North East · Unitary authority

Middlesbrough

2026/27 view

Middlesbrough · ONS E06000002

Financial position as at 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

COUNCIL AT A GLANCE

Who runs the council and its current position

44/ 100
COUNCILMETRICS FINANCIAL HEALTH SCORE

Under pressure

Compared only with unitary authority councils using central government returns.

63 councils in peer group Rank 41 of 63 High confidence 2024/25 outturn · 2026/27 Q1 debt How this is calculated
Reserves cover59
Debt burden31
Liquidity32
Debt direction53
YEAR-ON-YEAR CONTEXT Change from the previous reported period Each measure uses its own official reporting timetable.
Net debt £248.74m 2026/27 Q1 vs 2025/26 Q4
−£16.43m 6.2%
Service expenditure £295.99m 2024/25 vs 2023/24
+£16.05m 5.7%
Unallocated reserves £11.10m 2024/25 vs 2023/24
+£114.0k 1.0%
FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL TREND

How this council's finances have changed

Official annual outturn. Each line uses its own scale so direction remains easy to read.

Through 2024/25
Service expenditure £295.99m
24.4%
2020/21: £237.91m 2021/22: £242.41m 2022/23: £252.52m 2023/24: £279.94m 2024/25: £295.99m
Net revenue expenditure £146.99m
10.2%
2020/21: £133.37m 2021/22: £126.78m 2022/23: £128.78m 2023/24: £141.31m 2024/25: £146.99m
Council Tax requirement £71.44m
21.7%
2020/21: £58.71m 2021/22: £60.61m 2022/23: £63.78m 2023/24: £67.31m 2024/25: £71.44m
Unallocated reserves £11.10m
5.7%
2020/21: £10.50m 2021/22: £11.18m 2022/23: £12.04m 2023/24: £10.99m 2024/25: £11.10m
COUNCILMETRICS COMMUNITY SCORE Share your experience 0 of 25 responses collected before results are published
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ROADS & HIGHWAYS

How well are the roads being maintained?

Official DfT condition data, showing the share of each road class requiring maintenance investigation.

2024/25
Unclassified roads—%requiring maintenance investigation
A roads & motorways1.0%requiring maintenance investigation−0.0 pts vs 2023/24
Rank 1 / 149peer median 4.0%
B & C roads1.0%requiring maintenance investigation−0.0 pts vs 2023/24
Rank 1 / 133peer median 5.0%
A roads & motorways1.0% red
Good 88.0%Amber 11.0%Red 1.0%
B & C roads1.0% red
Good 85.0%Amber 13.0%Red 1.0%
ROAD CONDITION TREND

Red condition over time

Lower is better
2015/16: 3.0%2016/17: 1.0%2017/18: 1.0%2018/19: 2.0%2019/20: 1.0%2020/21: 2.0%2021/22: 1.0%2022/23: 1.0%2023/24: 1.0%2024/25: 1.0%2015/16: 1.0%2016/17: 1.0%2017/18: 1.0%2018/19: 1.0%2019/20: 1.0%2020/21: 1.0%2021/22: 1.0%2022/23: 1.0%2023/24: 1.0%2024/25: 1.0%2015/16: 10.0%2016/17: 12.0%2017/18: 13.0%2018/19: 16.0%2019/20: 16.0%2020/21: 15.0%2021/22: 17.0%2022/23: 35.0%2023/24: 26.0%
2015/162024/25
A roadsB & C roadsUnclassified
2024/25 MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY

Network treated during the year

A roads7.6%34 km network
B, C & unclassified1.5%528 km network
Strengthening0.0%Resurfacing7.6%Preservation0.0%
Official DfT road condition statistics · Lower red percentages indicate fewer roads requiring investigation.View source
WASTE & RECYCLING

What happens to household waste?

Official Defra measures for Middlesbrough, with like-for-like comparison against unitary authorities.

