| Rank | District | Density
| Type of district | Ceremonial county |
| Newham | | London borough | Greater London |
| Wandsworth | | London borough | Greater London |
| Haringey | | London borough | Greater London |
| Lewisham | | London borough | Greater London |
| Brent | | London borough | Greater London |
| Waltham Forest | | London borough | Greater London |
| Ealing | | London borough | Greater London |
| Greenwich | | London borough, Royal Borough | Greater London |
| Barking and Dagenham | | London borough | Greater London |
| Merton | | London borough | Greater London |
| Redbridge | | London borough | Greater London |
| Portsmouth | | Unitary authority, City | Hampshire |
| Southampton | | Unitary authority, City | Hampshire |
| Harrow | | London borough | Greater London |
| Luton | | Unitary authority, Borough | Bedfordshire |
| Leicester | | Unitary authority, City | Leicestershire |
| Hounslow | | London borough | Greater London |
| Manchester | | Metropolitan borough, City | Greater Manchester |
| Kingston upon Thames | | London borough, Royal Borough | Greater London |
| Sutton | | London borough | Greater London |
| Slough | | Unitary authority, Borough | Berkshire |
| Barnet | | London borough | Greater London |
| Watford | | Borough | Hertfordshire |
| Croydon | | London borough | Greater London |
| Nottingham | | Unitary authority, City | Nottinghamshire |
| Liverpool | | Metropolitan borough, City | Merseyside |
| Southend-on-Sea | | Unitary authority, Borough | Essex |
| Birmingham | | Metropolitan borough, City | West Midlands |
| Bristol | | Unitary authority, City | Bristol |
| Enfield | | London borough | Greater London |
| Bexley | | London borough | Greater London |
| Reading | | Unitary authority, Borough | Berkshire |
| Blackpool | | Unitary authority, Borough | Lancashire |
| Sandwell | | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
| Wolverhampton | | Metropolitan borough, City | West Midlands |
| Coventry | | Metropolitan borough, City | West Midlands |
| Hull | | Unitary authority, City | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Norwich | | City | Norfolk |
| Brighton & Hove | | Unitary authority, City | East Sussex |
| Ipswich | | Borough | Suffolk |
| Richmond upon Thames | | London borough | Greater London |
| Oxford | | City | Oxfordshire |
| Worthing | | Borough | West Sussex |
| Stevenage | | Borough | Hertfordshire |
| Gosport | | Borough | Hampshire |
| Derby | | Unitary authority, City | Derbyshire |
| Plymouth | | Unitary authority, City | Devon |
| Dudley | | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
| Gloucester | | City | Gloucestershire |
| Hastings | | Borough | East Sussex |
| Cambridge | | City | Cambridgeshire |
| Worcester | | City | Worcestershire |
| City of London | | City, sui generis | City of London |
| Harlow | | | Essex |
| Northampton | | Borough | Northamptonshire |
| Lincoln | | City | Lincolnshire |
| Exeter | | City | Devon |
| Stoke-on-Trent | | Unitary authority, City | Staffordshire |
| Walsall | | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | | Metropolitan borough, City | Tyne and Wear |
| Hillingdon | | London borough | Greater London |
| Salford | | Metropolitan borough, City | Greater Manchester |
| Middlesbrough | | Unitary authority, Borough | North Yorkshire |
| Cheltenham | | Borough | Gloucestershire |
| North Tyneside | | Metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear |
| Crawley | | Borough | West Sussex |
| Tamworth | | Borough | Staffordshire |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | | Unitary authority | Dorset |
| Rushmoor | | Borough | Hampshire |
| Oadby and Wigston | | Borough | Leicestershire |
| Epsom and Ewell | | Borough | Surrey |
| Eastbourne | | Borough | East Sussex |
| South Tyneside | | Metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear |
| Stockport | | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| Havering | | London borough | Greater London |
| Havant | | Borough | Hampshire |
| Trafford | | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| Spelthorne | | Borough | Surrey |
| Bromley | | London borough | Greater London |
| Tameside | | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| Torbay | | Unitary authority, Borough | Devon |
| Wirral | | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
| Bolton | | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| Sunderland | | Metropolitan borough, City | Tyne and Wear |
| Castle Point | | Borough | Essex |
