UK number of people on Universal Credit 2025| Statista

As of April 2025, there were over 7.7 million people on Universal Credit in Great Britain, compared with almost 6.7 million a year earlier.

Number of people on universal credit in Great Britain from May 2023 to April 2025

Characteristic	Number of people on Universal Credit
Apr 25	7,754,473
Mar 25	7,614,642
Feb 25	7,515,081
Jan 25	7,391,758
Dec 24	7,355,479
Nov 24	7,276,174
Oct 24	7,163,713
Sep 24	7,078,809
Aug 24	6,968,805
Jul 24	6,904,613
Jun 24	6,844,817
May 24	6,757,645
Apr 24	6,677,225
Mar 24	6,598,882
Feb 24	6,458,747
Jan 24	6,359,305
Dec 23	6,311,416
Nov 23	6,220,120
Oct 23	6,160,471
Sep 23	6,096,218
Aug 23	6,043,174
Jul 23	6,011,281
Jun 23	5,965,194
May 23	5,930,392
Apr 23	5,896,704
Mar 23	5,853,185
Feb 23	5,836,325
Jan 23	5,799,603
Dec 22	5,780,104
Nov 22	5,756,781
Oct 22	5,731,192
Sep 22	5,684,229
Aug 22	5,660,951
Jul 22	5,620,044
Jun 22	5,560,777
May 22	5,541,838
Apr 22	5,546,129
Mar 22	5,533,417
Feb 22	5,560,735
Jan 22	5,563,333
Dec 21	5,605,512
Nov 21	5,652,946
Oct 21	5,697,300
Sep 21	5,738,896
Aug 21	5,806,042
Jul 21	5,842,565
Jun 21	5,888,758
May 21	5,938,916
Apr 21	5,957,521
Mar 21	5,972,086
Feb 21	5,947,510
Jan 21	5,899,848
Dec 20	5,877,468
Nov 20	5,789,314
Oct 20	5,675,984
Sep 20	5,639,689
Aug 20	5,571,239
Jul 20	5,511,863
Jun 20	5,430,942
May 20	5,259,937
Apr 20	4,210,377
Mar 20	3,012,737
Feb 20	2,915,507
Jan 20	2,773,086
Dec 19	2,730,571
Nov 19	2,655,218
Oct 19	2,546,975
Sep 19	2,454,651
Aug 19	2,350,374
Jul 19	2,249,060
Jun 19	2,151,017
May 19	2,026,248
Apr 19	1,940,903
Mar 19	1,816,282
Feb 19	1,706,607
Jan 19	1,618,047
Dec 18	1,535,144
Nov 18	1,389,191
Oct 18	1,286,127
Sep 18	1,192,578
Aug 18	1,093,509
Jul 18	1,019,561
Jun 18	961,988
May 18	902,614
Apr 18	856,553
Mar 18	801,632
Feb 18	763,115
Jan 18	717,702
Dec 17	692,198
Nov 17	650,280
Oct 17	623,688
Sep 17	602,029
Aug 17	574,905
Jul 17	551,166
Jun 17	527,602
May 17	513,544
Apr 17	504,810
Mar 17	481,652
Feb 17	458,794
Jan 17	437,794
Dec 16	424,996
Nov 16	411,180
Oct 16	396,589
Sep 16	368,293
Aug 16	347,978
Jul 16	323,987
Jun 16	292,503
May 16	272,341
Apr 16	253,960
Mar 16	229,223
Feb 16	206,464
Jan 16	181,833
Dec 15	165,672
Nov 15	147,275
Oct 15	133,528
Sep 15	118,817
Aug 15	106,113
Jul 15	86,060
Jun 15	70,108
May 15	61,923
Apr 15	50,207
Mar 15	43,468
Feb 15	37,768
Jan 15	28,458
Dec 14	24,631
Nov 14	20,971
Oct 14	16,611
Sep 14	13,320
Aug 14	10,604
Jul 14	7,208
Jun 14	6,550
May 14	6,044
Apr 14	5,642
Mar 14	5,450
Feb 14	5,025
Jan 14	4,007
Dec 13	3,568
Nov 13	3,198
Oct 13	2,470
Sep 13	1,755
Aug 13	817
Jul 13	295
Jun 13	144
May 13	21

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Release date

May 2025

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

May 2013 to April 2025

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This statistic is using original data from the Department for Work and Pensions and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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