99.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 6 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Croydon area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Croydon` along the X-axis. And `98.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 7 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Brent area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Brent` along the X-axis. And `75.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 8 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Hertfordshire area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Hertfordshire` along the X-axis. And `75.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 9 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Walsall area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Walsall` along the X-axis. And `55.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 10 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Enfield area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Enfield` along the X-axis. And `64.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 11 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Middlesbrough area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Middlesbrough` along the X-axis. And `55.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 12 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Southwark area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Southwark` along the X-axis. And `55.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 13 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Merton area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Merton` along the X-axis. And `42.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 14 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Hillingdon area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Hillingdon` along the X-axis. And `42.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 15 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Lewisham area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Lewisham` along the X-axis. And `43.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 16 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Essex area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Essex` along the X-axis. And `66.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 17 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Surrey area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Surrey` along the X-axis. And `40.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 18 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Hounslow area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Hounslow` along the X-axis. And `34.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 19 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Ealing area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Ealing` along the X-axis. And `35.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 20 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Sandwell area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Sandwell` along the X-axis. And `31.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 21 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Coventry area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Coventry` along the X-axis. And `28.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 22 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Greenwich area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Greenwich` along the X-axis. And `26.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 23 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Barnet area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Barnet` along the X-axis. And `30.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 24 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Waltham Forest area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Waltham Forest` along the X-axis. And `32.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 25 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Newham area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Newham` along the X-axis. And `26.0000` along the Y-axis. There is no reporting delay period being tracked for the data on this chart. - Refer to tabular data.
Tabular data

Number of cases in England by upper-tier local authority, since January 2024 data for the 25 upper-tier local authorities with the highest number of cumulative measles cases in the reporting period are included in this chart.

Up to and including 16 December 2024

GeographyAmount
Birmingham364
Lambeth178
Wandsworth151
Leicester124
Harrow99
Croydon98
Brent75
Hertfordshire75
Walsall55
Enfield64
Middlesbrough55
Southwark55
Merton42
Hillingdon42
Lewisham43
Essex66
Surrey40
Hounslow34
Ealing35
Sandwell31
Coventry28
Greenwich26
Barnet30
Waltham Forest32
Newham26
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Trends

Cases by week of symptom onset

Laboratory confirmed cases of measles by week of onset of rash or symptoms reported, London, West Midlands and England from 1 January 2024. The data reporting lag has greatest impact on the most recent 4 weeks. Reported figures for this period are likely to underestimate activity. These data points are within the "reporting delay" period on the chart. This chart is different to the measles "cases reported" chart on the landing page. Data affected by the reporting delay is not included in the chart on the landing page.

Up to and including 16 December 2024

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ChartThere are 3 plots on this chart. The horizontal X-axis is labelled 'date'. Whilst the vertical Y-axis is labelled 'metric'. This is plot number 1 on this chart. This is a colour_1_dark_blue solid line plot. The plot has a label of 'England'. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_cases_casesByOnsetWeek' for the England area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows data from 01 January 2024 to 16 December 2024. It rose from 74.0 on 01 January 2024 to 79.0 on 26 February 2024. It rose from 55.0 on 04 March 2024 to 81.0 on 29 April 2024. It fell from 85.0 on 06 May 2024 to 77.0 on 01 July 2024. It fell from 85.0 on 08 July 2024 to 19.0 on 26 August 2024. It rose from 26.0 on 02 September 2024 to 27.0 on 21 October 2024. And finally. It fell from 17.0 on 28 October 2024 to 1.0 on 16 December 2024. This is plot number 2 on this chart. This is a colour_2_turquoise solid line plot. The plot has a label of 'London'. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_cases_casesByOnsetWeek' for the London area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows data from 01 January 2024 to 16 December 2024. It rose from 7.0 on 01 January 2024 to 28.0 on 26 February 2024. It rose from 25.0 on 04 March 2024 to 35.0 on 29 April 2024. It rose from 43.0 on 06 May 2024 to 47.0 on 01 July 2024. It fell from 65.0 on 08 July 2024 to 13.0 on 26 August 2024. It fell from 16.0 on 02 September 2024 to 7.0 on 21 October 2024. And finally. It fell from 5.0 on 28 October 2024 to 1.0 on 16 December 2024. This is plot number 3 on this chart. This is a colour_3_dark_pink solid line plot. The plot has a label of 'West Midlands'. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_cases_casesByOnsetWeek' for the West Midlands area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows data from 01 January 2024 to 16 December 2024. It fell from 65.0 on 01 January 2024 to 25.0 on 26 February 2024. It fell from 13.0 on 04 March 2024 to 11.0 on 29 April 2024. It fell from 9.0 on 06 May 2024 to 3.0 on 01 July 2024. It fell from 7.0 on 08 July 2024 to 0.0 on 26 August 2024. It fell from 1.0 on 02 September 2024 to 0.0 on 21 October 2024. And finally. The date fluctuates between 0.0 on 28 October 2024, ending with the same value on 16 December 2024. Data from 18 November 2024 onwards falls under the reporting delay period. This means those figures are still subject to retrospective updates and should therefore not be considered to be final. - Refer to tabular data.
Tabular data

