West Midlands · Non-metropolitan district

Rugby

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Rugby · ONS E07000220

Financial position as at 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

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COUNCIL AT A GLANCE

Who runs the council and its current position

55/ 100

COUNCILMETRICS FINANCIAL HEALTH SCORE

Mixed

Compared only with non-metropolitan district councils using central government returns.

164 councils in peer group Rank 69 of 164 High confidence 2024/25 outturn · 2026/27 Q1 debt How this is calculated

Reserves cover35

Debt burden60

Liquidity72

Debt direction67

YEAR-ON-YEAR CONTEXT Change from the previous reported period Each measure uses its own official reporting timetable.

Net debt £-3.15m 2026/27 Q1 vs 2025/26 Q4

−£329.0k 11.7%

Service expenditure £20.55m 2024/25 vs 2023/24

+£2.81m 15.8%

Unallocated reserves £2.53m 2024/25 vs 2023/24

−£371.3k 12.8%

FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL TREND

How this council's finances have changed

Official annual outturn. Each line uses its own scale so direction remains easy to read.

Through 2024/25

Service expenditure £20.55m

37.7%

Net revenue expenditure £17.14m

18.5%

Council Tax requirement £10.00m

19.0%

Unallocated reserves £2.53m

12.3%

COUNCILMETRICS COMMUNITY SCORE Share your experience 0 of 25 responses collected before results are published

Score this council

Political controlNot yet recordedAdministration not identified

Council leaderNot identifiedParty not identified

Resident population122,3782024 estimate

Latest net debt£-3.15m2026/27 Q1 quarter end

WASTE & RECYCLING

What happens to household waste?

Official Defra measures for Rugby, with like-for-like comparison against collection authorities.

2024/25

45.9%recycled

Household recycling rate

Recycling rate fell

1.5 percentage points vs 2023/24

62 of 196 peer authorities Peer median 42.1%

Residual waste408.1 kgper household+6.5 kg year on year

Waste collected320.4 kgper resident−8.7 kg year on year

Household waste39,248tonnes collected18,029 tonnes recycled

WHERE HOUSEHOLD WASTE WENT

Recycled versus residual waste

18,029 t recycled, composted or reused 21,219 t not recycled

RECYCLING RATE TREND

10 years of official data

45.9%

2015/162024/25

EDUCATION

Schools and education

Schools, pupil numbers and latest education outcomes across Rugby.

2024/25

SCHOOLS & PUPILS

Education at a glance

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55 Open schools

21,506 Pupils

22,412 School places

96.0% Capacity utilisation

ATTAINMENT & OUTCOMES

Key Stage 4

Published outcomes for pupils living in Rugby.

Attainment 8

47.7

West Midlands 44.6

England 46.1

1.6 points above England

English & maths grade 5+

50.6%

West Midlands 41.7%

England 45.4%

5.2 percentage points above England

EBacc entry

41.5%

West Midlands 37.9%

England 40.5%

1.0 percentage points above England

PROGRESS

Progress 8

0.00

Latest published Progress 8 score, 2023/24.

A score of 0 represents the national average.

TREND

Attainment 8 over time

50.1 18/19

53.2 19/20

52.8 20/21

50.4 21/22

48.3 22/23

46.9 23/24

47.7 24/25

Education context

Rugby's latest Key Stage 4 outcomes are above both West Midlands and England benchmarks across all three headline measures.

Department for Education · Key Stage 4 performance · Pupil residency

HOUSING & AFFORDABILITY

Housing costs and local earnings

House prices and affordability for Rugby, based on the earnings of local residents.

2025

Median house price

£295,000

+ 18.0% over five years

Median resident earnings

£47,191

+ 45.5% over five years

House price to earnings

6.25×

Improved from 7.71× five years ago

PRIVATE RENTING

Average monthly private rent

Typical private rental cost across all property types in Rugby.

£1,046 / month

+ 5.4% in the last year

July 2026

Rugby

£1,046

+ 5.4%

West Midlands

£974

+ 4.5%

England

£1,451

+ 3.8%

Compared with West Midlands £72 more per month

Compared with England £405 less per month

HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Housing affordability

Median house price as a multiple of median resident earnings. Lower is more affordable.

Rugby

6.25×

West Midlands

6.80×

England

7.64×

Compared with West Midlands More affordable

Compared with England More affordable

Source: Office for National Statistics · Housing affordability in England and Wales · House prices year ending September · Residence-based earnings

PLANNING & HOUSING DELIVERY

Is development moving through the system?

Quarterly planning decisions and the government's latest three-year Housing Delivery Test.

