# United Kingdom Claimant Count : E12000007 London : People : NSA : Percentage (%) ()

United Kingdom Claimant Count : E12000007 London : People : NSA : Percentage (%) () was 5.2% in September 2026, up 0.2 percentage points from August 2026 and unchanged from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since September 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.8% (Jan 2017) to 8.0% (Mar 2021), averaging 4.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.CLAIMS.M.NSA.MEASURE-RATE.REGION-LONDON`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1983-06-01 to 2026-09-01 (520 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/claimant-count-e12000007-london-people-nsa-percentage-pct

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 5.2% |
| August 2026 | 5.0% |
| July 2026 | 5.1% |
| June 2026 | 5.1% |
| May 2026 | 5.1% |
| April 2026 | 5.0% |
| March 2026 | 5.1% |
| February 2026 | 5.1% |
| January 2026 | 5.0% |
| December 2025 | 5.0% |
| November 2025 | 5.1% |
| October 2025 | 5.1% |
| September 2025 | 5.2% |
| August 2025 | 5.2% |
| July 2025 | 5.2% |
| June 2025 | 5.4% |
| May 2025 | 5.3% |
| April 2025 | 5.2% |
| March 2025 | 5.3% |
| February 2025 | 5.3% |
| January 2025 | 5.1% |
| December 2024 | 5.2% |
| November 2024 | 5.2% |
| October 2024 | 5.3% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.CLAIMS.M.NSA.MEASURE-RATE.REGION-LONDON"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.CLAIMS.M.NSA.MEASURE-RATE.REGION-LONDON",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```