How well does your council perform?

68 London and metropolitan borough councils ranked on the quality of their services, the value they get from what they spend, and the health of their finances, using official data from government and the Local Government Ombudsman. Every figure links back to where it came from.

Council rankings, All 68
Rank	Council	Band	Service quality	Value for money	Financial health	Type
1	Rotherham	Top quarter	2	16	37	Metropolitan borough
2	Calderdale	Top quarter	1	20	50	Metropolitan borough
3	Wakefield	Top quarter	4	5	26	Metropolitan borough
4	Sunderland	Top quarter	5	9	17	Metropolitan borough
5	Salford	Top quarter	8	1	12	Metropolitan borough
6	Barnsley	Top quarter	6	11	10	Metropolitan borough
7	Bexley	Top quarter	3	13	36	London borough
8	Coventry	Top quarter	13	4	6	Metropolitan borough
9	Kingston upon Thames	Top quarter	10	8	32	London borough
10	St. Helens	Top quarter	9	31	21	Metropolitan borough
11	Richmond upon Thames	Top quarter	7	45	27	London borough
12	Wigan	Top quarter	20	3	34	Metropolitan borough
13	Bolton	Top quarter	22	14	15	Metropolitan borough
14	Doncaster	Top quarter	14	23	40	Metropolitan borough
15	Walsall	Top quarter	12	33	38	Metropolitan borough
16	Bromley	Top quarter	34	2	7	London borough
17	Merton	Top quarter	25	6	42	London borough
18	Gateshead	Upper middle	15	40	16	Metropolitan borough
19	Islington	Upper middle	16	51	5	London borough
20	Manchester	Upper middle	19	34	31	Metropolitan borough
21	Dudley *	Upper middle	27	–	–	Metropolitan borough
22	Leeds	Upper middle	29	10	33	Metropolitan borough
23	Sutton	Upper middle	17	39	39	London borough
24	Wolverhampton	Upper middle	31	17	19	Metropolitan borough
25	Bury	Upper middle	18	38	45	Metropolitan borough
26	Sandwell *	Upper middle	28	–	–	Metropolitan borough
27	North Tyneside	Upper middle	32	15	35	Metropolitan borough
28	Stockport	Upper middle	24	37	49	Metropolitan borough
29	Bradford	Upper middle	21	18	57	Metropolitan borough
30	Wandsworth	Upper middle	36	24	13	London borough
31	Oldham	Upper middle	35	26	20	Metropolitan borough
32	Ealing	Upper middle	42	7	14	London borough
33	Sefton	Upper middle	11	35	63	Metropolitan borough
34	Greenwich	Upper middle	38	29	9	London borough
35	Solihull	Lower middle	26	28	60	Metropolitan borough
36	South Tyneside	Lower middle	23	61	47	Metropolitan borough
37	Kensington and Chelsea	Lower middle	30	57	30	London borough
38	Tower Hamlets	Lower middle	41	21	41	London borough
39	Hounslow	Lower middle	43	25	25	London borough
40	Camden	Lower middle	37	64	11	London borough
41	Hillingdon	Lower middle	33	22	65	London borough
42	Westminster	Lower middle	40	62	3	London borough
43	Rochdale	Lower middle	45	46	23	Metropolitan borough
44	Hammersmith and Fulham	Lower middle	48	55	1	London borough
45	Brent	Lower middle	53	27	29	London borough
46	Newham	Lower middle	50	12	51	London borough
47	Enfield	Lower middle	49	19	53	London borough
48	Harrow	Lower middle	54	36	43	London borough
49	Barnet	Lower middle	39	41	58	London borough
50	Tameside	Lower middle	47	54	44	Metropolitan borough
51	Newcastle upon Tyne	Lower middle	55	59	2	Metropolitan borough
52	Barking and Dagenham	Bottom quarter	56	52	8	London borough
53	Lambeth	Bottom quarter	44	48	55	London borough
54	Lewisham	Bottom quarter	61	43	4	London borough
55	Trafford	Bottom quarter	46	47	56	Metropolitan borough
56	Kirklees	Bottom quarter	57	42	48	Metropolitan borough
57	Waltham Forest	Bottom quarter	58	32	54	London borough
58	Sheffield	Bottom quarter	60	56	24	Metropolitan borough
59	Haringey	Bottom quarter	52	44	62	London borough
60	Knowsley	Bottom quarter	51	65	46	Metropolitan borough
61	Hackney	Bottom quarter	62	53	22	London borough
62	Liverpool	Bottom quarter	59	66	28	Metropolitan borough
63	Redbridge	Bottom quarter	64	30	59	London borough
64	Southwark	Bottom quarter	68	60	18	London borough
65	Birmingham	Bottom quarter	65	50	52	Metropolitan borough
66	Havering	Bottom quarter	63	49	66	London borough
67	Wirral	Bottom quarter	67	58	61	Metropolitan borough
68	Croydon	Bottom quarter	66	63	64	London borough

Pillar columns show each council's rank out of 68. Overall weights:service quality 60%, value for money 20%, financial health 20%. Rank positions in the middle of the table are sensitive to weighting, so the bands are the more reliable guide.
* Ranked on the data available: some spending and finance returns have not yet been published for this council.