Official statistics announcement

Understanding towns in England and Wales, investigating socioeconomic trends: May 2026

Demographic, socioeconomic and visitor data for towns in England and Wales, and analysis of outcomes using a categorisation based on deprivation, job density, relative access and town size.

• From: Office for National Statistics
• Published: 23 January 2026
• Last updated: 17 April 2026

• Release date: 15 May 2026 9:30am (confirmed)

The release date has been changed

• Previous date: 5 March 2026 9:30am
• Reason for change: This article has been postponed until Friday 15 May to allow for further work to address issues highlighted during the quality assurance process. These issues relate to the classifications being used within the article.

These statistics will be released on 15 May 2026 9:30am