The most recent unemployment figures for January 2026 were published by the Office for National Statistics on 17th February 2026.
The data shows that 23,930 people were claiming unemployment benefit in January 2026 - a rate of 6.8% of the working age population an increase of 450 claimants since last month and an decrease of 2625 claimants since January 2025.
There were 5,400 claimants aged between 18-24 and 4,395 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 4.0%.
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.
