United Kingdom · North East · Local Authority
Middlesbrough
Unitary authority · North East, England · population ~141k · 58 state-funded schools
Affordable housing comes at a cost to earnings and safety. Middlesbrough's median house price is 4.4 times median annual pay, and rent takes 24.4% of gross median earnings, both favourable figures. However, weekly pay is below the North East median at £671, and recorded crime is the highest in the region at 146.5 per 1,000. Deprivation is also the worst in the North East, with a score of 40.46. The clear strength is education, where 96.5% of pupils attend Good or Outstanding schools. This place suits those prioritising housing affordability and school quality over local job prospects or lower crime rates.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Middlesbrough ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£34,892/yr
Very low
Worse than 92% of UK LAs
House price
£153,500
Most affordable
Better than 96% of UK LAs
Rent
£709/mo
Most affordable
Better than 89% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,549/yr
Most expensive
Worse than 80% of UK LAs
Crime
146.5/1k
Highest
Worse than 99% of UK LAs
Deprivation
40.5
Most deprived
Worse than 99% of UK LAs
Schools
98.2%
Very strong
Better than 88% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
58 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
56 of 57 (98.2%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 1 school is on the post-2024 report-card framework and don't roll up into the legacy total. How we count →
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58 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 58 schools, sortable and filterable.
Schools in Middlesbrough →Places with similar signatures
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Commute times · GP appointment availability · broadband speeds · air quality at LA level · green-space proximity · public transport coverage. These matter for a relocation decision. We'll add them when the source data is reliable nationally and consistent across LA boundaries.