Cases by week of symptom onset data for laboratory confirmed cases of measles by week of onset of rash or symptoms reported, London, West Midlands and England from 1 January 2024.

The data reporting lag has greatest impact on the most recent 4 weeks. Reported figures for this period are likely to underestimate activity. These data points are within the "reporting delay" period on the chart.

This chart is different to the measles "cases reported" chart on the landing page. Data affected by the reporting delay is not included in the chart on the landing page.

Up to and including 16 December 2024

Reporting delay period

DateEnglandLondon
16 Dec 202411
9 Dec 2024101
2 Dec 2024232
25 Nov 2024336
18 Nov 2024263
11 Nov 2024292
4 Nov 2024294
28 Oct 2024175
21 Oct 2024277
14 Oct 2024114
7 Oct 2024166
30 Sep 2024178
23 Sep 2024166
16 Sep 20242110
9 Sep 20242719
2 Sep 20242616
26 Aug 20241913
19 Aug 20243220
12 Aug 20244030
5 Aug 20245337
29 Jul 20246748
22 Jul 20246039
15 Jul 20248466
8 Jul 20248565
1 Jul 20247747
24 Jun 20247353
17 Jun 20248048
10 Jun 20245932
3 Jun 20247739
27 May 20247142
20 May 20249758
13 May 202410758
6 May 20248543
29 Apr 20248135
22 Apr 20248239
15 Apr 20248342
8 Apr 202410658
1 Apr 20249840
25 Mar 20246630
18 Mar 20247635
11 Mar 20249135
4 Mar 20245525
26 Feb 20247928
19 Feb 20245714
12 Feb 20247414
5 Feb 20246714
29 Jan 2024698
22 Jan 2024659
15 Jan 20245512
8 Jan 20246312
1 Jan 2024747
DateWest Midlands
16 Dec 20240
9 Dec 20240
2 Dec 20240
25 Nov 20241
18 Nov 20240
11 Nov 20240
4 Nov 20240
28 Oct 20240
21 Oct 20240
14 Oct 20240
7 Oct 20242
30 Sep 20240
23 Sep 20241
16 Sep 20242
9 Sep 20241
2 Sep 20241
26 Aug 20240
19 Aug 20240
12 Aug 20241
5 Aug 20246
29 Jul 20248
22 Jul 20247
15 Jul 20242
8 Jul 20247
1 Jul 20243
24 Jun 20245
17 Jun 20249
10 Jun 20246
3 Jun 202412
27 May 20248
20 May 20249
13 May 202412
6 May 20249
29 Apr 202411
22 Apr 202412
15 Apr 202413
8 Apr 202410
1 Apr 202419
25 Mar 202416
18 Mar 202421
11 Mar 202430
4 Mar 202413
26 Feb 202425
19 Feb 202422
12 Feb 202425
5 Feb 202424
29 Jan 202428
22 Jan 202436
15 Jan 202433
8 Jan 202447
1 Jan 202465
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There was a rapid increase in cases in late 2023 driven by a large outbreak in Birmingham, with subsequent rises in London and small clusters in other regions. However, case counts have followed a downward trajectory since mid-July.

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