United Kingdom · North East · Local Authority
Stockton-on-Tees
Unitary authority · North East, England · population ~197k · 76 state-funded schools
Strong schools come at a cost, with Stockton-on-Tees offering excellent education but higher living expenses. Median house prices are 4.8 times median annual pay, and monthly rent takes 24.1% of gross earnings, both above the regional median. While pay is slightly above the North East average at £700.10 weekly, and deprivation is lower than the regional median, council tax is among the highest in the region. Recorded crime is also slightly higher than the North East average at 99.7 per 1,000. This location suits families prioritising education, with 97.8% of pupils in Good or Outstanding schools, over lower everyday expenses.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Stockton-on-Tees ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£36,405/yr
Low
Worse than 80% of UK LAs
House price
£175,000
Most affordable
Better than 91% of UK LAs
Rent
£732/mo
Most affordable
Better than 85% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,590/yr
Most expensive
Worse than 86% of UK LAs
Crime
99.7/1k
Highest
Worse than 84% of UK LAs
Deprivation
25.8
High
Worse than 76% of UK LAs
Schools
94.4%
Strong
Better than 63% 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
76 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
67 of 71 (94.4%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 5 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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76 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 76 schools, sortable and filterable.
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