2024/25
21.5%recycled
Household recycling rate

Recycling rate fell

2.3 percentage points vs 2023/24
94 of 96 peer authorities Peer median 39.0%
Residual waste721.4 kgper household+7.2 kg year on year
Waste collected390.3 kgper resident−16.1 kg year on year
Household waste60,968tonnes collected13,093 tonnes recycled
WHERE HOUSEHOLD WASTE WENT

Recycled versus residual waste

13,093 t recycled, composted or reused 47,875 t not recycled
RECYCLING RATE TREND

10 years of official data

21.5%
2015/16: 33.7%2016/17: 33.7%2017/18: 33.1%2018/19: 33.5%2019/20: 31.7%2020/21: 28.6%2021/22: 29.8%2022/23: 23.1%2023/24: 23.8%2024/25: 21.5%
2015/162024/25
Official Defra waste statistics · Annual local-authority return · Figures may not sum exactly because of published rounding.View source
EDUCATION

Schools and education

Schools, pupil numbers and latest education outcomes across Middlesbrough.

2024/25
SCHOOLS & PUPILS

Education at a glance

Explore schools
66 Open schools
25,470 Pupils
26,674 School places
95.5% Capacity utilisation
ATTAINMENT & OUTCOMES

Key Stage 4

Published outcomes for pupils living in Middlesbrough.

Attainment 8
41.9
North East 44.2
England 46.1
4.2 points below England
English & maths grade 5+
38.3%
North East 43.3%
England 45.4%
7.1 percentage points below England
EBacc entry
31.7%
North East 36.3%
England 40.5%
8.8 percentage points below England
PROGRESS

Progress 8

-0.42

Latest published Progress 8 score, 2023/24.

A score of 0 represents the national average.
TREND

Attainment 8 over time

42.2 18/19
46.2 19/20
47.5 20/21
44.4 21/22
41.1 22/23
40.6 23/24
41.9 24/25
Education context

Middlesbrough's latest Key Stage 4 outcomes are below both North East and England benchmarks across all three headline measures.

Department for Education · Key Stage 4 performance · Pupil residency
HOUSING & AFFORDABILITY

Housing costs and local earnings

House prices and affordability for Middlesbrough, based on the earnings of local residents.

2025
Median house price
£153,500
+ 13.7% over five years
Median resident earnings
£35,177
+ 32.0% over five years
PRIVATE RENTING

Average monthly private rent

Typical private rental cost across all property types in Middlesbrough.

£699 / month
+ 4.7% in the last year
July 2026
Middlesbrough
£699
+ 4.7%
North East
£783
+ 6.3%
England
£1,451
+ 3.8%
Compared with North East £84 less per month
Compared with England £752 less per month
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Housing affordability

Median house price as a multiple of median resident earnings. Lower is more affordable.

Middlesbrough
4.36×
North East
4.94×
England
7.64×
Compared with North East More affordable
Compared with England More affordable
Source: Office for National Statistics · Housing affordability in England and Wales · House prices year ending September · Residence-based earnings
PLANNING & HOUSING DELIVERY

Is development moving through the system?

Quarterly planning decisions and the government's latest three-year Housing Delivery Test.

2026 Q1
Applications received97this quarter+13 vs 2025 Q4
Applications decided79this quarter+3 vs 2025 Q4
Outstanding applications—at quarter end
72.2%approved
Overall approval rate57 granted22 refused+1.1 pts vs previous quarter
DECISION TIMELINESS

Decisions made within time

87.3%
Rank 216 of 294 reporting authoritiesNational median 92.5%

0.8 percentage points lower than 2025 Q4

APPLICATION MIX

Performance by development type

TypeDecisionsApprovedIn time Major10.0%100.0% Minor1384.6%100.0% Other6570.8%84.6%
QUARTERLY FLOW

Applications through the system

Last 8 quarters
2024 Q2: 742024 Q3: 802024 Q4: 932025 Q1: 902025 Q2: 822025 Q3: 702025 Q4: 842026 Q1: 972024 Q2: 782024 Q3: 782024 Q4: 792025 Q1: 942025 Q2: 782025 Q3: 682025 Q4: 762026 Q1: 79
HOUSING DELIVERY TEST

Homes delivered against requirement

174%
Required767homes over three years
Delivered1,335homes over three years
100% requirement
No consequenceHDT 2025 government assessment
CRIME & POLICING

Police-recorded crime

Latest police-recorded crime figures for Middlesbrough, excluding fraud.