| Bury | | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| Broxbourne | | Borough | Hertfordshire |
| Sefton | | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
| Wigan | | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| Knowsley | | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
| Basildon | | | Essex |
| Oldham | | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| Eastleigh | | Borough | Hampshire |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | | Borough | Warwickshire |
| Halton | | Unitary authority, Borough | Cheshire |
| Woking | | Borough | Surrey |
| Chesterfield | | Borough | Derbyshire |
| Sheffield | | Metropolitan borough, City | South Yorkshire |
| Fareham | | Borough | Hampshire |
| Redditch | | Borough | Worcestershire |
| Adur | | | West Sussex |
| Dartford | | Borough | Kent |
| Bradford | | Metropolitan borough, City | West Yorkshire |
| Elmbridge | | Borough | Surrey |
| Medway | | Unitary authority, Borough | Kent |
| Leeds | | Metropolitan borough, City | West Yorkshire |
| Gateshead | | Metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear |
| Mansfield | | | Nottinghamshire |
| Broxtowe | | Borough | Nottinghamshire |
| Rochdale | | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| Thanet | | | Kent |
| St Helens | | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
| Cannock Chase | | | Staffordshire |
| Solihull | | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
| Ashfield | | | Nottinghamshire |
| Warrington | | Unitary authority, Borough | Cheshire |
| Reigate and Banstead | | Borough | Surrey |
| Runnymede | | Borough | Surrey |
| Bracknell Forest | | Unitary authority, Borough | Berkshire |
| Hyndburn | | Borough | Lancashire |
| Blackburn with Darwen | | Unitary authority, Borough | Lancashire |
| Gravesham | | Borough | Kent |
| Kirklees | | Metropolitan borough | West Yorkshire |
| Thurrock | | Unitary authority, Borough | Essex |
| Erewash | | Borough | Derbyshire |
| Three Rivers | | | Hertfordshire |
| Hertsmere | | Borough | Hertfordshire |
| Wakefield | | Metropolitan borough, City | West Yorkshire |
| Rank | District | Density
| Type of district | Ceremonial county |
| Preston | | City | Lancashire |
| Hartlepool | | Unitary authority, Borough | Durham |
| Gedling | | Borough | Nottinghamshire |
| South Ribble | | Borough | Lancashire |
| Swindon | | Unitary authority, Borough | Wiltshire |
| Stockton-on-Tees | | Unitary authority, Borough | Durham and North Yorkshire |
| Welwyn Hatfield | | | Hertfordshire |
| Wokingham | | Unitary authority | Berkshire |
| Surrey Heath | | Borough | Surrey |
| Rotherham | | Metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire |
| St Albans | | City | Hertfordshire |
| Corby | | Borough | Northamptonshire |
| Milton Keynes | | Unitary authority, Borough | Buckinghamshire |
| Barrow-in-Furness | | Borough | Cumbria |
| North East Lincolnshire | | Unitary authority, Borough | Lincolnshire |
| Burnley | | Borough | Lancashire |
| York | | Unitary authority, City | North Yorkshire |
| Blaby | | | Leicestershire |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | | Unitary authority, Royal Borough | Berkshire |
| Barnsley | | Metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire |
| Dacorum | | Borough | Hertfordshire |
| Arun | | | West Sussex |
| Charnwood | | Borough | Leicestershire |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | | Borough | Staffordshire |
| Telford and Wrekin | | Unitary authority, Borough | Shropshire |
| Peterborough | | Unitary authority, City | Cambridgeshire |
| Colchester | | Borough | Essex |
| Calderdale | | Metropolitan borough | West Yorkshire |
| Chorley | | Borough | Lancashire |
| North Somerset | | Unitary authority | Somerset |
| Great Yarmouth | | Borough | Norfolk |
| South Gloucestershire | | Unitary authority | Gloucestershire |
| Redcar and Cleveland | | Unitary authority, Borough | North Yorkshire |
| Bath and North East Somerset | | Unitary authority | Somerset |
| Doncaster | | Metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire |
| Guildford | | Borough | Surrey |
| Tonbridge and Malling | | Borough | Kent |
| Pendle | | Borough | Lancashire |
| Darlington | | Unitary authority, Borough | Durham |
| Canterbury | | City | Kent |
| Chelmsford | | City | Essex |
| Wyre Forest | | | Worcestershire |
| Rossendale | | Borough | Lancashire |
| Rochford | | | Essex |
| Warwick | | | Warwickshire |
| Brentwood | | Borough | Essex |
