United Kingdom · East of England · Local Authority
Stevenage
Non-metropolitan district · East of England, England · population ~88k · 36 state-funded schools
Higher earnings come with higher rents and crime. Stevenage offers median weekly pay of £894.30, above the East of England median and higher than 86% of England authorities. However, this comes with a median monthly rent of £1,417, taking 36.6% of gross median pay, and recorded crime is among the highest in the region at 90.6 per 1,000. House prices are 7.3 times annual pay, close to the regional median. The genuine bright spot is education, with 96.3% of pupils in Good or Outstanding schools, the highest proportion in the region. This suits those prioritising strong earnings and school quality over lower living costs and safety.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Stevenage ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£46,504/yr
Very high
Better than 88% of UK LAs
House price
£340,000
Expensive
Worse than 65% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,417/mo
Expensive
Worse than 79% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,392/yr
Mid
Better than 60% of UK LAs
Crime
90.6/1k
High
Worse than 75% of UK LAs
Deprivation
19.7
Mid
Around UK average
Schools
90.9%
Weak
Worse than 67% 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
36 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
30 of 33 (90.9%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 3 schools are on the post-2024 report-card framework and don't roll up into the legacy total. How we count →
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36 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 36 schools, sortable and filterable.
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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.