Research and analysis

Confirmed cases of measles in England and Wales by region and age: 2012 to 2021

Updated 21 September 2022

Applies to England and Wales

This table shows the total number of laboratory confirmed cases of measles for each region. This figure includes cases confirmed by both oral fluid IgM antibody tests or PCR and other laboratory reported cases.

England and Wales vaccine coverage data

1. 2021*

Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	Total
less than 1 year	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 to 4 years	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
5 to 9 years	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 to 14 years	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15 to 19 years	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20 to 24 years	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
25 to 29 years	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30 to 34 years	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35 years and older	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2

*Provisional totals

2. 2020

Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	Total
less than 1 year	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1 to 4 years	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	6	0	0	14
5 to 9 years	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	7
10 to 14 years	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	6
15 to 19 years	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	8
20 to 24 years	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	7
25 to 29 years	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	8
30 to 34 years	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	5
35 years and older	0	6	0	1	1	2	9	2	2	0	23
Total	0	9	0	4	1	5	39	19	2	0	79

3. 2019

Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	Total
less than 1 year	0	1	1	1	0	2	5	1	1	0	12
1 to 4 years	1	20	9	6	2	25	131	12	0	3	209
5 to 9 years	0	10	5	0	3	19	46	7	1	1	92
10 to 14 years	0	7	3	4	4	10	60	3	0	0	91
15 to 19 years	0	3	1	7	1	6	47	13	4	2	84
20 to 24 years	1	1	2	1	1	7	40	14	4	1	72
25 to 29 years	0	5	1	7	2	8	31	3	2	0	59
30 to 34 years	0	2	2	5	0	6	42	3	1	1	62
35 years and older	1	2	4	17	1	19	59	12	9	3	127
Total	3	51	28	48	14	102	461	68	22	11	808

4. 2018

Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	Total
less than 1 year	2	5	11	1	11	7	38	14	16	2	107
1 to 4 years	1	2	19	1	15	6	70	20	26	2	162
5 to 9 years	2	4	5	2	5	2	52	12	10	2	96
10 to 14 years	0	2	12	3	8	1	23	18	10	1	78
15 to 19 years	3	4	15	2	17	5	32	30	18	2	128
20 to 24 years	1	7	10	0	7	5	42	15	8	3	98
25 to 29 years	3	5	3	1	7	1	44	16	12	5	97
30 to 34 years	0	2	2	0	6	1	30	15	14	2	72
35 years and older	2	2	7	3	5	5	58	41	26	2	151
Total	14	33	84	13	81	33	389	181	140	21	989

5. 2017

Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	Total
less than 1 year	0	9	14	0	6	1	6	6	1	2	45
1 to 4 years	0	15	7	0	12	4	11	4	5	2	60
5 to 9 years	1	3	8	0	2	1	3	1	14	2	35
10 to 14 years	1	4	3	1	3	1	6	2	5	8	34
15 to 19 years	0	1	1	0	2	4	7	3	5	2	25
20 to 24 years	0	3	1	0	4	2	10	0	2	1	23
25 to 29 years	0	1	1	0	6	0	8	2	1	1	20
30 to 34 years	0	2	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	11
35 years and older	0	4	4	0	3	1	10	4	4	0	30
Total	2	42	40	1	38	14	68	23	37	18	283

6. 2016

Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	Total
less than 1 year	0	1	0	0	0	2	22	1	4	1	31
1 to 4 years	0	0	2	0	0	2	39	4	4	0	51
5 to 9 years	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	5	1	2	45
10 to 14 years	0	0	1	1	0	3	37	7	19	4	72
15 to 19 years	0	0	2	0	4	4	44	14	38	4	110
20 to 24 years	0	1	3	2	1	5	36	11	15	3	77
25 to 29 years	0	1	1	1	1	1	39	7	5	0	56
30 to 34 years	0	0	1	0	0	3	23	0	2	0	29
35 years and older	1	0	2	0	2	4	41	11	8	1	70
Total	1	3	12	4	8	24	318	60	96	15	541

7. 2015

Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	Total
less than 1 year	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	1	0	8
1 to 4 years	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	1	1	0	16
5 to 9 years	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	8
10 to 14 years	1	0	1	0	0	0	15	1	2	0	20
15 to 19 years	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	0	1	0	13
20 to 24 years	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	2	0	10
25 to 29 years	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	7
30 to 34 years	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
35 years and older	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	8
Total	2	2	2	0	2	1	65	4	13	0	91

8. 2014

Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	Total
less than 1 year	3	1	1	0	0	1	13	0	0	2	21
1 to 4 years	0	1	1	0	5	5	13	3	1	2	31
5 to 9 years	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	7
10 to 14 years	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	7
15 to 19 years	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	5	9
20 to 24 years	0	0	0	2	1	0	6	0	1	2	12
25 to 29 years	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	8
30 to 34 years	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	9
35 years and older	3	0	0	1	1	1	3	6	0	2	17
Total	6	7	2	4	7	10	51	12	3	19	121

9. 2013

Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	Total
less than 1 year	55	60	7	1	4	4	20	3	11	23	188
1 to 4 years	67	55	23	15	9	12	52	5	16	34	288
5 to 9 years	30	54	15	14	12	16	33	9	21	37	241
10 to 14 years	107	92	14	12	19	13	33	3	37	142	472
15 to 19 years	53	59	3	1	7	10	14	2	32	106	287
20 to 24 years	27	25	10	0	4	3	13	0	13	28	123
25 to 29 years	12	13	3	0	2	3	7	1	7	21	69
30 to 34 years	6	6	3	0	1	2	7	1	9	7	42
35 years and older	22	17	10	6	6	13	10	2	16	24	126
Total	379	381	88	49	64	76	189	26	162	422	1,836

10. 2012

Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	Total
less than 1 year	3	186	12	4	8	6	7	20	4	9	259
1 to 4 years	5	159	36	8	27	9	31	35	13	14	337
5 to 9 years	5	121	34	11	25	7	25	89	22	24	363
10 to 14 years	11	138	27	9	19	10	20	141	22	38	435
15 to 19 years	11	97	22	4	13	2	15	46	21	14	245
20 to 24 years	3	70	11	4	8	3	14	15	3	1	132
25 to 29 years	2	47	2	5	2	3	5	6	4	4	80
30 to 34 years	4	28	2	1	4	1	7	7	4	3	61
35 years and older	6	35	6	5	16	8	11	24	4	5	120
Total	50	881	152	51	122	49	135	383	97	112	2,032

Source: UK Health Security Agency, Immunisation and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Division

To view data from 1996 to 2011, visit the National Archives website.