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Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a town in Durham, England, with a population of around 142,707. The nearest railway station is South Bank, 2.9 km away. The average sold house price is around £181,104. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Middlesbrough area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Stockton-on-Tees area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 196,594 residents at roughly 959 people per km².

Council
Stockton-on-Tees
County
Durham
Constituency
Stockton North
Police force
Cleveland
45/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 182nd of 294 English council areas — better than 38% of them.

Low crime15
Home affordability95
Affordable rents95
Good schools76
Life expectancy25
Low deprivation36
Employment32
Low council tax15

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

12°CSunny

  • Today: 19° / 10° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:31

13h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

Crime

1 reported · July 2026

  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Billingham South · Cleveland

Local policing priorities

  • Drugs – Roscoe Road; Mill Lane and Port Clarence
  • ASB – Roscoe Road

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

143 reported road collisions (2024)

39 killed or seriously injured · 185 casualties · 7.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

13 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 13 rated 4–5 ★ (12 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: South Bank (2.9 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from South Bank (3.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£170,923 average 3.9% YoY

Across Stockton-on-Tees · to 2026-06

Detached£279,179
Semi-detached£164,673
Terraced£127,769
Flat£86,235

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£735 average monthly rent 4.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £537
  • 2 bed £669
  • 3 bed £797

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

4.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.8 times median annual pay (4.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · BP (6.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Morrisons (6.7 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

63 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Hartlepool Power Station (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Population

196,594 residents in Stockton-on-Tees · 959/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 113 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

21% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,590 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (38% of 90,890)

A £1,727
B £2,014
C £2,302
D £2,590
E £3,165
F £3,741
G £4,316
H £5,180

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

87 schools · 32,040 pupils

60 primary · 13 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 28 of 30 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

78inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Egglescliffe SchoolOutstanding
  • North Shore AcademyOutstanding
  • The Grangefield AcademyOutstanding
  • Ian Ramsey Church of England AcademyGood
  • Ingleby Manor Free SchoolGood
  • Northfield School and Sports CollegeGood
  • St Michael's Catholic AcademyGood
  • St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic AcademyGood
  • Thornaby AcademyRequires improvement
  • All Saints Church of England Academy
  • Conyers School
  • Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy
  • Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stockton-on-Tees

Care & health services

197 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes59
  • GP practices28
  • Dentists42
  • Homecare agencies43
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Stockton-on-Tees

Planning decisions

132 applications decided

89.4% granted · 118 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 22
  • Con 26
  • Oth 8

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

7,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1,212 jobs advertised · £40,852 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Healthcare Assistant, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£700 median full-time weekly pay

3.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,623 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 103,094 certificates

9.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Health

Life expectancy: 82.4 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 54.9 women · 55.6 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stockton North:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Teesport · 1.5 km

    Teesport is a large sea port located in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, Northern England.

  • Tees Renewable Energy Plant · 1.5 km

    Tees Renewable Energy Plant is a proposed biomass fueled power station situated on the River Tees at Teesport in Redcar and Cleveland, North East England. The plant will operate alongside other renewable energy units…

  • Seal Sands Power Station · 1.6 km

    Seal Sands Power Station is a gas-fired gas turbine power station situated on the River Tees at Seal Sands near Billingham, in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, which is part of County Durham, North East England.

  • Thor Cogeneration Power Station · 1.7 km

    Thor Cogeneration is a planned, but undeveloped, gas-fired cogeneration plant, which was to be built on Seal Sands near Billingham, in County Durham, North East England.

  • Seal Sands · 1.8 km

    Seal Sands is a 294.37 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England, notified in 1966.

  • Redcar Bulk Terminal · 2.3 km

    Redcar Bulk Terminal (RBT), also known as Redcar Ore Terminal, is a privately run dock at the mouth of the Tees Estuary in North Yorkshire, England. The port is used for the transhipment of coal and coke and for many…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Middlesbrough?
Middlesbrough is a town in Durham, England, in the Stockton-on-Tees local authority.
What is the population of Middlesbrough?
Middlesbrough has an approximate settlement population of 142,707.
How deprived is Middlesbrough?
The Stockton-on-Tees local authority, which includes Middlesbrough, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.