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Net service spend per resident

Context only: shown on council pages but not scored, so councils are listed from highest to lowest, not ranked. The median of the 130 is £2,026.28.

RSX total service net current expenditure / population.

Net service spend per resident by council
CouncilNet service spend per residentType
Camden£3,261.10London borough
Tower Hamlets£2,949.61London borough
Knowsley£2,882.89Metropolitan borough
Hackney£2,859.50London borough
Islington£2,834.90London borough
Lewisham£2,759.41London borough
Halton£2,681.58Unitary council
Liverpool£2,662.66Metropolitan borough
Westminster£2,647.13London borough
Barking and Dagenham£2,554.27London borough
Kensington and Chelsea£2,539.41London borough
Southwark£2,533.57London borough
Lambeth£2,525.91London borough
Greenwich£2,512.46London borough
South Tyneside£2,499.73Metropolitan borough
Haringey£2,454.65London borough
Blackburn with Darwen£2,373.09Unitary council
Isle of Wight£2,355.78Unitary council
North Tyneside£2,352.64Metropolitan borough
Brighton and Hove£2,335.90Unitary council
Redbridge£2,329.28London borough
Gateshead£2,317.10Metropolitan borough
Rochdale£2,303.76Metropolitan borough
Hartlepool£2,292.34Unitary council
Merton£2,285.24London borough
Manchester£2,277.56Metropolitan borough
Wirral£2,264.27Metropolitan borough
Birmingham£2,261.22Metropolitan borough
Waltham Forest£2,222.98London borough
St. Helens£2,222.77Metropolitan borough
Leicester£2,213.14Unitary council
Blackpool£2,209.84Unitary council
Walsall£2,207.16Metropolitan borough
Sefton£2,197.21Metropolitan borough
Wigan£2,192.98Metropolitan borough
Luton£2,183.21Unitary council
Cheshire West and Chester£2,175.79Unitary council
Richmond upon Thames£2,174.76London borough
Enfield£2,160.52London borough
North Lincolnshire£2,159.79Unitary council
Salford£2,159.40Metropolitan borough
West Berkshire£2,157.45Unitary council
Westmorland and Furness£2,156.29Unitary council
Middlesbrough£2,151.37Unitary council
Bolton£2,141.41Metropolitan borough
Croydon£2,141.29London borough
Brent£2,136.75London borough
Newham£2,128.65London borough
Ealing£2,128.36London borough
Sheffield£2,098.23Metropolitan borough
Northumberland£2,091.04Unitary council
Reading£2,081.86Unitary council
County Durham£2,068.93Unitary council
Hammersmith and Fulham£2,065.22London borough
Warrington£2,063.62Unitary council
Hounslow£2,058.66London borough
Southampton£2,050.70Unitary council
Stockport£2,048.62Metropolitan borough
Tameside£2,047.02Metropolitan borough
Calderdale£2,043.48Metropolitan borough
Telford and Wrekin£2,038.43Unitary council
Nottingham£2,038.20Unitary council
Leeds£2,033.41Metropolitan borough
Kingston upon Thames£2,026.28London borough
East Riding of Yorkshire£2,022.36Unitary council
Herefordshire, County of£2,021.91Unitary council
Trafford£2,018.41Metropolitan borough
Sutton£2,008.19London borough
Kingston upon Hull, City of£2,006.12Unitary council
Redcar and Cleveland£2,003.03Unitary council
Torbay£1,994.30Unitary council
Portsmouth£1,984.58Unitary council
Stoke-on-Trent£1,975.97Unitary council
Barnet£1,972.93London borough
Bedford£1,971.93Unitary council
Oldham£1,963.87Metropolitan borough
Bradford£1,962.16Metropolitan borough
Wolverhampton£1,958.98Metropolitan borough
Dorset£1,950.06Unitary council
Cornwall£1,944.74Unitary council
Sunderland£1,924.21Metropolitan borough
Newcastle upon Tyne£1,909.46Metropolitan borough
Havering£1,908.75London borough
Solihull£1,908.02Metropolitan borough
Bury£1,900.40Metropolitan borough
Bracknell Forest£1,899.28Unitary council
Plymouth£1,898.32Unitary council
Kirklees£1,896.64Metropolitan borough
Bristol, City of£1,887.27Unitary council
Wandsworth£1,883.18London borough
Barnsley£1,881.62Metropolitan borough
Stockton-on-Tees£1,881.28Unitary council
Rutland£1,874.49Unitary council
Derby£1,871.42Unitary council
Buckinghamshire£1,861.25Unitary council
Coventry£1,859.08Metropolitan borough
North East Lincolnshire£1,835.67Unitary council
Doncaster£1,831.20Metropolitan borough
South Gloucestershire£1,824.39Unitary council
Slough£1,819.54Unitary council
Wakefield£1,814.67Metropolitan borough
North Yorkshire£1,805.14Unitary council
Peterborough£1,786.02Unitary council
Southend-on-Sea£1,785.62Unitary council
Milton Keynes£1,773.07Unitary council
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£1,769.72Unitary council
Hillingdon£1,768.87London borough
Rotherham£1,768.23Metropolitan borough
Darlington£1,757.44Unitary council
Medway£1,755.37Unitary council
Somerset£1,755.07Unitary council
West Northamptonshire£1,730.68Unitary council
Cheshire East£1,724.97Unitary council
Shropshire£1,712.35Unitary council
Thurrock£1,702.92Unitary council
Harrow£1,700.22London borough
Wiltshire£1,677.32Unitary council
Windsor and Maidenhead£1,671.87Unitary council
North Northamptonshire£1,648.93Unitary council
Bromley£1,640.18London borough
Wokingham£1,636.28Unitary council
Bexley£1,635.99London borough
North Somerset£1,585.57Unitary council
Central Bedfordshire£1,570.73Unitary council
York£1,561.20Unitary council
Bath and North East Somerset£1,552.36Unitary council
Swindon£1,532.06Unitary council

Period: 2025-26. Source: Calculated from MHCLG Revenue Outturn and Capital Outturn Return, ONS population, MHCLG dwelling stock and planning statistics. How we score

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