Middlesbrough
8 datasets are currently published for Middlesbrough. 2 more are on this site for other parts of the UK but not published here: tender awards (Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices — Scotland's public bodies largely use a separate procurement portal); the tender single-bid rate (same near-zero Scottish coverage as tender awards — Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices).
Each figure below comes from a different official publisher and was last confirmed on a different date — click through to any one for its own source and "as of" date.
How Middlesbrough compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 42nd of 361 (33.5 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: joint 306th of 318 (shared with 1 other local authority district) (£145,000).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 8th of 132 (22.1%).
A rank is a position among the local authority districts on one measure, in the latest figures. It is not a verdict on how well an area is doing.
- Claimant count by age — Middlesbrough: 5,125, July 2026 (+3.3% year on year, from 4,960). 5,125 people were claiming Universal Credit while required to seek work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. Aged 25-49 accounted for the largest share (3,025, 59%). Next largest was Aged 16-24 (1,120). The largest year-on-year movement was Aged 50+, 7% higher (980). Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Claimant count — Middlesbrough: 5,120, July 2026 (+3.2% year on year, from 4,960). Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Middlesbrough: 103.3, June 2026 (+2.1% year on year, from 101.2). Source: HM Land Registry, Office for National Statistics, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland — UK House Price Index. Licence: licence terms.
- Median sale price — Middlesbrough: £145,000, Q2 2026 (+7.4% year on year, from £135,000). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — Middlesbrough: 22.1%, 2024/25 (-3.3 percentage points year on year, from 25.4%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Middlesbrough: 0, Q1 2026. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Middlesbrough: 152,795, 2025 (-1.2% year on year, from 154,700). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Middlesbrough: 139, 2025 (-18.2% year on year, from 170). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
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