Communities and Households Statistics for Rural England
Communities and Households Statistics for Rural England - November 2026
Applies to England
Documents
Statistical Digest of Rural England - Communities and Households
PDF, 10 MB, 85 pages
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Communities and Households Supplementary Data Tables
ODS, 1.13 MB
This file is in an OpenDocument format
Supplementary Dataset: Relative deprivation in rural areas based on the Indices of Deprivation 2025
ODS, 1.1 MB
This file is in an OpenDocument format
Statistical Digest of Rural England - Communities and Households
ODT, 59.8 MB
This file is in an OpenDocument format
Details
A compendium of communities and households statistics for rural and urban areas in England.
The November 2026 release of the Communities and Households Digest includes analysis updates for the following topic within this theme:
- Section E. Police recorded crime
- Section F. Fly-tipping (previously part of Section E)
- Section G. Experiences and perceptions of crime (previously named ‘Crime Surveys: Local Police and Businesses’)
The supplementary data tables provide additional statistics for each section of the Digest, using the Rural-Urban Classification categories. The Local Authority data tables supply the disaggregated datasets, used to conduct analysis in the Digest, at a Local Authority level where feasible.
Defra statistics: rural
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Previous editions
Copies of the Communities and Households Statistics for Rural England publication are available from the National Archive.
Communities and Households Statistics for Rural England, 20 May 2026
Communities and Households Statistics for Rural England, 12 February 2026
Communities and Households Statistics for Rural England, 12 November 2025
Communities and Households Statistics for Rural England, 20 May 2025
Communities and Households Statistics for Rural England, 11 February 2025
Communities and Households Statistics for Rural England, 15 October 2024
Communities and Households Statistics for Rural England, 10 September 2024
Communities and Households Statistics for Rural England, 14 May 2024
Communities and Households Statistics for Rural England, 12 March 2024
Communities and Households Statistics for Rural England, 2 November 2023
Communities and Households Statistics for Rural England, 15 August 2023
Communities and Households Statistics for Rural England, 13 June 2023
Communities and Households Statistics for Rural England, 16 May 2023
Communities and Households Statistics for Rural England, 14 March 2023
Statistics up to 2022 can be found here.
