United Kingdom · North West · Local Authority
Tameside
Metropolitan district · North West, England · population ~227k · 93 state-funded schools
Expensive to rent, high crime, and below-average schools. Tameside's median house price is 5.8 times median annual pay, a ratio that looks reasonable in the North West, but rent takes a steep 30.4% of gross median earnings, the highest share in the region. Recorded crime is also high at 95.4 per 1,000, and deprivation is more severe than the regional average. Just 85% of pupils are in Good or Outstanding schools, ranking low in the North West. This is a place where the cost of renting is a significant burden, and safety and education are weaker points.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Tameside ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£36,140/yr
Very low
Worse than 82% of UK LAs
House price
£211,000
Affordable
Better than 76% of UK LAs
Rent
£917/mo
Mid-range
Better than 60% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,447/yr
Mid
Around UK average
Crime
95.4/1k
Highest
Worse than 80% of UK LAs
Deprivation
31.4
Most deprived
Worse than 91% of UK LAs
Schools
87.1%
Concerning
Worse than 86% 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
93 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
81 of 93 (87.1%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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93 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 93 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.