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NHS dental access rankings

Postcode districts ranked by NHS-linked dentists per 100,000 residents. We combine CQC practice locations with ONS population estimates.

2,362 Districts with population data
609 Under 5 NHS dentists per 100k
978 Under 10 NHS dentists per 100k
49 Over 50 NHS dentists per 100k

UK median: 12.11 NHS dentists per 100,000 residents. Dentist List currently flags districts below 25 per 100k as underserved for comparison.

Most underserved areas

Lowest NHS dentists per 100,000 residents.

# Postcode NHS dentists Per 100k
1 UB11 0 0.0
2 OX44 0 0.0
3 PO17 0 0.0
4 PR26 0 0.0
5 SW1X 0 0.0
6 MK15 0 0.0
7 GL13 0 0.0
8 PO36 0 0.0
9 NG32 0 0.0
10 NE17 0 0.0
11 BN13 0 0.0
12 TA12 0 0.0
13 NE48 0 0.0
14 WC1E 0 0.0
15 SO17 0 0.0
16 EC4V 0 0.0
17 BA22 0 0.0
18 IP16 0 0.0
19 SY25 0 0.0
20 ME11 0 0.0
21 PL35 0 0.0
22 NP25 0 0.0
23 EC4Y 0 0.0
24 PO35 0 0.0
25 DL11 0 0.0
26 LE14 0 0.0
27 TR12 0 0.0
28 NE18 0 0.0
29 ME19 0 0.0
30 TA14 0 0.0
31 EC4M 0 0.0
32 IP27 0 0.0
33 CA24 0 0.0
34 LA13 0 0.0
35 PL34 0 0.0
36 GU33 0 0.0
37 WR12 0 0.0
38 TA13 0 0.0
39 PO18 0 0.0
40 ST11 0 0.0
41 CV35 0 0.0
42 IP10 0 0.0
43 MK46 0 0.0
44 NR22 0 0.0
45 PE23 0 0.0
46 BN99 0 0.0
47 RG19 0 0.0
48 NR24 0 0.0
49 RG23 0 0.0
50 EX24 0 0.0

Best served areas

Highest NHS dentists per 100,000 residents.

# Postcode NHS dentists Per 100k
1 W1G 21 1187.8
2 WC2A 2 454.6
3 WC2R 1 442.5
4 B2 2 433.8
5 W1S 1 330.0
6 WC1V 1 300.3
7 WC2H 6 294.1
8 EC2M 1 289.9
9 W1D 2 275.1
10 EC1A 4 269.5
11 EC1M 4 258.7
12 SW1Y 1 251.9
13 WC1A 1 247.5
14 WC2N 1 213.7
15 EC3R 1 196.5
16 LS1 5 155.4
17 YO1 9 150.1
18 W1U 6 123.6
19 W1W 5 113.8
20 EC1Y 4 108.8
21 W1K 2 95.7
22 HU1 3 91.1
23 DN1 9 81.8
24 IP18 3 78.1
25 TN32 4 72.5
26 HU2 3 70.9
27 B72 7 69.9
28 W1T 2 65.5
29 GU26 5 62.3
30 PE5 1 60.5
31 GL50 13 60.5
32 NG1 10 60.2
33 HP11 10 59.9
34 HD1 15 59.7
35 WR1 6 58.0
36 KT14 8 57.3
37 L2 1 56.5
38 DT1 12 56.2
39 NE45 2 56.2
40 S45 8 55.6
41 HP20 9 55.6
42 W1F 1 54.4
43 MK40 21 54.0
44 TN9 10 52.8
45 CV32 17 51.6
46 PO41 1 51.5
47 BA20 6 50.7
48 TR1 12 50.5
49 RH9 3 50.1
50 CA9 1 49.3

How these rankings are calculated

Dentist counts are the number of active NHS-linked dental practices with known coordinates in each postcode district.

Population data comes from ONS mid-year estimates and NISRA data for Northern Ireland. Scotland data is not yet included.

Dentists per 100k = (dentist_count ÷ population) × 100,000. Dentist List currently uses 25 per 100k as a comparison threshold for underserved districts. The UK median across all recorded districts is 12.11 per 100k.

Last computed: 07 October 2026. Recalculated after each data import. Population data only available for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

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