Repossession Actions

Data from 2003 to 2025 provided by the court service. Next update January 2026, data is provided quarterly. It's important to note that Repossessions are part of a long process, only the possession action title "Repossession" reflects a property being repossessed.

This section covers England & Wales only.

Repossessions
Total claims year to date
2025 226,613
Total Claims in the Previous year
2024 300,139
Year-on-year Change
-73,526
Total number of actions
Who is raising actions?

Types: Accelerated Landlord, Mortgage, Private Landlord, Social Landlord.

Possession actions

Showing top actions overall + “Other” to keep the chart readable desipte there being virtually none.

20 local authorities where the most actions were raised
Split by Lender and Landlord Type.
Local authority Accelerated Mortgage Private Social Total
Birmingham 27,930 82,460 21,426 140,234 272,050
Manchester 18,503 36,566 15,656 81,501 152,226
Not Identified 24,974 26,820 21,343 68,568 141,716
Newham 50,148 28,282 23,475 31,850 133,755
Liverpool 9,093 38,306 13,423 72,494 133,316
Croydon 34,960 36,867 18,811 39,402 130,040
Brent 52,727 17,550 17,744 35,646 123,667
Lewisham 28,800 27,442 16,433 50,890 123,565
Enfield 43,174 23,425 19,226 32,402 118,227
Lambeth 18,721 19,419 11,892 66,255 116,287
Southwark 15,148 16,211 9,731 72,615 113,705
Sheffield 3,784 27,218 8,015 73,971 112,988
Leeds 7,164 44,023 12,236 45,919 109,342
Haringey 43,767 13,125 15,857 36,156 108,905
Ealing 36,472 17,796 15,441 31,292 101,001
County Durham 3,520 45,839 6,804 43,818 99,981
Nottingham 6,096 23,077 6,552 63,386 99,111
Greenwich 19,221 23,133 12,386 44,064 98,804
Hackney 22,937 10,391 8,617 54,249 96,194
Barnet 33,945 19,280 18,216 22,879 94,320
20 local authorities where the least actions were raised
Split by Lender and Landlord Type.
Local authority Accelerated Mortgage Private Social Total
Isles of Scilly 0 3 1 0 4
Isles of Scilly UA 0 14 17 13 44
Westmorland and Furness 289 312 255 389 1,245
Somerset West and Taunton 313 178 239 580 1,310
City of London 176 311 415 455 1,357
York 227 316 314 702 1,559
North West Leicestershire 133 338 273 820 1,564
Cumberland 152 500 210 1,013 1,875
Vale of Glamorgan 640 431 495 578 2,144
Folkestone and Hythe 904 327 763 467 2,461
West Somerset 298 1,024 182 966 2,470
West Suffolk 523 623 576 1,147 2,869
Telford and Wrekin 634 604 891 965 3,094
Rutland 313 1,142 296 1,492 3,243
Ryedale 194 1,184 356 1,563 3,297
Craven 343 1,624 368 1,157 3,492
North Yorkshire 830 957 859 881 3,527
East Suffolk 1,065 672 827 993 3,557
Halton 398 606 564 2,017 3,585
Eden 269 1,332 289 1,753 3,643