Year ending Mar 2026
Recorded offences 23,419 Total police-recorded crime excluding fraud
Crime rate 150.0 offences per 1,000 residents
Annual change + 0.7% compared with the previous year
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Recorded crime rate

Offences per 1,000 residents
Middlesbrough Your council
150.0 + 0.7%
North East Region
97.8 + 0.5%
England National
83.4 − 1.5%

Middlesbrough has a recorded crime rate 53.3% above North East. It is 79.7% above the England rate.

OFFENCE PROFILE

Recorded crime by category

Cleveland
Violence 8,336
53.4 per 1,000 − 0.5%
Theft 6,200
39.7 per 1,000 − 3.2%
Public order 2,130
13.6 per 1,000 + 1.7%
Criminal damage 3,069
19.7 per 1,000 + 0.1%
Shoplifting 2,469
15.8 per 1,000 + 23.5%
Vehicle offences 1,206
7.7 per 1,000 − 17.5%
Burglary 1,007
6.4 per 1,000 − 22.2%
Drug offences 1,121
7.2 per 1,000 − 0.7%
ONS / Home Office · Police-recorded crime · Community Safety Partnership data
SCHOOLS & OFSTED

Schools and inspection outcomes

Open schools, pupil numbers and the latest published Ofsted inspection position for Middlesbrough.

66 schools
Open schools 66
Pupils 25,470
School places 26,674
Capacity used 95.5%
Primary 41 schools
15,183 pupils
Other / specialist 15 schools
921 pupils
Secondary 8 schools
9,366 pupils
16+ provision 2 schools
0 pupils
CURRENT POSITION

Inspection coverage

Latest Ofsted management information
Renewed framework 7
10.6% of open schools
Previous full framework 30
45.5% of open schools
Ungraded inspection 19
28.8% of open schools
No Ofsted record 9
13.6% of open schools
No published outcome 1
1.5% of open schools
RENEWED FRAMEWORK

Latest inspection standards

7 schools assessed
Achievement 7 assessed
Needs attention 3
Expected standard 2
Strong standard 2
Attendance & behaviour 7 assessed
Expected standard 3
Strong standard 3
Needs attention 1
Curriculum & teaching 7 assessed
Needs attention 3
Expected standard 2
Strong standard 2
Inclusion 7 assessed
Expected standard 4
Strong standard 3
Leadership & governance 7 assessed
Expected standard 5
Strong standard 2
Personal development 7 assessed
Expected standard 4
Strong standard 3
Safeguarding 7 assessed
Met 7
PREVIOUS FRAMEWORK

Legacy Ofsted ratings

These ratings apply only to schools whose latest full inspection remains under the previous Ofsted framework. Schools assessed under the renewed framework are shown separately above.

Outstanding 1
Good 18
Not judged 11
LOCAL SCHOOLS

School directory

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School Phase Pupils Capacity Latest Ofsted position
Abingdon Primary School URN 150095 · TS1 3JR Primary 565 525 Good
Acklam Whin Primary School URN 151369 · TS5 8SQ Primary 477 420 Ungraded inspection
Archibald Primary School URN 145623 · TS5 4DY Primary 479 420 Ungraded inspection
Ayresome Primary School URN 146770 · TS1 4NT Primary 705 630 Good
Beech Grove Primary School URN 111577 · TS4 3AP Primary 402 486 Ungraded inspection
Berwick Hills Primary School URN 111626 · TS3 7QH Primary 321 315 Good
Brambles Primary Academy URN 138559 · TS3 9DB Primary 359 341 Not judged
Breckon Hill Primary School URN 150090 · TS4 2DS Primary 541 630 Ungraded inspection
School information: Get Information about Schools (GIAS). Inspection information: Ofsted monthly management information. Inspection frameworks differ over time, so renewed-framework standards and previous overall effectiveness grades are shown separately.
Published expenditure£0.00No spending file imported
Revenue budget£0.00Not imported
Reported overspend£0.00Not imported outturn
Contracts00 active
Identified suppliers0Normalised entities
PEOPLE AND PLACE