| Bolsover | | | Derbyshire |
| Wellingborough | | Borough | Northamptonshire |
| Fylde | | Borough | Lancashire |
| Amber Valley | | Borough | Derbyshire |
| Bromsgrove | | | Worcestershire |
| Mid Sussex | | | West Sussex |
| Hart | | | Hampshire |
| Kettering | | Borough | Northamptonshire |
| Maidstone | | Borough | Kent |
| Tendring | | | Essex |
| Buckinghamshire | | Unitary authority | Buckinghamshire |
| Swale | | Borough | Kent |
| Central Bedfordshire | | Unitary authority | Bedfordshire |
| Wyre | | Borough | Lancashire |
| Epping Forest | | | Essex |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | | Borough | Leicestershire |
| Isle of Wight | | Unitary authority, County | Isle of Wight |
| Cheshire West and Chester | | Unitary authority | Cheshire |
| Dover | | | Kent |
| North East Derbyshire | | | Derbyshire |
| North West Leicestershire | | | Leicestershire |
| Waverley | | Borough | Surrey |
| Bedford | | Unitary authority, Borough | Bedfordshire |
| Tunbridge Wells | | Borough | Kent |
| North Hertfordshire | | | Hertfordshire |
| Tandridge | | | Surrey |
| Lewes | | | East Sussex |
| Mole Valley | | | Surrey |
| West Lancashire | | | Lancashire |
| Cheshire East | | Unitary authority | Cheshire |
| Sevenoaks | | | Kent |
| Folkestone and Hythe | | | Kent |
| Lichfield | | | Staffordshire |
| East Hertfordshire | | | Hertfordshire |
| South Derbyshire | | | Derbyshire |
| East Staffordshire | | Borough | Staffordshire |
| Rugby | | Borough | Warwickshire |
| Rushcliffe | | Borough | Nottinghamshire |
| Basingstoke and Deane | | Borough | Hampshire |
| South Staffordshire | | | Staffordshire |
| Horsham | | | West Sussex |
| Stroud | | | Gloucestershire |
| Cherwell | | | Oxfordshire |
| Lancaster | | City | Lancashire |
| Braintree | | | Essex |
| New Forest | | | Hampshire |
| County Durham | | Unitary authority | County Durham |
| East Hampshire | | | Hampshire |
| Broadland | | | Norfolk |
| Vale of White Horse | | | Oxfordshire |
| North Warwickshire | | Borough | Warwickshire |
| Stafford | | | Staffordshire |
| West Berkshire | | Unitary authority | Berkshire |
| Tewkesbury | | Borough | Gloucestershire |
| Ashford | | Borough | Kent |
| Sedgemoor | | | Somerset |
| South Oxfordshire | | | Oxfordshire |
| North Lincolnshire | | Unitary authority, Borough | Lincolnshire |
| Test Valley | | Borough | Hampshire |
| Teignbridge | | | Devon |
| East Suffolk | | | Suffolk |
| Huntingdonshire | | | Cambridgeshire |
| Wealden | | | East Sussex |
| Wychavon | | | Worcestershire |
| Boston | | Borough | Lincolnshire |
| Winchester | | City | Hampshire |
| Rother | | | East Sussex |
| Newark and Sherwood | | | Nottinghamshire |
| Fenland | | | Cambridgeshire |
| East Northamptonshire | | | Northamptonshire |
| Bassetlaw | | | Nottinghamshire |
| Maldon | | | Essex |
| East Devon | | | Devon |
| South Somerset | | | Somerset |
| South Cambridgeshire | | | Cambridgeshire |
| West Suffolk | | Borough | Suffolk |
| High Peak | | Borough | Derbyshire |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | | | Staffordshire |
| Forest of Dean | | | Gloucestershire |
| Cornwall | | Unitary authority | Cornwall |
| Harborough | | | Leicestershire |
| Mendip | | | Somerset |
| Babergh | | | Suffolk |
| West Oxfordshire | | | Oxfordshire |
| Chichester | | | West Sussex |
| Wiltshire | | Unitary authority | Wiltshire |
| South Norfolk | | | Norfolk |
| South Kesteven | | | Lincolnshire |
| Selby | | | North Yorkshire |
| South Northamptonshire | | | Northamptonshire |
| Dorset | | Unitary authority | Dorset |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | | Unitary authority | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Uttlesford | | | Essex |
| Isles of Scilly | | sui generis | Cornwall |
| East Cambridgeshire | | | Cambridgeshire |
| Malvern Hills | | | Worcestershire |
| Scarborough | | Borough | North Yorkshire |
| Stratford-on-Avon | | | Warwickshire |
| Somerset West and Taunton | | Borough | Somerset |
| Daventry | | | Northamptonshire |
| North Kesteven | | | Lincolnshire |
| South Holland | | | Lincolnshire |
| Harrogate | | | North Yorkshire |
| Mid Suffolk | | | Suffolk |
| North Norfolk | | | Norfolk |
| Breckland | | | Norfolk |
| Melton | | Borough | Leicestershire |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | | Borough | Norfolk |
| Carlisle | | City | Cumbria |
| Rutland | | Unitary authority | Rutland |
| Ribble Valley | | Borough | Lancashire |
| Shropshire | | Unitary authority | Shropshire |
