How many evictions and repossessions are there in England and Wales?
Landlords made 23,635 possession claims in the county courts of England and Wales in April to June 2026, up 6% on a year earlier, and county court bailiffs carried out 6,560 landlord repossessions, down 3%, according to the Ministry of Justice's Mortgage and landlord possession statistics, published 13 August 2026. Mortgage lenders made 5,232 claims, and there were 1,008 mortgage repossessions.
A claim starts a court case and many end without an eviction. Bailiff repossessions are the closest official measure of court evictions, but tenants who leave after a notice and before a court order are not counted. The Renters' Rights Act 2025 came into force on 1 May 2026, so compare periods with care. Figures are quarterly; MoJ gives the next release date as 12 November 2026.
When is the next figure out?
DWP statistics are pre-announced on the GOV.UK research and statistics calendar and published at 9:30am. Universal Credit statistics moved from monthly to quarterly releases in February, May, August and November after a 2026 consultation, with the final monthly release on 14 April 2026; provisional estimates were dropped and each quarterly release adds three months of finalised data. The benefits compendium, Benefit Combinations and National Insurance number allocations are now released together once a year. Fraud and error estimates appear each spring, and expenditure tables follow the Budget and spring forecast.
Every official release due in the next two weeks is on the release calendar.
Where the figures come from
- Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) statistics and Stat-XploreWhere to find DWP figures on Universal Credit, PIP, State Pension and Pension Credit, how to build a Stat-Xplore table and use the free Open Data API.
- MHCLG housing and homelessness statistics (with MoJ possessions and devolved equivalents)Official figures on temporary accommodation, rough sleeping, waiting lists, social lettings, evictions and tenure in England and the rest of the UK.
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