Stockton-on-Tees: local statistics
Stockton-on-Tees is a unitary authority in the North East, home to an estimated 207,158 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Stockton-on-Tees, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
A typical home in Stockton-on-Tees cost £170,029 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, a rise of 3.0% in twelve months. That is 4th of 12 in the North East, counting from the highest; the average for the North East was £166,943. Prices are 31% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Stockton-on-Tees (£37,558) gives a ratio of 4.5. That ratio is close to the middle of all 12 council areas in the North East (6th highest ratio).
In the year to March 2026, 22,317 offences were recorded by police in Stockton-on-Tees: 107.7 per 1,000 people, the 4th highest rate of 12 in the North East. A year earlier it was 98.4. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 68.7 to 122.9 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Stockton-on-Tees is £2,589.83, 4.9% more than in 2025-26. It is 4th of 12 in the North East, counting from the highest. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,684.92.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Stockton-on-Tees had a life expectancy at birth of 81.8 years; for men it was 78.7 (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by -0.3 years for women and +0.4 for men. It is the 4th highest for women of all 12 council areas in the North East.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Stockton-on-Tees was £700.10 in April 2025, or £37,558 over a year. It is the 5th highest of all 12 council areas in the North East, and 1.2% more than across the North East. For full-time jobs located in Stockton-on-Tees the median is £690.80 a week (−£9.30 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £501.70: a change of +40% before inflation.
An estimated 73.5% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Stockton-on-Tees were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 4.4 points either way, against 71.8% across the North East. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 68.6% to 75.2%.
7,255 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Stockton-on-Tees in March 2026, 5% more than in 2016. That is 35 for every 1,000 residents, 5th of 12 in the North East, counting from the highest.
In August 2026, 4,970 people in Stockton-on-Tees were on the claimant count, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the North East was 3.7%. Twelve months before, it was 3.8%. The five-year high was 5.5% (August 2021); the low was 3.6% (December 2025).
The ONS estimates that 207,158 people lived in Stockton-on-Tees in mid-2025, up 0.6% on mid-2024. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +5.8% (the North East: +5.8%), close to the middle of all 12 council areas in the North East (7th fastest growth). No earlier year in the series was higher.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 195,790 |
| 2016 | 196,412 |
| 2017 | 197,046 |
| 2018 | 197,509 |
| 2019 | 196,860 |
| 2020 | 196,388 |
| 2021 | 197,032 |
| 2022 | 200,573 |
| 2023 | 203,361 |
| 2024 | 206,018 |
| 2025 | 207,158 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £130,286 |
| July 2017 | £130,125 |
| July 2018 | £133,779 |
| July 2019 | £132,487 |
| July 2020 | £131,157 |
| July 2021 | £144,230 |
| July 2022 | £156,112 |
| July 2023 | £158,258 |
| July 2024 | £163,154 |
| July 2025 | £165,011 |
| July 2026 | £170,029 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £501.70 a week |
| 2016 | £524.20 a week |
| 2017 | £520.50 a week |
| 2018 | £528.30 a week |
| 2019 | £582.80 a week |
| 2020 | £559.90 a week |
| 2021 | £576.30 a week |
| 2022 | £613.30 a week |
| 2023 | £621.60 a week |
| 2024 | £647.90 a week |
| 2025 | £700.10 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,684.92 |
| 2017-18 | £1,759.17 |
| 2018-19 | £1,860.65 |
| 2019-20 | £1,932.06 |
| 2020-21 | £2,005.85 |
| 2021-22 | £2,076.29 |
| 2022-23 | £2,138.36 |
| 2023-24 | £2,245.22 |
| 2024-25 | £2,352.85 |
| 2025-26 | £2,468.74 |
| 2026-27 | £2,589.83 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 68.7 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 74.4 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 82.3 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 101.3 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 100.7 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 93.0 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 106.8 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 122.9 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 109.8 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 98.4 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 107.7 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 72.5% |
| 2016/17 | 71.4% |
| 2017/18 | 72.1% |
| 2018/19 | 68.6% |
| 2019/20 | 73.0% |
| 2020/21 | 74.9% |
| 2021/22 | 70.6% |
| 2022/23 | 73.1% |
| 2023/24 | 69.6% |
| 2024/25 | 75.2% |
| 2025/26 | 73.5% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.1 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 81.7 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 81.3 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 81.3 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 81.3 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 81.6 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 81.2 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 81.4 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 81.2 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 81.7 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 81.8 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 6,910 |
| 2017 | 6,960 |
| 2018 | 6,865 |
| 2019 | 6,950 |
| 2020 | 7,005 |
| 2021 | 7,040 |
| 2022 | 7,085 |
| 2023 | 6,865 |
| 2024 | 6,930 |
| 2025 | 7,065 |
| 2026 | 7,255 |
Questions about Stockton-on-Tees
What is the average house price in Stockton-on-Tees?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £170,029.
What is the crime rate in Stockton-on-Tees?
107.7 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
How much is Band D council tax in Stockton-on-Tees?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,589.83 for 2026-27.
What is life expectancy in Stockton-on-Tees?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 78.7 years for men and 81.8 for women.
What is the average salary in Stockton-on-Tees?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Stockton-on-Tees was £700.10 a week in April 2025 (£37,558 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Stockton-on-Tees?
4,970 in August 2026 (3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the population of Stockton-on-Tees?
207,158 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
Who has power over Stockton-on-Tees
Every body that makes decisions for Stockton-on-Tees, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Stockton-on-Tees council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Stockton-on-Tees in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Middlesbrough and Thornaby East: Andy McDonald (Labour) MP
- Stockton North: Chris McDonald (Labour) MP
- Stockton West: Matt Vickers (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the North East
- UK figures: UK average house price · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the North East: Gateshead · Middlesbrough · North Tyneside · Redcar and Cleveland · South Tyneside · Sunderland
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