London: 32 councils compared

Ranked against other London boroughs only, which removes some of the structural differences between London and the metropolitan areas.

Council rankings, London
Rank	Council	Band	Service quality	Value for money	Financial health
1	Bexley	Top quarter	1	8	15
2	Kingston upon Thames	Top quarter	4	12	19
3	Richmond upon Thames	Top quarter	2	30	8
4	Bromley	Top quarter	9	4	4
5	Islington	Top quarter	3	31	3
6	Merton	Top quarter	6	6	20
7	Sutton	Top quarter	5	21	13
8	Wandsworth	Top quarter	10	16	2
9	Greenwich	Upper middle	12	15	7
10	Tower Hamlets	Upper middle	13	11	12
11	Kensington and Chelsea	Upper middle	7	29	18
12	Ealing	Upper middle	18	1	14
13	Hillingdon	Upper middle	8	7	32
14	Westminster	Upper middle	14	28	6
15	Camden	Upper middle	11	32	5
16	Hounslow	Upper middle	17	13	11
17	Hammersmith and Fulham	Lower middle	21	24	1
18	Newham	Lower middle	20	2	25
19	Enfield	Lower middle	19	3	29
20	Barnet	Lower middle	16	14	27
21	Harrow	Lower middle	23	5	22
22	Lambeth	Lower middle	15	23	28
23	Brent	Lower middle	24	10	21
24	Haringey	Lower middle	22	18	26
25	Lewisham	Bottom quarter	27	19	9
26	Waltham Forest	Bottom quarter	26	17	23
27	Barking and Dagenham	Bottom quarter	25	26	17
28	Hackney	Bottom quarter	29	25	10
29	Redbridge	Bottom quarter	30	9	24
30	Havering	Bottom quarter	28	20	30
31	Southwark	Bottom quarter	31	22	16
32	Croydon	Bottom quarter	32	27	31

Pillar columns show each council's rank out of 32. 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.