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SIA licence holders broken down by gender and region

Updated 19 September 2025
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Travel To Work Area Female Male
London 14,440 113,128
Manchester 2,584 29,549
Birmingham 2,120 23,709
Slough and Heathrow 3,049 21,419
Luton 942 9,303
Glasgow 827 7,259
Bradford 439 6,686
Liverpool 627 6,179
Leicester 670 5,791
Leeds 507 5,441
Sheffield 552 5,335
Cardiff 556 5,146
Bristol 509 4,889
Nottingham 472 4,847
Wolverhampton and Walsall 541 4,775
Newcastle 552 4,709
Belfast 576 4,532
Coventry 449 4,644
Dudley 469 3,763
Middlesbrough and Stockton 367 3,533
Guildford and Aldershot 344 3,451
Southampton 584 3,024
Reading 337 3,215
Medway 408 3,027
Edinburgh 296 3,028
Southend 392 2,748
Portsmouth 385 2,566
Warrington and Wigan 344 2,596
Huddersfield 214 2,715
Hull 412 2,504
Stoke-on-Trent 265 2,475
Milton Keynes 318 2,294
Derby 203 2,401
Sunderland 260 2,344
Northampton 321 2,279
Peterborough 245 2,206
Cambridge 317 2,120
High Wycombe and Aylesbury 184 2,156
Blackburn 173 2,127
Crawley 282 1,862
Swindon 194 1,863
Burnley 89 1,965
Oxford 198 1,856
Aberdeen 229 1,731
Swansea 206 1,597
Brighton 261 1,539
Newport 198 1,587
Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City 204 1,512
Plymouth 221 1,480
Doncaster 184 1,424
Preston 178 1,398
Lincoln 257 1,309
Motherwell and Airdrie 197 1,331
Chelmsford 190 1,244
Colchester 191 1,237
Ipswich 216 1,211
Bournemouth 141 1,256
Norwich 200 1,186
Wakefield and Castleford 182 1,191
Birkenhead 157 1,159
Blackpool 160 1,076
Bedford 124 1,107
Ashford 118 1,105
Folkestone and Dover 184 932
Kettering and Wellingborough 207 904
Gloucester 124 958
Mansfield 151 880
Basingstoke 104 909
Merthyr Tydfil 130 883
Exeter 158 849
Dundee 126 874
Chester 135 851
Halifax 108 875
Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy 134 848
Grimsby 135 784
Canterbury 141 741
Falkirk and Stirling 110 745
Barnsley 120 712
Margate and Ramsgate 130 699
Burton upon Trent 89 739
Salisbury 93 732
Worcester and Kidderminster 93 731
Telford 97 718
Durham and Bishop Auckland 145 668
York 85 687
Bangor and Holyhead 88 640
Eastbourne 81 642
Derry 101 619
Trowbridge 112 592
Crewe 80 616
Hereford 80 612
Livingston 81 607
Chichester and Bognor Regis 80 591
Scunthorpe 98 539
Poole 73 527
Whitehaven 136 442
Bridgwater 104 471
Bridgend 80 491
Kilmarnock and Irvine 77 485
Craigavon 108 453
Cheltenham 61 484
Great Yarmouth 66 476
Hartlepool 50 484
Worthing 72 458
Chesterfield 63 462
Barrow-in-Furness 111 398
Weston-super-Mare 63 436
Huntingdon 67 429
Blyth and Ashington 53 436
Tunbridge Wells 67 421
Clacton 77 410
Rhyl 62 418
Leamington Spa 71 405
St Austell and Newquay 79 380
Darlington 62 389
Coleraine 48 402
Hastings 65 378
Llanelli 61 377
Torquay and Paignton 59 361
Worksop and Retford 58 362
Dorchester and Weymouth 52 361
Newry and Banbridge 57 353
Corby 66 339
Redruth and Truro 64 339
Wrexham 50 352
Skegness and Louth 57 344
Taunton 53 339
Isle of Wight 89 298
Greenock 40 345
Lancaster and Morecambe 57 328
Lowestoft 48 328
Carlisle 53 319
Andover 52 311
Banbury 47 316
Colwyn Bay 59 296
Bath 39 311
Workington 89 258
Yeovil 43 292
Ayr 53 280
Stafford 49 280
Scarborough 48 270
Northallerton 29 284
King's Lynn 44 268
Inverness 42 249
Omagh and Strabane 45 228
Shrewsbury 37 232
Barnstaple 37 226
Thetford and Mildenhall 29 234
Ballymena 31 231
Haverfordwest and Milford Haven 55 193
Wisbech 38 209
Bury St Edmunds 30 214
Spalding 40 204
Boston 42 200
Newbury 34 208
Dumfries 36 188
Elgin 35 173
Harrogate 28 178
Dumbarton and Helensburgh 30 169
Aberystwyth 24 170
Pembroke and Tenby 36 155
Bridlington 27 160
Perth 25 161
Grantham 20 161
Cinderford and Ross-on-Wye 19 150
Enniskillen 17 152
Evesham 21 133
Cookstown and Magherafelt 25 127
Street and Wells 22 124
Dungannon 27 100
Blandford Forum and Gillingham 13 113
Falmouth 25 101
Minehead 16 106
Bideford 19 96
Peterhead 14 98
Arbroath and Montrose 14 87
Buxton 18 80
Liskeard 14 84
Oswestry 16 82
Pwllheli and Porthmadog 14 83
Stranraer 31 62
Penzance 15 76
Newtown and Welshpool 11 77
Malton 13 74
Shetland Islands 25 60
Kendal 13 71
Alness and Invergordon 10 72
Berwick <10 67
Ludlow 10 62
Galashiels and Peebles <10 62
Cardigan <10 57
St Andrews and Cupar 10 51
Cromer and Sheringham <10 54
Penrith <10 55
Wick 15 42
Wadebridge <10 48
Sidmouth <10 50
Thurso 12 42
Bude 10 43
Brecon <10 50
Launceston <10 45
Skipton <10 46
Orkney Islands 14 36
Fraserburgh <10 44
Hawick and Kelso <10 40
Llandrindod Wells and Builth Wells <10 39
Hexham <10 37
Turriff and Banff <10 39
Whitby <10 32
Western Isles <10 27
Girvan <10 25
Fort William <10 24
Oban <10 18
Bridport <10 22
Tywyn and Dolgellau <10 23
Dunoon and Rothesay <10 23
Kingsbridge and Dartmouth <10 18
Newton Stewart <10 13
Pitlochry and Aberfeldy <10 13
Golspie and Brora <10 12
Dalbeattie and Castle Douglas <10 <10
Aviemore and Grantown-on-Spey <10 <10
Campbeltown <10 <10
Broadford and Kyle of Lochalsh <10 <10
Mull and Islay <10 <10
Portree <10 <10
Ullapool Not set <10
Lochgilphead Not set <10
Not set 54 385
Grand Total 49,943 407,793