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Overview

West Midlands · Unitary authority

Shropshire

2026/27 view

Shropshire · ONS E06000051

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

14/ 100
COUNCILMETRICS FINANCIAL HEALTH SCORE

Significant pressure

Compared only with unitary authority councils using central government returns.

63 councils in peer group Rank 60 of 63 High confidence 2024/25 outturn · 2026/27 Q1 debt How this is calculated
Reserves cover3
Debt burden39
Liquidity3
Debt direction6
YEAR-ON-YEAR CONTEXT Change from the previous reported period Each measure uses its own official reporting timetable.
Net debt £445.41m 2026/27 Q1 vs 2025/26 Q4
+£40.02m 9.9%
Service expenditure £530.98m 2024/25 vs 2023/24
+£38.82m 7.9%
Unallocated reserves £4.83m 2024/25 vs 2023/24
−£3.41m 41.4%
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 £530.98m
1.6%
2020/21: £522.73m 2021/22: £419.09m 2022/23: £455.17m 2023/24: £492.16m 2024/25: £530.98m
Net revenue expenditure £285.89m
2.7%
2020/21: £278.43m 2021/22: £247.16m 2022/23: £275.64m 2023/24: £281.52m 2024/25: £285.89m
Council Tax requirement £215.94m
24.9%
2020/21: £172.87m 2021/22: £179.78m 2022/23: £189.82m 2023/24: £203.73m 2024/25: £215.94m
Unallocated reserves £4.83m
—
2020/21: £0.00 2021/22: £11.52m 2022/23: £7.09m 2023/24: £8.24m 2024/25: £4.83m
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 population332,4552024 estimate
Latest net debt£445.41m2026/27 Q1 quarter end
ROADS & HIGHWAYS

How well are the roads being maintained?

Official DfT condition data, showing the share of each road class requiring maintenance investigation.

2024/25
Unclassified roads—%requiring maintenance investigation
A roads & motorways—%requiring maintenance investigation
B & C roads—%requiring maintenance investigation
A roads & motorways100.0% red
Good 0.0%Amber 0.0%Red 100.0%
B & C roads100.0% red
Good 0.0%Amber 0.0%Red 100.0%
ROAD CONDITION TREND

Red condition over time

Lower is better
2014/15: 4.0%2015/16: 4.0%2016/17: 4.0%2017/18: 4.0%2018/19: 4.0%2019/20: 4.0%2020/21: 9.0%2021/22: 9.0%2022/23: 9.0%2023/24: 9.0%2014/15: 10.0%2015/16: 9.0%2016/17: 11.0%2017/18: 9.0%2018/19: 12.0%2019/20: 13.0%2020/21: 14.0%2021/22: 14.0%2014/15: 19.0%2015/16: 18.0%2016/17: 18.0%2017/18: 16.0%2018/19: 16.0%2019/20: 22.0%2020/21: 16.0%2021/22: 16.0%2022/23: 16.0%2023/24: 16.0%
2014/152024/25
A roadsB & C roadsUnclassified
2024/25 MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY

Network treated during the year

A roads5.9%440 km network
B, C & unclassified1.8%4,612 km network
Strengthening0.0%Resurfacing0.7%Preservation5.2%
Official DfT road condition statistics · Lower red percentages indicate fewer roads requiring investigation.View source
WASTE & RECYCLING

What happens to household waste?

Official Defra measures for Shropshire, with like-for-like comparison against unitary authorities.

2024/25
50.9%recycled
Household recycling rate

Recycling rate fell

3.1 percentage points vs 2023/24
13 of 96 peer authorities Peer median 39.0%
Residual waste510.5 kgper household+13.8 kg year on year
Waste collected475.2 kgper resident−19.7 kg year on year
Household waste158,332tonnes collected80,561 tonnes recycled
WHERE HOUSEHOLD WASTE WENT

Recycled versus residual waste

80,561 t recycled, composted or reused 77,770 t not recycled
RECYCLING RATE TREND

10 years of official data

50.9%
2015/16: 54.6%2016/17: 54.8%2017/18: 54.1%2018/19: 55.5%2019/20: 54.6%2020/21: 53.3%2021/22: 52.8%2022/23: 52.1%2023/24: 54.0%2024/25: 50.9%
2015/162024/25
Official Defra waste statistics · Annual local-authority return · Figures may not sum exactly because of published rounding.View source
EDUCATION

Schools and education

Schools, pupil numbers and latest education outcomes across Shropshire.

