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Overview

West Midlands · Non-metropolitan district

Tamworth

2026/27 view

Tamworth · ONS E07000199

Financial position as at 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

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COUNCIL AT A GLANCE

Who runs the council and its current position

71/ 100
COUNCILMETRICS FINANCIAL HEALTH SCORE

Good

Compared only with non-metropolitan district councils using central government returns.

164 councils in peer group Rank 34 of 164 High confidence 2024/25 outturn · 2026/27 Q1 debt How this is calculated
Reserves cover94
Debt burden47
Liquidity64
Debt direction74
YEAR-ON-YEAR CONTEXT Change from the previous reported period Each measure uses its own official reporting timetable.
Net debt £12.25m 2026/27 Q1 vs 2025/26 Q4
−£2.23m 15.4%
Service expenditure £15.75m 2024/25 vs 2023/24
+£5.11m 48.0%
Unallocated reserves £10.06m 2024/25 vs 2023/24
−£669.0k 6.2%
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 £15.75m
32.8%
2020/21: £11.86m 2021/22: £8.30m 2022/23: £12.19m 2023/24: £10.64m 2024/25: £15.75m
Net revenue expenditure £8.82m
21.4%
2020/21: £7.26m 2021/22: £3.66m 2022/23: £6.78m 2023/24: £1.62m 2024/25: £8.82m
Council Tax requirement £4.76m
17.0%
2020/21: £4.07m 2021/22: £4.18m 2022/23: £4.41m 2023/24: £4.60m 2024/25: £4.76m
Unallocated reserves £10.06m
25.8%
2020/21: £8.00m 2021/22: £9.15m 2022/23: £9.61m 2023/24: £10.73m 2024/25: £10.06m
COUNCILMETRICS COMMUNITY SCORE Share your experience 0 of 25 responses collected before results are published
Score this council
Political controlNot yet recordedAdministration not identified
Council leaderNot identifiedParty not identified
Resident population81,1172024 estimate
Latest net debt£12.25m2026/27 Q1 quarter end
WASTE & RECYCLING

What happens to household waste?

Official Defra measures for Tamworth, with like-for-like comparison against collection authorities.

2024/25
36.3%recycled
Household recycling rate

Recycling rate fell

2.6 percentage points vs 2023/24
139 of 196 peer authorities Peer median 42.1%
Residual waste510.1 kgper household+15.8 kg year on year
Waste collected346.4 kgper resident−4.8 kg year on year
Household waste28,096tonnes collected10,208 tonnes recycled
WHERE HOUSEHOLD WASTE WENT

Recycled versus residual waste

10,208 t recycled, composted or reused 17,888 t not recycled
RECYCLING RATE TREND

10 years of official data

36.3%
2015/16: 45.7%2016/17: 45.8%2017/18: 42.8%2018/19: 39.8%2019/20: 40.4%2020/21: 38.5%2021/22: 38.1%2022/23: 35.4%2023/24: 38.9%2024/25: 36.3%
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 Tamworth.

2024/25
SCHOOLS & PUPILS

Education at a glance

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37 Open schools
10,234 Pupils
12,815 School places
79.9% Capacity utilisation
ATTAINMENT & OUTCOMES

Key Stage 4

Published outcomes for pupils living in Tamworth.

Attainment 8
41.3
West Midlands 44.6
England 46.1
4.8 points below England
English & maths grade 5+
33.6%
West Midlands 41.7%
England 45.4%
11.8 percentage points below England
EBacc entry
39.7%
West Midlands 37.9%
England 40.5%
0.8 percentage points below England
PROGRESS

Progress 8

-0.38

Latest published Progress 8 score, 2023/24.

A score of 0 represents the national average.
TREND

Attainment 8 over time

41.7 18/19
46.1 19/20
47.1 20/21
43.3 21/22
41.0 22/23
40.8 23/24
41.3 24/25
Education context

Tamworth's latest Key Stage 4 outcomes show a mixed picture when compared with West Midlands and England.

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

Housing costs and local earnings

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

2025
Median house price
£240,000
+ 11.6% over five years
Median resident earnings
£38,496
+ 50.4% over five years
House price to earnings
6.23×
Improved from 8.40× five years ago
PRIVATE RENTING

Average monthly private rent

Typical private rental cost across all property types in Tamworth.

