The most recent unemployment figures for December 2025 were published by the Office for National Statistics on 20th January 2026.
The data shows that 23,780 people were claiming unemployment benefit in December 2025 - a rate of 6.8% of the working age population an increase of 5 claimants since last month and an decrease of 3,510 claimants since December 2024.
There were 5,405 claimants aged between 18-24 and 4,345 claimants aged 50+.
Bradford had the highest unemployment rate in the Leeds City Region, most local authorities have seen small decreases in their claimant rates in the last month.
The claimant rate for Yorkshire and the Humber was 4% and for England was 3.9%.
The unemployment data in the bulletin includes people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance and people claiming Universal Credit who are required to seek work and be available for work.
The NOMIS website has a labour market profile for Bradford District.