2024/25
SCHOOLS & PUPILS

Education at a glance

Explore schools
187 Open schools
43,684 Pupils
49,237 School places
88.7% Capacity utilisation
ATTAINMENT & OUTCOMES

Key Stage 4

Published outcomes for pupils living in Shropshire.

Attainment 8
43.0
West Midlands 44.6
England 46.1
3.1 points below England
English & maths grade 5+
38.0%
West Midlands 41.7%
England 45.4%
7.4 percentage points below England
EBacc entry
33.4%
West Midlands 37.9%
England 40.5%
7.1 percentage points below England
PROGRESS

Progress 8

-0.27

Latest published Progress 8 score, 2023/24.

A score of 0 represents the national average.
TREND

Attainment 8 over time

46.5 18/19
49.7 19/20
50.3 20/21
47.3 21/22
44.3 22/23
44.1 23/24
43.0 24/25
Education context

Shropshire's latest Key Stage 4 outcomes are below 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 Shropshire, based on the earnings of local residents.

2025
Median house price
£275,000
+ 19.6% over five years
Median resident earnings
£36,991
+ 22.9% over five years
House price to earnings
7.43×
Improved from 7.64× five years ago
PRIVATE RENTING

Average monthly private rent

Typical private rental cost across all property types in Shropshire.

£819 / month
+ 3.9% in the last year
July 2026
Shropshire
£819
+ 3.9%
West Midlands
£974
+ 4.5%
England
£1,451
+ 3.8%
Compared with West Midlands £155 less per month
Compared with England £632 less per month
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Housing affordability

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

Shropshire
7.43×
West Midlands
6.80×
England
7.64×
Compared with West Midlands Less 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 received614this quarter+43 vs 2025 Q4
Applications decided528this quarter+63 vs 2025 Q4
Outstanding applications—at quarter end
88.5%approved
Overall approval rate467 granted61 refused+3.5 pts vs previous quarter
DECISION TIMELINESS

Decisions made within time

90.2%
Rank 190 of 294 reporting authoritiesNational median 92.5%

2.5 percentage points lower than 2025 Q4

APPLICATION MIX

Performance by development type

TypeDecisionsApprovedIn time Major1586.7%80.0% Minor21283.0%86.8% Other30192.4%93.0%
QUARTERLY FLOW

Applications through the system

Last 8 quarters
2024 Q2: 8192024 Q3: 6122024 Q4: 4922025 Q1: 6082025 Q2: 5392025 Q3: 5652025 Q4: 5712026 Q1: 6142024 Q2: 7962024 Q3: 6022024 Q4: 5162025 Q1: 4842025 Q2: 5382025 Q3: 5522025 Q4: 4652026 Q1: 528
2024 Q2
Received Decided Outstanding
2026 Q1
HOUSING DELIVERY TEST

Homes delivered against requirement

124%
Required3,333homes over three years
Delivered4,149homes over three years
100% requirement
No consequenceHDT 2025 government assessment
CRIME & POLICING

Police-recorded crime

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

Year ending Mar 2026
Recorded offences 15,813 Total police-recorded crime excluding fraud
Crime rate 47.6 offences per 1,000 residents
Annual change − 3.0% compared with the previous year
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Recorded crime rate

Offences per 1,000 residents
Shropshire Your council
47.6 − 3.0%
West Midlands Region
82.2 − 1.2%
England National
83.4 − 1.5%

Shropshire has a recorded crime rate 42.2% below West Midlands. It is 43.0% below the England rate.

OFFENCE PROFILE

Recorded crime by category

West Mercia
Violence 6,962
20.9 per 1,000 + 5.2%
Theft 4,024
12.1 per 1,000 − 18.2%
Public order 1,139
3.4 per 1,000 − 13.8%
Criminal damage 1,595
4.8 per 1,000 − 2.9%
Shoplifting 1,375
4.1 per 1,000 − 25.6%
Vehicle offences 515
1.5 per 1,000 − 21.1%
Burglary 712
2.1 per 1,000 − 9.4%
Drug offences 474
1.4 per 1,000 + 23.1%
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 Shropshire.

