For the first time the Stability Index, published for the last two years by children's commissioner Anne Longfield, includes council-level data.
Longfield claims that the increasing proportion of teenagers entering the system over the last five years is contributing to high rates of instability experienced by looked-after children by local authorities across the country.
This is because older children are more likely to experience instability, such as a placement move, or a school or social worker change.
This year the index shows that the number of teenagers in care rose by 21 per cent between 2012/13 and 2017/18, while the rate for the youngest children aged from birth to five, fell by 15 per cent.
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