| # | Local authority | How it ranks vs England |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwall | cleaner air than 99% of England |
| 2 | Exeter | cleaner air than 99% of England |
| 3 | Norwich | cleaner air than 91% of England |
| 4 | Sunderland | cleaner air than 91% of England |
| 5 | Wokingham | cleaner air than 90% of England |
| 6 | West Berkshire | cleaner air than 89% of England |
| 7 | Cambridge | cleaner air than 88% of England |
| 8 | Coventry | cleaner air than 88% of England |
| 9 | Bracknell Forest | cleaner air than 87% of England |
| 10 | Reading | cleaner air than 85% of England |
| 11 | Ipswich | cleaner air than 85% of England |
| 12 | Colchester | cleaner air than 81% of England |
| 13 | Huntingdonshire | cleaner air than 81% of England |
| 14 | Tendring | cleaner air than 81% of England |
| 15 | Barnsley | cleaner air than 80% of England |
| 16 | South Tyneside | cleaner air than 79% of England |
| 17 | Folkestone and Hythe | cleaner air than 78% of England |
| 18 | Thanet | cleaner air than 78% of England |
| 19 | Peterborough | cleaner air than 78% of England |
| 20 | Wirral | cleaner air than 78% of England |
| 21 | Ashford | cleaner air than 77% of England |
| 22 | Braintree | cleaner air than 77% of England |
| 23 | Maidstone | cleaner air than 77% of England |
| 24 | Maldon | cleaner air than 76% of England |
| 25 | Tonbridge and Malling | cleaner air than 76% of England |
| 26 | Medway | cleaner air than 76% of England |
| 27 | Brighton and Hove | cleaner air than 75% of England |
| 28 | Rochford | cleaner air than 75% of England |
| 29 | Southend-on-Sea | cleaner air than 75% of England |
| 30 | Surrey Heath | cleaner air than 74% of England |
| 31 | Tunbridge Wells | cleaner air than 74% of England |
| 32 | Preston | cleaner air than 73% of England |
| 33 | St. Helens | cleaner air than 73% of England |
| 34 | Cheshire East | cleaner air than 72% of England |
| 35 | Waverley | cleaner air than 72% of England |
| 36 | Castle Point | cleaner air than 71% of England |
| 37 | Swale | cleaner air than 70% of England |
| 38 | Cheshire West and Chester | cleaner air than 70% of England |
| 39 | Kirklees | cleaner air than 70% of England |
| 40 | Stockport | cleaner air than 69% of England |
| 41 | Tandridge | cleaner air than 69% of England |
| 42 | Croydon | cleaner air than 68% of England |
| 43 | Reigate and Banstead | cleaner air than 68% of England |
| 44 | Sutton | cleaner air than 68% of England |
| 45 | Wakefield | cleaner air than 67% of England |
| 46 | Sefton | cleaner air than 67% of England |
| 47 | Dover | cleaner air than 66% of England |
| 48 | Merton | cleaner air than 66% of England |
| 49 | Canterbury | cleaner air than 66% of England |
| 50 | Liverpool | cleaner air than 64% of England |
| 51 | Portsmouth | cleaner air than 63% of England |
| 52 | Hertsmere | cleaner air than 63% of England |
| 53 | Walsall | cleaner air than 61% of England |
| 54 | Welwyn Hatfield | cleaner air than 61% of England |
| 55 | York | cleaner air than 61% of England |
| 56 | Bath and North East Somerset | cleaner air than 61% of England |
| 57 | Mole Valley | cleaner air than 60% of England |
| 58 | Guildford | cleaner air than 58% of England |
| 59 | Rotherham | cleaner air than 57% of England |
| 60 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | cleaner air than 56% of England |
| 61 | Windsor and Maidenhead | cleaner air than 56% of England |
| 62 | Wigan | cleaner air than 56% of England |
| 63 | Plymouth | cleaner air than 55% of England |
| 64 | Solihull | cleaner air than 55% of England |
| 65 | Stoke-on-Trent | cleaner air than 54% of England |
| 66 | Haringey | cleaner air than 54% of England |
| 67 | Sheffield | cleaner air than 54% of England |
| 68 | Barnet | cleaner air than 53% of England |
| 69 | North Tyneside | cleaner air than 53% of England |
| 70 | Wolverhampton | cleaner air than 53% of England |
| 71 | Gateshead | cleaner air than 52% of England |
| 72 | Islington | cleaner air than 52% of England |
| 73 | Newcastle upon Tyne | cleaner air than 51% of England |
| 74 | Lincoln | cleaner air than 50% of England |
| 75 | Uttlesford | cleaner air than 50% of England |
| 76 | Bristol, City of | cleaner air than 50% of England |
| 77 | Broxtowe | cleaner air than 50% of England |
| 78 | Gravesham | cleaner air than 50% of England |
| 79 | Halton | cleaner air than 50% of England |
| 80 | Nottingham | cleaner air than 50% of England |