2026 Q1

Applications received159this quarter+18 vs 2025 Q4

Applications decided96this quarter−35 vs 2025 Q4

Outstanding applications—at quarter end

90.6%approved

Overall approval rate87 granted9 refused−3.3 pts vs previous quarter

DECISION TIMELINESS

Decisions made within time

91.7%

Rank 167 of 294 reporting authoritiesNational median 92.5%

4.7 percentage points higher than 2025 Q4

APPLICATION MIX

Performance by development type

TypeDecisionsApprovedIn time Major6100.0%100.0% Minor2785.2%88.9% Other6392.1%92.1%

QUARTERLY FLOW

Applications through the system

Last 8 quarters

HOUSING DELIVERY TEST

Homes delivered against requirement

187%

Required1,547homes over three years

Delivered2,895homes over three years

100% requirement

No consequenceHDT 2025 government assessment

CRIME & POLICING

Police-recorded crime

Latest police-recorded crime figures for Rugby, excluding fraud.

Year ending Mar 2026

Recorded offences 6,742 Total police-recorded crime excluding fraud

Crime rate 55.1 offences per 1,000 residents

Annual change + 0.4% compared with the previous year

HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Recorded crime rate

Offences per 1,000 residents

Rugby Your council

55.1 + 0.4%

West Midlands Region

82.2 − 1.2%

England National

83.4 − 1.5%

Rugby has a recorded crime rate 33.0% below West Midlands. It is 34.0% below the England rate.

OFFENCE PROFILE

Recorded crime by category

Warwickshire

Violence 2,716

22.2 per 1,000 + 5.0%

Theft 1,776

14.5 per 1,000 − 9.1%

Public order 593

4.8 per 1,000 − 3.9%

Criminal damage 690

5.6 per 1,000 + 40.5%

Shoplifting 589

4.8 per 1,000 + 3.7%

Vehicle offences 403

3.3 per 1,000 − 18.4%

Burglary 278

2.3 per 1,000 − 24.9%

Drug offences 221

1.8 per 1,000 − 25.1%

ONS / Home Office · Police-recorded crime · Community Safety Partnership data

SCHOOLS & OFSTED

Schools and inspection outcomes

Open schools, pupil numbers and the latest published Ofsted inspection position for Rugby.

55 schools

Open schools 55

Pupils 21,506

School places 22,412

Capacity used 96.0%

Primary 37 schools

9,796 pupils

Other / specialist 10 schools

2,875 pupils

Secondary 8 schools

8,835 pupils

CURRENT POSITION

Inspection coverage

Latest Ofsted management information

Renewed framework 7

12.7% of open schools

Previous full framework 28

50.9% of open schools

Ungraded inspection 9

16.4% of open schools

No Ofsted record 9

16.4% of open schools

No published outcome 2

3.6% of open schools

RENEWED FRAMEWORK

Latest inspection standards

7 schools assessed

Achievement 7 assessed

Expected standard 4

Needs attention 2

Strong standard 1

Attendance & behaviour 7 assessed

Expected standard 4

Strong standard 2

Needs attention 1

Curriculum & teaching 7 assessed

Expected standard 4

Needs attention 2

Strong standard 1

Inclusion 7 assessed

Expected standard 4

Strong standard 2

Needs attention 1

Leadership & governance 7 assessed

Expected standard 3

Needs attention 2

Strong standard 2

Personal development 7 assessed

Expected standard 4

Strong standard 3

Safeguarding 7 assessed

Met 7

PREVIOUS FRAMEWORK

Legacy Ofsted ratings

These ratings apply only to schools whose latest full inspection remains under the previous Ofsted framework. Schools assessed under the renewed framework are shown separately above.

Outstanding 3

Good 14

Requires improvement 2

Not judged 9

LOCAL SCHOOLS

School directory

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School	Phase	Pupils	Capacity	Latest Ofsted position
Abbots Farm Infant School URN 125573 · CV21 4AP	Primary	178	180	Renewed framework
Abbots Farm Junior School URN 125580 · CV21 4AP	Primary	261	264	Not judged
Bawnmore Community Infant School URN 125581 · CV22 6JS	Primary	178	180	Renewed framework
Bilton CofE Junior School URN 125682 · CV22 6LB	Primary	434	435	Ungraded inspection
Bilton Infant School URN 125579 · CV22 7NH	Primary	124	180	Requires improvement
Binley Woods Primary School URN 130886 · CV3 2QU	Primary	182	210	Good
Boughton Leigh Infant School URN 125603 · CV21 1LT	Primary	257	294	Ungraded inspection
Boughton Leigh Junior School URN 125598 · CV21 1LT	Primary	477	450	Ungraded inspection

School information: Get Information about Schools (GIAS). Inspection information: Ofsted monthly management information. Inspection frameworks differ over time, so renewed-framework standards and previous overall effectiveness grades are shown separately.

