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Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a town in North Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 142,707. It has around 1 GP surgery, 3 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets, and 28 restaurants and cafés, along with 22 bus stops and the James Cook railway station 2.2 km away. The average sold house price is around £181,104, and there were around 852 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. 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 Middlesbrough area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 143,924 residents at roughly 2,671 people per km².

Council
Middlesbrough
County
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Middlesbrough
Police force
Cleveland
38/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 243rd of 294 English council areas — better than 17% of them.

Low crime1
Home affordability97
Affordable rents92
Good schools85
Life expectancy11
Low deprivation5
Employment13
Low council tax21

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

13°COvercast

  • Today: 19° / 12° · 22% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:29

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

Crime

867 reported · July 2026 5% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences313
  • Shoplifting104
  • Anti-social behaviour102
  • Public order77

Neighbourhood team: Central · Cleveland

Local policing priorities

  • Drug dealing
  • Town Centre retail crime

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

Road safety

170 reported road collisions (2024)

43 killed or seriously injured · 232 casualties · 11.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 386 rated 4–5 ★ (343 top)
  • 29 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Middlesbrough (0.3 km)
  • 88 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Middlesbrough (0.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£137,773 average 2% YoY

Across Middlesbrough · to 2026-06

Detached£247,654
Semi-detached£149,234
Terraced£107,734
Flat£74,117

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£699 average monthly rent 4.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £499
  • 2 bed £634
  • 3 bed £754

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

Affordability

4.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.5 times median annual pay (3.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · BP (4.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Morrisons (10.1 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

85 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 23 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Buxton Street Car Park 5 (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches18
  • Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

143,924 residents in Middlesbrough · 2,671/km²

  • Under 16: 21%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 16 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

49% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,549 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (50% of 66,360)

A £1,699
B £1,983
C £2,266
D £2,549
E £3,116
F £3,682
G £4,249
H £5,098

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

Schools

64 schools · 25,653 pupils

41 primary · 8 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 23 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

58inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Lift Unity CityGood
  • Macmillan AcademyGood
  • Outwood Academy RiversideGood
  • Outwood Academy OrmesbyInadequate
  • Acklam Grange School
  • Outwood Academy Acklam
  • The King's Academy
  • Trinity Catholic College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Middlesbrough

Care & health services

141 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes48
  • GP practices25
  • Dentists18
  • Homecare agencies25
  • Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 96% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Middlesbrough

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 68 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

79 applications decided

72.2% granted · 57 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Andy McDonald

Labour

Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

  • Lab 24
  • Con 4
  • LD 1
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 15

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools8
  • GPs & clinics16
  • Pharmacies10
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens44
  • Restaurants & cafés106

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,435 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

£671 median full-time weekly pay

5.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,855 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 79,990 certificates

11.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

35% low-carbon electricity

Imports 65% · Nuclear 17% · Biomass 14% · Wind 4%

19 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 81.6 yrs women · 76.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 54.2 women · 53.9 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.0
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Centre North East · 0.0 km

    Centre North East, formerly Corporation House, was built in 1974. It is, at 19 storeys and 70.7 m (232 ft), the tallest building in Middlesbrough.

  • Middlesbrough Town Hall · 0.1 km

    Middlesbrough Town Hall is in Albert Road in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

  • Middlesbrough · 0.1 km

    Middlesbrough, colloquially known as Boro, is a port town and unitary authority of North Yorkshire, located in North East England. Situated on the southern bank of the River Tees, Middlesbrough forms part of the Borou…

  • Borough of Middlesbrough · 0.1 km

    The Borough of Middlesbrough is a district in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is part of the Tees Valley region, along with the boroughs of Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar and Cleveland, Hartlepool and…

  • Middlesbrough Council · 0.1 km

    Middlesbrough Council, also known as Middlesbrough Borough Council, is the local authority for the Borough of Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire, England. Since 1996 the council has been a unitary authority, being a dis…

  • Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art · 0.2 km

    MIMA, or Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, is a contemporary art gallery based in the centre of Middlesbrough, England. The gallery was formally launched on Sunday, 27 January 2007; since 2014, it has been part o…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Middlesbrough?
Middlesbrough is a town in North Yorkshire, England, in the Middlesbrough local authority.
What is the population of Middlesbrough?
Middlesbrough has an approximate settlement population of 142,707.
How deprived is Middlesbrough?
The Middlesbrough local authority, which includes Middlesbrough, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.