Map shows where Bailiffs in London are most used to collect debts

The London Borough of Croydon sends out the highest number of bailiffs in all of England and Wales to collect debts, according to a new interactive map. It sent out the most bailiffs for debt collection in London between 2022 and 2023, a staggering 86,295 referrals, with 36,122 of these referrals for council tax arrears.
Martin Lewis’s charity, The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, has said councils’ use of bailiffs for debt collection is “grotesque”, and “a