Published expenditure£0.00No spending file imported

Revenue budget£0.00Not imported

Reported overspend£0.00Not imported outturn

Contracts00 active

Identified suppliers0Normalised entities

PEOPLE AND PLACE

Population snapshot

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Population 122,378 2024

West Midlands region 6,187,204

Five-year population change

+11,380 residents ↑ 10.3%

Rugby +10.3%

West Midlands +4.5%

England +4.3%

Growth context

Rugby's population grew over five years. Its change was 5.8 percentage points above the West Midlands and 6.0 percentage points above England.

2019–2024 ONS mid-year estimates

Population estimates and labour-market measures from ONS/Nomis.Official profile

BENEFITS & FINANCIAL PRESSURE

How is Universal Credit changing in Rugby?

People receiving Universal Credit and how the caseload has changed over the latest 24 months.

DWP · May 2026

PEOPLE ON UNIVERSAL CREDIT 11,146 9.1% of the 2024 resident population May 2026

CHANGE IN 12 MONTHS +4.1% +440 people

LATEST MONTHLY CHANGE +0.6% +70 since April 2026

LOCAL CONTEXT

Universal Credit recipients as a share of population

Comparison using 2024 resident population estimates.

May 2026

Rugby LOCAL AUTHORITY

9.1%

West Midlands REGION

13.9%

England COUNTRY

12.3%

Percentage of the resident population receiving Universal Credit. This is not an unemployment rate.

24-MONTH TREND

People receiving Universal Credit

Monthly caseload recorded on the DWP Universal Credit system.

June 2024 May 2026

11,146 10,574 10,002

June 2024 May 2026

What does this measure?

Universal Credit provides financial support to people who are on a low income or out of work. These figures count people receiving Universal Credit, not households and not the number of people who are unemployed.

DWP Stat-Xplore

HOUSING LICENSING

HMOs and property licensing

Coverage not assessedNational HMO explorer

Licensed HMOsAwaiting registerOnly licensed properties will be counted

Identifiable HMO expenditureNot identifiableNot separately described in published transactions

Inspection and enforcement dataAwaiting dataNo activity source imported yet

Coverage note

A licensed HMO register has not yet been located for this council. CouncilMetrics does not estimate HMO expenditure from broad housing or social-care descriptions.

FINANCE

How this council raises and spends money

Comparable official outturn for 2024/25, reported to central government.

MHCLG official outturn

Total service expenditure

£20.55m 2024/25 actual outturn

Net revenue expenditure

£17.14m 2024/25 actual outturn

Council Tax requirement

£10.00m 2024/25 actual outturn

Unallocated reserves

£2.53m 2024/25 actual outturn

Service expenditure per resident £168

Median for councils of the same type £166 1.5% above peer median

2024/25 SERVICE SPENDING

Where the money was spent

Net current expenditure after service income.

Actual outturn

Environmental and regulatory services Gross £11.32m · Income £4.85m

£6.47m

Central services Gross £19.02m · Income £14.37m

£4.65m

Culture and related services Gross £6.76m · Income £3.27m

£3.49m

Housing Gross £4.00m · Income £849.5k

£3.15m

Planning and development Gross £4.00m · Income £1.88m

£2.13m

Other services Gross £1.94m · Income £1.44m

£496.8k

Highways and transport Gross £996.0k · Income £845.9k

£150.1k

Public health Gross £176.7k · Income £171.0k

£5.7k

CORE FUNDING

Selected funding sources

Major financing lines in the central return.

Council Tax requirement£10.00m

Revenue Support Grant£113.0k

UNALLOCATED RESERVES

Financial buffer

General unallocated reserves during the year.

Opening £2.90m

Closing £2.53m

£371.3k decrease during 2024/25

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Revenue Outturn RS and RSX · values shown in pounds Official dataset

BORROWING AND INVESTMENTS

Balance-sheet position

A point-in-time view of debt and liquid investments at the end of 2026/27 Q1.

MHCLG quarterly return

Outstanding borrowing

£82.30m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Investments and cash

£85.45m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Net debt

£-3.15m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Net debt per resident

£-26 Per resident using latest population

This council's net debt per resident £-26

Median for non-metropolitan district councils £95 127.0% lower than the peer median

QUARTERLY TREND

Borrowing, investments and net debt

2020/21 Q1 to 2026/27 Q1.

£329.0k quarterly reduction

2020/21 Q12021/22 Q32023/24 Q12024/25 Q32026/27 Q1

Latest quarterly movement −£329.0k −11.7%

Change across the series −£23.56m Net debt since 2020/21 Q1

What changed?