| 81 | Rushcliffe | cleaner air than 50% of England |
| 82 | Trafford | cleaner air than 48% of England |
| 83 | Erewash | cleaner air than 47% of England |
| 84 | Leicester | cleaner air than 46% of England |
| 85 | Sandwell | cleaner air than 46% of England |
| 86 | Leeds | cleaner air than 45% of England |
| 87 | Bromley | cleaner air than 44% of England |
| 88 | Wandsworth | cleaner air than 44% of England |
| 89 | Bolton | cleaner air than 42% of England |
| 90 | Lambeth | cleaner air than 42% of England |
| 91 | Chelmsford | cleaner air than 42% of England |
| 92 | City of London | cleaner air than 42% of England |
| 93 | Dudley | cleaner air than 42% of England |
| 94 | Manchester | cleaner air than 41% of England |
| 95 | Rutland | cleaner air than 41% of England |
| 96 | Lewisham | cleaner air than 40% of England |
| 97 | Oldham | cleaner air than 40% of England |
| 98 | South Derbyshire | cleaner air than 39% of England |
| 99 | Hammersmith and Fulham | cleaner air than 39% of England |
| 100 | Kensington and Chelsea | cleaner air than 39% of England |
| 101 | Thurrock | cleaner air than 39% of England |
| 102 | Dacorum | cleaner air than 38% of England |
| 103 | Derby | cleaner air than 38% of England |
| 104 | Hackney | cleaner air than 38% of England |
| 105 | Sevenoaks | cleaner air than 38% of England |
| 106 | Southampton | cleaner air than 38% of England |
| 107 | Milton Keynes | cleaner air than 37% of England |
| 108 | Knowsley | cleaner air than 36% of England |
| 109 | St Albans | cleaner air than 36% of England |
| 110 | Watford | cleaner air than 36% of England |
| 111 | Doncaster | cleaner air than 35% of England |
| 112 | Oxford | cleaner air than 35% of England |
| 113 | Brent | cleaner air than 35% of England |
| 114 | Tameside | cleaner air than 35% of England |
| 115 | Greenwich | cleaner air than 34% of England |
| 116 | Epsom and Ewell | cleaner air than 33% of England |
| 117 | Hillingdon | cleaner air than 33% of England |
| 118 | Dartford | cleaner air than 33% of England |
| 119 | Harrow | cleaner air than 32% of England |
| 120 | North Hertfordshire | cleaner air than 32% of England |
| 121 | Rochdale | cleaner air than 32% of England |
| 122 | Three Rivers | cleaner air than 32% of England |
| 123 | Calderdale | cleaner air than 31% of England |
| 124 | Salford | cleaner air than 31% of England |
| 125 | Slough | cleaner air than 31% of England |
| 126 | Bradford | cleaner air than 31% of England |
| 127 | Stevenage | cleaner air than 31% of England |
| 128 | Havering | cleaner air than 30% of England |
| 129 | Birmingham | cleaner air than 30% of England |
| 130 | East Hertfordshire | cleaner air than 30% of England |
| 131 | Ealing | cleaner air than 29% of England |
| 132 | Camden | cleaner air than 28% of England |
| 133 | Runnymede | cleaner air than 27% of England |
| 134 | Spelthorne | cleaner air than 27% of England |
| 135 | Basildon | cleaner air than 27% of England |
| 136 | Hounslow | cleaner air than 27% of England |
| 137 | Barking and Dagenham | cleaner air than 26% of England |
| 138 | Bexley | cleaner air than 26% of England |
| 139 | Elmbridge | cleaner air than 26% of England |
| 140 | Kingston upon Thames | cleaner air than 26% of England |
| 141 | Brentwood | cleaner air than 26% of England |
| 142 | Richmond upon Thames | cleaner air than 25% of England |
| 143 | Westminster | cleaner air than 25% of England |
| 144 | Bury | cleaner air than 24% of England |
| 145 | Woking | cleaner air than 24% of England |
| 146 | Southwark | cleaner air than 22% of England |
| 147 | Enfield | cleaner air than 21% of England |
| 148 | Tower Hamlets | cleaner air than 20% of England |
| 149 | Newham | cleaner air than 14% of England |
| 150 | Redbridge | cleaner air than 14% of England |
| 151 | Epping Forest | cleaner air than 13% of England |
| 152 | Broxbourne | cleaner air than 12% of England |
| 153 | Harlow | cleaner air than 12% of England |
| 154 | Waltham Forest | cleaner air than 12% of England |
| 155 | Cheltenham | cleaner air than 9% of England |
| 156 | Gloucester | cleaner air than 9% of England |
Ranked from the borough-wide average percentile in each official dataset (MHCLG / VOA, Ofcom, DEFRA, Ordnance Survey), measured against every covered UK postcode. Percentiles describe a position against England, not a value judgement — read each alongside the borough's full report. No estimates dressed as fact, no opaque scoring.
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