£920 / month
+ 0.5% in the last year
July 2026
Tamworth
£920
+ 0.5%
West Midlands
£974
+ 4.5%
England
£1,451
+ 3.8%
Compared with West Midlands £54 less per month
Compared with England £531 less per month
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Housing affordability

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

Tamworth
6.23×
West Midlands
6.80×
England
7.64×
Compared with West Midlands 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 received79this quarter+17 vs 2025 Q4
Applications decided37this quarter−5 vs 2025 Q4
Outstanding applications—at quarter end
97.3%approved
Overall approval rate36 granted1 refused+6.8 pts vs previous quarter
DECISION TIMELINESS

Decisions made within time

97.3%
Rank 55 of 294 reporting authoritiesNational median 92.5%

2.7 percentage points lower than 2025 Q4

APPLICATION MIX

Performance by development type

TypeDecisionsApprovedIn time Major1100.0%100.0% Minor988.9%100.0% Other27100.0%96.3%
QUARTERLY FLOW

Applications through the system

Last 8 quarters
2024 Q2: 492024 Q3: 422024 Q4: 372025 Q1: 752025 Q2: 542025 Q3: 682025 Q4: 622026 Q1: 792024 Q2: 612024 Q3: 452024 Q4: 462025 Q1: 422025 Q2: 372025 Q3: 342025 Q4: 422026 Q1: 37
2024 Q2
Received Decided Outstanding
2026 Q1
HOUSING DELIVERY TEST

Homes delivered against requirement

220%
Required391homes over three years
Delivered861homes over three years
100% requirement
No consequenceHDT 2025 government assessment
CRIME & POLICING

Police-recorded crime

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

Year ending Mar 2026
Recorded offences 5,500 Total police-recorded crime excluding fraud
Crime rate 67.8 offences per 1,000 residents
Annual change − 4.8% compared with the previous year
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Recorded crime rate

Offences per 1,000 residents
Tamworth Your council
67.8 − 4.8%
West Midlands Region
82.2 − 1.2%
England National
83.4 − 1.5%

Tamworth has a recorded crime rate 17.6% below West Midlands. It is 18.7% below the England rate.

OFFENCE PROFILE

Recorded crime by category

Staffordshire
Violence 2,347
28.9 per 1,000 − 2.1%
Theft 1,611
19.9 per 1,000 − 7.8%
Public order 503
6.2 per 1,000 − 6.2%
Criminal damage 346
4.3 per 1,000 − 18.8%
Shoplifting 531
6.5 per 1,000 − 3.3%
Vehicle offences 457
5.6 per 1,000 − 9.7%
Burglary 221
2.7 per 1,000 − 9.4%
Drug offences 171
2.1 per 1,000 − 2.8%
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 Tamworth.

37 schools
Open schools 37
Pupils 10,234
School places 12,815
Capacity used 79.9%
Primary 27 schools
5,819 pupils
Other / specialist 5 schools
473 pupils
Secondary 4 schools
3,518 pupils
16+ provision 1 school
424 pupils
CURRENT POSITION

Inspection coverage

Latest Ofsted management information
Renewed framework 4
10.8% of open schools
Previous full framework 17
45.9% of open schools
Ungraded inspection 10
27.0% of open schools
No Ofsted record 4
10.8% of open schools
No published outcome 2
5.4% of open schools
RENEWED FRAMEWORK

Latest inspection standards

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

Good 10
Requires improvement 1
Not judged 6
LOCAL SCHOOLS

School directory

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School Phase Pupils Capacity Latest Ofsted position
Amington Heath Primary School and Nursery URN 124176 · B77 4EN Primary 191 240 Ungraded inspection
Anker Valley Primary Academy URN 148540 · B79 0FD Primary 146 210 Good
Ankermoor Primary Academy URN 143483 · B77 3NW Primary 99 210 Good
Ashcroft Infants' School URN 124147 · B79 8RU Primary 133 170 Renewed framework
Bird's Bush Primary School URN 144989 · B77 2NE Primary 143 315 Not judged
Coton Green Primary School URN 147826 · B79 8LX Primary 324 420 Not judged
Dosthill Primary School URN 145414 · B77 1LQ Primary 468 630 Not judged
Dunstall Park Primary School URN 150786 · B78 3BQ Primary 95 236 No published outcome
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

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Population 81,117 2024
West Midlands region 6,187,204
Tamworth represents 1.31% of the region's population
Five-year population change
+3,419 residents ↑ 4.4%
2019: 77,698 residents2020: 77,968 residents2021: 78,842 residents2022: 79,664 residents2023: 80,586 residents2024: 81,117 residents
Tamworth +4.4%
West Midlands +4.5%
England +4.3%
Growth context

Tamworth's population grew over five years. Its change was broadly in line with the West Midlands and broadly in line with England.

2019–2024 ONS mid-year estimates
Population estimates and labour-market measures from ONS/Nomis.Official profile
BENEFITS & FINANCIAL PRESSURE

How is Universal Credit changing in Tamworth?