Net debt reduced during the latest quarter as the balance between borrowing and investments improved.

BORROWING COMPOSITION

Where the borrowing sits

PWLB, other longer-term borrowing and short-term borrowing.

2026/27 Q1

Public Works Loan Board£68.60m

Other longer-term borrowing£13.70m

MHCLG Borrowing and Investment live table · 2026/27 Q1 · values shown in pounds Official dataset

COUNCIL TAX & COLLECTION

How much council tax remains unpaid?

Council tax collection, outstanding arrears and write-offs reported to central government.

MHCLG 2025/26

Outstanding arrears

£12.15m Total outstanding at financial year-end

Collection rate

96.51% Collected against the in-year debit

Council tax written off

£376,000 Written off during the financial year

Council tax collected

£96.45m Receipts relating to the financial year

FIVE-YEAR TREND

How has unpaid council tax changed?

Outstanding arrears at each financial year-end.

2021/22–2025/26

OUTSTANDING ARREARS 2025/26

£12.15m

CHANGE SINCE 2021/22

+ 63.2%

+ £4.70m

ENGLAND CHANGE

+49.5%

Figures represent total outstanding council tax balances, including arrears carried forward from earlier years. Changes in council boundaries can affect historical comparisons.

OUTSTANDING ARREARS

Where does the unpaid council tax come from?

Breakdown of outstanding balances at the end of 2025/26.

£12.15m outstanding

CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR £3.46m

28.5% of outstanding arrears

EARLIER FINANCIAL YEARS £8.69m

71.5% of outstanding arrears

Current-year arrears Earlier-years arrears

Earlier-years arrears represent unpaid council tax carried forward from previous financial years. These figures do not identify individual households or establish whether balances are recoverable.

COLLECTION PERFORMANCE

How does this council compare?

England 2025/26

In-year collection rate 96.51%

England average: 95.60% · 0.91 percentage points above England

Outstanding arrears include unpaid balances from earlier financial years and are not the same as council tax uncollected during 2025/26. Monetary values are rounded for display. Official MHCLG source

SPENDING

Published directorate expenditure

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CONTRACTS

Largest contracts

Explore all 0 contracts

Contract	Supplier	Status	End date	Original value

SUPPLIERS

Largest supplier exposure

Dated transactions

Supplier	Payments	Published expenditure

PROVENANCE

Source documents

39 imported

Document	Dataset	Period	Status	Official source
Housing Delivery Test 2025 results — Rugby	mhclg housing delivery test	HDT 2025–HDT 2025	imported	Open
MHCLG district planning application decisions (PS2) — Rugby	mhclg planning ps2	1979 Q2–2026 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG district planning application statistics (PS1) — Rugby	mhclg planning ps1	1996 Q2–2026 Q1	imported	Open
Defra local authority waste statistics — Rugby Borough Council	defra local authority waste	2010/11–2024/25	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2023/24 — Rugby	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2023/24	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2023/24 — Rugby	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2023/24	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2022/23 — Rugby	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2022/23	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2022/23 — Rugby	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2022/23	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2021/22 — Rugby	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2021/22	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2021/22 — Rugby	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2021/22	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2020/21 — Rugby	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2020/21	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2020/21 — Rugby	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2020/21	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q4 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2025/26 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q3 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2025/26 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q2 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2025/26 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q1 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2025/26 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q4 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2024/25 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q3 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2024/25 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q2 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2024/25 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q1 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2024/25 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q4 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2023/24 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q3 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2023/24 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q2 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2023/24 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q1 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2023/24 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q4 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2022/23 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q3 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2022/23 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q2 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2022/23 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q1 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2022/23 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q4 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2021/22 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q3 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2021/22 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q2 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2021/22 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q1 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2021/22 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q4 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2020/21 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q3 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2020/21 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q2 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2020/21 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q1 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2020/21 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2026/27 Q1 — Rugby	mhclg borrowing investment	2026/27 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2024/25 — Rugby	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2024/25	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2024/25 — Rugby	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2024/25	imported	Open

How to read these figures and the Financial Health Score

Budget summaries and financial positions retain the reporting year and assurance status of their original source. Draft or unaudited values are labelled separately from audited outturn figures. The Financial Health Score uses reserves cover, net debt per resident, liquidity and quarterly debt direction from central MHCLG returns. Each component is converted to a percentile among councils of the same authority type; available components are weighted 35%, 30%, 20% and 15% respectively. A score is published only when at least three components covering 65% of the weighting are available. It is a comparative financial indicator, not an assessment of service quality or political performance.