Population snapshot

View full People profile
Population 156,161 2024
North East region 2,760,678
Middlesbrough represents 5.66% of the region's population
Five-year population change
+14,027 residents ↑ 9.9%
2019: 142,134 residents2020: 142,459 residents2021: 143,943 residents2022: 149,339 residents2023: 153,639 residents2024: 156,161 residents
Middlesbrough +9.9%
North East +4.7%
England +4.3%
Growth context

Middlesbrough's population grew over five years. Its change was 5.2 percentage points above the North East and 5.6 percentage points above England.

2019–2024 ONS mid-year estimates
Population estimates and labour-market measures from ONS/Nomis.Official profile
PUBLIC HEALTH

How healthy are people in Middlesbrough?

Life expectancy, early mortality, lifestyle and prevention measures from the Public Health Outcomes Framework.

OHID · latest available
LIFE EXPECTANCY

How does Middlesbrough compare with England?

Latest published life expectancy at birth, shown against the matching England figure.

2025
Male 76.9 years
3.1 years lower than England
England 80.0
Female 81.6 years
2.2 years lower than England
England 83.8
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY

Years expected in good health

Healthy life expectancy is considerably different from total life expectancy: it estimates how many years are expected to be lived in good health.

Male
53.9
7.0 year s below England
England 60.9
Female
54.2
7.1 year s below England
England 61.3
2022 - 24
EARLY MORTALITY

Deaths and premature mortality

Age-standardised mortality rates and the latest published suicide rate.

Preventable mortality 2024
239.9 per 100,000
England 145.8
Worse
Cardiovascular disease 2025
99.3 per 100,000
England 71.5
Worse
Cancer 2025
154.7 per 100,000
England 114.6
Worse
Liver disease 2025
25.8 per 100,000
England 19.4
Similar
Respiratory disease 2025
45.3 per 100,000
England 31.5
Worse
Suicide rate 2022 - 24
20.2 per 100,000
England 10.9
Worse
HEALTH & LIFESTYLE

Behaviours and health risks

Smoking, excess weight, physical activity and alcohol-related harm.

Adult smoking 2024
Middlesbrough 14.1% England 10.4%
Worse
Adults overweight or obese 2024/25
Middlesbrough 69.7% England 68.0%
Worse
Physically active adults 2024/25
Middlesbrough 54.9% England 64.6%
Worse
Alcohol-related admissions 2023/24
Middlesbrough 667.5 England 504.1
Rate per 100,000 Worse
CHILDREN & PREVENTION

Prevention and healthy development

Child health, physical activity, vaccination and screening coverage.

Reception overweight or obese 2024/25
28.4%
Middlesbrough 28.4% England 23.5%
Council compared with England Worse
Year 6 overweight or obese 2024/25
40.3%
Middlesbrough 40.3% England 36.2%
Council compared with England Worse
Physically active children 2024/25
38.3%
Middlesbrough 38.3% England 49.1%
Council compared with England Worse
MMR two-dose coverage 2024/25
82.5%
Middlesbrough 82.5% England 83.7%
Council compared with England Similar
Bowel cancer screening 2025
69.0%
Middlesbrough 69.0% England 72.9%
Council compared with England Worse
WIDER HEALTH

Other measures affecting population health

Selected wider indicators that help describe health and wellbeing across the area.

Dementia diagnosis rate 2026
74.5 per 100
England 66.3 per 100 Similar
Air pollution mortality 2024
4.5%
England 5.3% Not compared
Latest available measures can cover different reporting periods. England comparison is the classification published with the OHID measure. Public Health Outcomes Framework
BENEFITS & FINANCIAL PRESSURE

How is Universal Credit changing in Middlesbrough?