187 schools
Open schools 187
Pupils 43,684
School places 49,237
Capacity used 88.7%
Primary 127 schools
22,212 pupils
Other / specialist 39 schools
5,268 pupils
Secondary 19 schools
15,501 pupils
16+ provision 1 school
0 pupils
All-through 1 school
703 pupils
CURRENT POSITION

Inspection coverage

Latest Ofsted management information
Renewed framework 14
7.5% of open schools
Previous full framework 85
45.5% of open schools
Ungraded inspection 47
25.1% of open schools
No Ofsted record 36
19.3% of open schools
No published outcome 5
2.7% of open schools
RENEWED FRAMEWORK

Latest inspection standards

14 schools assessed
Achievement 14 assessed
Expected standard 10
Needs attention 3
Strong standard 1
Attendance & behaviour 14 assessed
Expected standard 9
Strong standard 3
Needs attention 2
Curriculum & teaching 14 assessed
Expected standard 8
Needs attention 5
Strong standard 1
Inclusion 14 assessed
Expected standard 9
Strong standard 3
Exceptional 1
Needs attention 1
Leadership & governance 14 assessed
Expected standard 11
Strong standard 2
Needs attention 1
Personal development 14 assessed
Expected standard 8
Strong standard 6
Safeguarding 14 assessed
Met 14
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 46
Requires improvement 11
Inadequate 1
Not judged 24
LOCAL SCHOOLS

School directory

View all schools
School Phase Pupils Capacity Latest Ofsted position
Adderley CofE Primary School URN 123457 · TF9 3TF Primary 46 56 Outstanding
Albrighton Primary School & Nursery URN 151841 · WV7 3QS Primary 344 315 Ungraded inspection
Alveley Primary School URN 143548 · WV15 6JT Primary 115 119 Good
Barrow 1618 CofE Free School URN 138268 · TF12 5BW Primary 93 84 Good
Baschurch CofE Primary School URN 123534 · SY4 2AU Primary 193 210 Ungraded inspection
Beckbury Church of England Primary School and Nursery URN 151183 · TF11 9DQ Primary 51 56 No published outcome
Belvidere Primary School URN 123437 · SY2 5YB Primary 263 238 Not judged
Bicton Church of England Primary School and Nursery URN 150702 · SY3 8EH Primary 127 147 Requires improvement
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

View full People profile
Population 332,455 2024
West Midlands region 6,187,204
Shropshire represents 5.37% of the region's population
Five-year population change
+12,726 residents ↑ 4.0%
2019: 319,729 residents2020: 321,054 residents2021: 324,669 residents2022: 327,352 residents2023: 329,558 residents2024: 332,455 residents
Shropshire +4.0%
West Midlands +4.5%
England +4.3%
Growth context

Shropshire's population grew over five years. Its change was 0.5 percentage points below the West Midlands and broadly in line with England.

2019–2024 ONS mid-year estimates
Population estimates and labour-market measures from ONS/Nomis.Official profile
PUBLIC HEALTH

How healthy are people in Shropshire?

Life expectancy, early mortality, lifestyle and prevention measures from the Public Health Outcomes Framework.

OHID · latest available
LIFE EXPECTANCY

How does Shropshire compare with England?

Latest published life expectancy at birth, shown against the matching England figure.

2025
Male 81.0 years
1.0 years higher than England
England 80.0
Female 85.0 years
1.2 years higher than England
England 83.8
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY

Years expected in good health

Healthy life expectancy is considerably different from total life expectancy: it estimates how many years are expected to be lived in good health.

Male
63.0
2.1 year s above England
England 60.9
Female
62.4
1.1 year s above England
England 61.3
2022 - 24
EARLY MORTALITY

Deaths and premature mortality

Age-standardised mortality rates and the latest published suicide rate.