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

DWP · May 2026
PEOPLE ON UNIVERSAL CREDIT 9,675 11.9% of the 2024 resident population May 2026
CHANGE IN 12 MONTHS +4.9% +449 people
LATEST MONTHLY CHANGE +0.5% +52 since April 2026
LOCAL CONTEXT

Universal Credit recipients as a share of population

Comparison using 2024 resident population estimates.

May 2026
Tamworth LOCAL AUTHORITY
11.9%
West Midlands REGION
13.9%
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
9,675 9,051 8,426
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
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
£15.75m 2024/25 actual outturn
Net revenue expenditure
£8.82m 2024/25 actual outturn
Council Tax requirement
£4.76m 2024/25 actual outturn
Unallocated reserves
£10.06m 2024/25 actual outturn
Service expenditure per resident £194
Median for councils of the same type £166 17.3% above peer median
2024/25 SERVICE SPENDING

Where the money was spent

Net current expenditure after service income.

Actual outturn
Environmental and regulatory services Gross £5.82m · Income £1.12m
£4.70m
Culture and related services Gross £6.31m · Income £2.15m
£4.16m
Planning and development Gross £4.26m · Income £1.46m
£2.80m
Central services Gross £14.24m · Income £11.54m
£2.70m
Housing Gross £2.58m · Income £597.0k
£1.98m
Highways and transport Gross £584.0k · Income £1.18m
£-597.0k
CORE FUNDING

Selected funding sources

Major financing lines in the central return.

Council Tax requirement£4.76m
Retained business rates£625.0k
Revenue Support Grant£322.0k
UNALLOCATED RESERVES

Financial buffer

General unallocated reserves during the year.

Opening £10.73m
Closing £10.06m
£669.0k decrease 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
£63.06m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Investments and cash
£50.81m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Net debt
£12.25m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Net debt per resident
£151 Per resident using latest population
This council's net debt per resident £151
Median for non-metropolitan district councils £95 58.6% higher than the peer median
QUARTERLY TREND

Borrowing, investments and net debt

2020/21 Q1 to 2026/27 Q1.

£2.23m quarterly reduction
2020/21 Q12021/22 Q32023/24 Q12024/25 Q32026/27 Q1
Latest quarterly movement −£2.23m −15.4%
Change across the series +£18.26m 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£63.06m
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
£5.85m Total outstanding at financial year-end
Collection rate
97.47% Collected against the in-year debit
Council tax written off
£54,000 Written off during the financial year
Council tax collected
£51.90m 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
£5.85m
CHANGE SINCE 2021/22
+ 74.1%
+ £2.49m
ENGLAND CHANGE
+49.5%
£3.36m 2021/22 £4.00m 2022/23 £4.51m 2023/24 £5.09m 2024/25 £5.85m 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.

£5.85m outstanding
CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR £1.44m

24.7% of outstanding arrears

EARLIER FINANCIAL YEARS £4.40m

75.3% 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 97.47%

England average: 95.60%  ·  1.87 percentage points above 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

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CONTRACTS

Largest contracts

Explore all 0 contracts
ContractSupplierStatusEnd dateOriginal value
SUPPLIERS

Largest supplier exposure

Dated transactions
SupplierPaymentsPublished expenditure
PROVENANCE

Source documents

39 imported
DocumentDatasetPeriodStatusOfficial source
Housing Delivery Test 2025 results — Tamworthmhclg housing delivery testHDT 2025–HDT 2025importedOpen
MHCLG district planning application decisions (PS2) — Tamworthmhclg planning ps21979 Q2–2026 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG district planning application statistics (PS1) — Tamworthmhclg planning ps11996 Q2–2026 Q1importedOpen
Defra local authority waste statistics — Tamworth Borough Councildefra local authority waste2010/11–2024/25importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2023/24 — Tamworthmhclg revenue outturn rsx2023/24importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2023/24 — Tamworthmhclg revenue outturn rs2023/24importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2022/23 — Tamworthmhclg revenue outturn rsx2022/23importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2022/23 — Tamworthmhclg revenue outturn rs2022/23importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2021/22 — Tamworthmhclg revenue outturn rsx2021/22importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2021/22 — Tamworthmhclg revenue outturn rs2021/22importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2020/21 — Tamworthmhclg revenue outturn rsx2020/21importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2020/21 — Tamworthmhclg revenue outturn rs2020/21importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q4 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q3 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q2 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q1 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q4 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q3 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q2 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q1 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q4 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q3 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q2 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q1 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q4 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q3 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q2 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q1 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q4 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q3 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q2 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q1 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q4 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q3 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q2 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q1 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2026/27 Q1 — Tamworthmhclg borrowing investment2026/27 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2024/25 — Tamworthmhclg revenue outturn rsx2024/25importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2024/25 — Tamworthmhclg 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.