United Kingdom · North East · Local Authority
Redcar and Cleveland
Unitary authority · North East, England · population ~137k · 58 state-funded schools
Affordable living comes at the cost of educational outcomes. Redcar and Cleveland offers a median house price of £165,000, matching the North East median, and a median rent that takes a low 21% of gross pay. However, median weekly earnings are only slightly above the regional average at £703.40, and recorded crime is higher than 89% of England authorities. Furthermore, just 86.4% of pupils are in Good or Outstanding schools, the lowest proportion in the North East. This location suits those prioritising lower living costs over school quality.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Redcar and Cleveland ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£36,577/yr
Low
Worse than 79% of UK LAs
House price
£165,000
Most affordable
Better than 93% of UK LAs
Rent
£640/mo
Most affordable
Better than 97% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,544/yr
Expensive
Worse than 79% of UK LAs
Crime
107.5/1k
Highest
Worse than 89% of UK LAs
Deprivation
29.8
Most deprived
Worse than 87% of UK LAs
Schools
93.1%
Mid
Around UK average
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
54 of 58 (93.1%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 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.
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What we don't know yet
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.