Regional insolvency statistics

Annual statistics for bankruptcies and individual voluntary arrangements in England and Wales down to local authority level. The data is published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and was last updated on 8 July 2026. It is designated as Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics.

Use Cases

• Analyzing regional economic health based on annual insolvency statistics.
• Tracking bankruptcy trends over time at the local authority level.
• Comparing insolvency rates between different regions in England and Wales.
• Modeling financial distress indicators using official annual statistics.

Strengths

• Data is disaggregated down to local authority level, providing fine-grained geographic detail.
• Published as Official Statistics by a UK government department, suggesting a formal collection process.
• Covers both bankruptcies and individual voluntary arrangements, offering a broader view of personal insolvency.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• A pre-release access breach was reported, which may indicate data handling issues prior to publication.

Provenance

Source

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Time Range

Annual

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:23.496966; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales, down to local authority level