People receiving Universal Credit and how the caseload has changed over the latest 24 months.

DWP · May 2026
PEOPLE ON UNIVERSAL CREDIT 29,171 18.7% of the 2024 resident population May 2026
CHANGE IN 12 MONTHS +8.8% +2,364 people
LATEST MONTHLY CHANGE +0.6% +188 since April 2026
LOCAL CONTEXT

Universal Credit recipients as a share of population

Comparison using 2024 resident population estimates.

May 2026
Middlesbrough LOCAL AUTHORITY
18.7%
North East REGION
14.6%
England COUNTRY
12.3%
Percentage of the resident population receiving Universal Credit. This is not an unemployment rate.
24-MONTH TREND

People receiving Universal Credit

Monthly caseload recorded on the DWP Universal Credit system.

June 2024 May 2026
29,171 26,615 24,059
June 2024 May 2026
What does this measure?

Universal Credit provides financial support to people who are on a low income or out of work. These figures count people receiving Universal Credit, not households and not the number of people who are unemployed.

DWP Stat-Xplore
AIR QUALITY

How clean is the air?

Long-term particulate pollution across the council area, alongside measurements from local UK-AIR monitoring stations.

Defra 2,024
POPULATION-WEIGHTED ANNUAL MEAN

Fine particulate matter

5.9 µg/m³

PM2.5 · 2,024

Human-related sources 5.6 µg/m³
Other sources 0.4 µg/m³
Modelled population-weighted annual concentration across the local authority area. This is not a live sensor reading.
LONG-TERM TREND

PM2.5 over time

41.9%
10.2 5.8
2011: 10.23 µg/m³ 2012: 9.65 µg/m³ 2013: 9.73 µg/m³ 2014: 9.94 µg/m³ 2015: 7.29 µg/m³ 2016: 7.67 µg/m³ 2017: 7.74 µg/m³ 2018: 8.03 µg/m³ 2019: 8.05 µg/m³ 2020: 5.84 µg/m³ 2021: 6.95 µg/m³ 2022: 7.93 µg/m³ 2023: 6.54 µg/m³ 2024: 5.95 µg/m³
2011 2024
Since 2011 ↓ 41.9%
5 years ↓ 26.1%
10 years ↓ 40.1%
CURRENT MONITORING

Latest station measurement

UK-AIR
PM2.5 1.0 µg/m³
Provisional
Last 24 hours 0.0 – 4.0 µg/m³
2026-09-22 02:00:00+01: 2.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 03:00:00+01: 0.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 04:00:00+01: 0.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 05:00:00+01: 0.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 06:00:00+01: 2.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 07:00:00+01: 3.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 08:00:00+01: 3.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 09:00:00+01: 1.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 10:00:00+01: 0.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 11:00:00+01: 0.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 12:00:00+01: 0.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 13:00:00+01: 0.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 14:00:00+01: 1.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 15:00:00+01: 0.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 16:00:00+01: 0.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 17:00:00+01: 0.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 18:00:00+01: 0.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 19:00:00+01: 3.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 20:00:00+01: 3.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 21:00:00+01: 0.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 22:00:00+01: 4.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 23:00:00+01: 3.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-23 00:00:00+01: 1.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-23 01:00:00+01: 1.0 µg/m³
Middlesbrough Automatic Urban and Rural Monitoring Network (AURN); Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network; PAH Digitel (solid phase) · Urban Background Latest measurement: 2026-09-23 01:00:00+01

This is a measurement from an individual monitoring station and should not be interpreted as the current concentration across the whole council area.

HEALTH IMPACT

Particulate air pollution

4.5% of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution
2024 Not compared

This OHID measure estimates the mortality burden associated with particulate air pollution. It is a health-impact measure, not a pollution concentration.

Annual PM2.5 is Defra Pollution Climate Mapping data. Monitoring readings are station-specific UK-AIR measurements and may be provisional. Defra source
HOUSING LICENSING

HMOs and property licensing

Coverage not assessedNational HMO explorer
Licensed HMOsAwaiting registerOnly licensed properties will be counted
Register accessNot assessedNo register record available
Identifiable HMO expenditureNot identifiableNot separately described in published transactions
Inspection and enforcement dataAwaiting dataNo activity source imported yet
Coverage note

A licensed HMO register has not yet been located for this council. CouncilMetrics does not estimate HMO expenditure from broad housing or social-care descriptions.

FINANCE

How this council raises and spends money

Comparable official outturn for 2024/25, reported to central government.

MHCLG official outturn
Total service expenditure
£295.99m 2024/25 actual outturn
Net revenue expenditure
£146.99m 2024/25 actual outturn
Council Tax requirement
£71.44m 2024/25 actual outturn
Unallocated reserves
£11.10m 2024/25 actual outturn
Service expenditure per resident £1,895
Median for councils of the same type £1,777 6.7% above peer median
2024/25 SERVICE SPENDING

Where the money was spent

Net current expenditure after service income.

Actual outturn
Education Gross £89.97m · Income £6.27m
£83.70m
Children's social care Gross £81.52m · Income £4.77m
£76.76m
Adult social care Gross £126.18m · Income £55.64m
£70.53m
Public health Gross £21.49m · Income £2.21m
£19.27m
Environmental and regulatory services Gross £21.82m · Income £5.94m
£15.88m
Housing Gross £9.53m · Income £1.87m
£7.67m
Highways and transport Gross £13.43m · Income £6.50m
£6.93m
Culture and related services Gross £10.02m · Income £3.68m
£6.33m
Planning and development Gross £8.42m · Income £3.59m
£4.82m
Central services Gross £41.35m · Income £37.65m
£3.70m
Other services Gross £6.22m · Income £5.83m
£391.0k
CORE FUNDING

Selected funding sources

Major financing lines in the central return.

Council Tax requirement£71.44m
Retained business rates£62.66m
Revenue Support Grant£15.12m
UNALLOCATED RESERVES

Financial buffer

General unallocated reserves during the year.

Opening £10.99m
Closing £11.10m
£114.0k increase during 2024/25
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Revenue Outturn RS and RSX · values shown in pounds Official dataset
BORROWING AND INVESTMENTS

Balance-sheet position

A point-in-time view of debt and liquid investments at the end of 2026/27 Q1.

MHCLG quarterly return
Outstanding borrowing
£283.58m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Investments and cash
£34.83m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Net debt
£248.74m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Net debt per resident
£1,593 Per resident using latest population
This council's net debt per resident £1,593
Median for unitary authority councils £1,104 44.3% higher than the peer median
QUARTERLY TREND

Borrowing, investments and net debt

2020/21 Q1 to 2026/27 Q1.

£16.43m quarterly reduction
2020/21 Q12021/22 Q32023/24 Q12024/25 Q32026/27 Q1
Latest quarterly movement −£16.43m −6.2%
Change across the series +£81.34m Net debt since 2020/21 Q1
What changed?

Net debt reduced during the latest quarter as the balance between borrowing and investments improved.

BORROWING COMPOSITION

Where the borrowing sits

PWLB, other longer-term borrowing and short-term borrowing.

2026/27 Q1
Public Works Loan Board£240.49m
Other longer-term borrowing£27.85m
Short-term borrowing£15.24m
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment live table · 2026/27 Q1 · values shown in pounds Official dataset
COUNCIL TAX & COLLECTION

How much council tax remains unpaid?

Council tax collection, outstanding arrears and write-offs reported to central government.

MHCLG 2025/26
Outstanding arrears
£54.80m Total outstanding at financial year-end
Collection rate
92.85% Collected against the in-year debit
Council tax written off
£72,000 Written off during the financial year
Council tax collected
£87.85m Receipts relating to the financial year
FIVE-YEAR TREND

How has unpaid council tax changed?

Outstanding arrears at each financial year-end.

2021/22–2025/26
OUTSTANDING ARREARS 2025/26
£54.80m
CHANGE SINCE 2021/22
+ 32.3%
+ £13.39m
ENGLAND CHANGE
+49.5%
£41.42m 2021/22 £44.88m 2022/23 £48.05m 2023/24 £50.95m 2024/25 £54.80m 2025/26

Figures represent total outstanding council tax balances, including arrears carried forward from earlier years. Changes in council boundaries can affect historical comparisons.

OUTSTANDING ARREARS

Where does the unpaid council tax come from?

Breakdown of outstanding balances at the end of 2025/26.

£54.80m outstanding
CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR £8.12m

14.8% of outstanding arrears

EARLIER FINANCIAL YEARS £46.68m

85.2% of outstanding arrears

Current-year arrears Earlier-years arrears

Earlier-years arrears represent unpaid council tax carried forward from previous financial years. These figures do not identify individual households or establish whether balances are recoverable.

COLLECTION PERFORMANCE

How does this council compare?

England 2025/26
In-year collection rate 92.85%

England average: 95.60%  ·  2.75 percentage points below England

Outstanding arrears include unpaid balances from earlier financial years and are not the same as council tax uncollected during 2025/26. Monetary values are rounded for display. Official MHCLG source

SPENDING

Published directorate expenditure

Explore all 0 records
CONTRACTS

Largest contracts

Explore all 0 contracts
ContractSupplierStatusEnd dateOriginal value
SUPPLIERS

Largest supplier exposure

Dated transactions
SupplierPaymentsPublished expenditure
PROVENANCE

Source documents

40 imported
DocumentDatasetPeriodStatusOfficial source
Housing Delivery Test 2025 results — Middlesbroughmhclg housing delivery testHDT 2025–HDT 2025importedOpen
MHCLG district planning application decisions (PS2) — Middlesbroughmhclg planning ps21987 Q4–2026 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG district planning application statistics (PS1) — Middlesbroughmhclg planning ps11998 Q2–2026 Q1importedOpen
DfT road condition statistics — Middlesbrough UAdft local road condition2007/08–2024/25importedOpen
Defra local authority waste statistics — Middlesbrough Borough Councildefra local authority waste2010/11–2024/25importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2023/24 — Middlesbrough UAmhclg revenue outturn rsx2023/24importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2023/24 — Middlesbrough UAmhclg revenue outturn rs2023/24importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2022/23 — Middlesbroughmhclg revenue outturn rsx2022/23importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2022/23 — Middlesbroughmhclg revenue outturn rs2022/23importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2021/22 — Middlesbroughmhclg revenue outturn rsx2021/22importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2021/22 — Middlesbroughmhclg revenue outturn rs2021/22importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2020/21 — Middlesbrough UAmhclg revenue outturn rsx2020/21importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2020/21 — Middlesbrough UAmhclg revenue outturn rs2020/21importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q4 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q3 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q2 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q1 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q4 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q3 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q2 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q1 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q4 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q3 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q2 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q1 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q4 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q3 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q2 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q1 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q4 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q3 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q2 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q1 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q4 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q3 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q2 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q1 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2026/27 Q1 — Middlesbroughmhclg borrowing investment2026/27 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2024/25 — Middlesbrough UAmhclg revenue outturn rsx2024/25importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2024/25 — Middlesbrough UAmhclg revenue outturn rs2024/25importedOpen
How to read these figures and the Financial Health Score

Budget summaries and financial positions retain the reporting year and assurance status of their original source. Draft or unaudited values are labelled separately from audited outturn figures. The Financial Health Score uses reserves cover, net debt per resident, liquidity and quarterly debt direction from central MHCLG returns. Each component is converted to a percentile among councils of the same authority type; available components are weighted 35%, 30%, 20% and 15% respectively. A score is published only when at least three components covering 65% of the weighting are available. It is a comparative financial indicator, not an assessment of service quality or political performance.