Preventable mortality 2024
122.4 per 100,000
England 145.8
Better
Cardiovascular disease 2025
57.0 per 100,000
England 71.5
Better
Cancer 2025
104.6 per 100,000
England 114.6
Similar
Liver disease 2025
14.0 per 100,000
England 19.4
Better
Respiratory disease 2025
24.4 per 100,000
England 31.5
Better
Suicide rate 2022 - 24
13.5 per 100,000
England 10.9
Worse
HEALTH & LIFESTYLE

Behaviours and health risks

Smoking, excess weight, physical activity and alcohol-related harm.

Adult smoking 2024
Shropshire 6.1% England 10.4%
Better
Adults overweight or obese 2024/25
Shropshire 64.0% England 68.0%
Similar
Physically active adults 2024/25
Shropshire 68.7% England 64.6%
Similar
Alcohol-related admissions 2023/24
Shropshire 535.4 England 504.1
Rate per 100,000 Worse
CHILDREN & PREVENTION

Prevention and healthy development

Child health, physical activity, vaccination and screening coverage.

Reception overweight or obese 2024/25
24.8%
Shropshire 24.8% England 23.5%
Council compared with England Similar
Year 6 overweight or obese 2024/25
34.5%
Shropshire 34.5% England 36.2%
Council compared with England Similar
Physically active children 2024/25
42.5%
Shropshire 42.5% England 49.1%
Council compared with England Worse
MMR two-dose coverage 2024/25
90.3%
Shropshire 90.3% England 83.7%
Council compared with England Better
Bowel cancer screening 2025
77.3%
Shropshire 77.3% England 72.9%
Council compared with England Better
WIDER HEALTH

Other measures affecting population health

Selected wider indicators that help describe health and wellbeing across the area.

Dementia diagnosis rate 2026
59.8 per 100
England 66.3 per 100 Worse
Air pollution mortality 2024
4.1%
England 5.3% Not compared
Latest available measures can cover different reporting periods. England comparison is the classification published with the OHID measure. Public Health Outcomes Framework
BENEFITS & FINANCIAL PRESSURE

How is Universal Credit changing in Shropshire?

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

DWP · May 2026
PEOPLE ON UNIVERSAL CREDIT 27,991 8.4% of the 2024 resident population May 2026
CHANGE IN 12 MONTHS +7.0% +1,825 people
LATEST MONTHLY CHANGE +0.7% +193 since April 2026
LOCAL CONTEXT

Universal Credit recipients as a share of population

Comparison using 2024 resident population estimates.

May 2026
Shropshire LOCAL AUTHORITY
8.4%
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
28,076 25,947 23,818
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
AIR QUALITY

How clean is the air?

Long-term particulate pollution across the council area, alongside measurements from local UK-AIR monitoring stations.

Defra 2,024
POPULATION-WEIGHTED ANNUAL MEAN

Fine particulate matter

5.5 µg/m³

PM2.5 · 2,024

Human-related sources 5.0 µg/m³
Other sources 0.5 µg/m³
Modelled population-weighted annual concentration across the local authority area. This is not a live sensor reading.
LONG-TERM TREND

PM2.5 over time

41.4%
9.5 5.1
2011: 9.32 µg/m³ 2012: 8.96 µg/m³ 2013: 9.50 µg/m³ 2014: 9.22 µg/m³ 2015: 7.90 µg/m³ 2016: 8.01 µg/m³ 2017: 6.86 µg/m³ 2018: 7.18 µg/m³ 2019: 7.82 µg/m³ 2020: 5.45 µg/m³ 2021: 5.73 µg/m³ 2022: 5.81 µg/m³ 2023: 5.11 µg/m³ 2024: 5.46 µg/m³
2011 2024
Since 2011 ↓ 41.4%
5 years ↓ 30.2%
10 years ↓ 40.8%
CURRENT MONITORING

Latest station measurement

UK-AIR
PM2.5 30.4 µg/m³
Provisional
Last 24 hours 2.2 – 30.8 µg/m³
2026-09-22 02:00:00+01: 2.4 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 03:00:00+01: 2.7 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 04:00:00+01: 3.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 05:00:00+01: 3.2 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 06:00:00+01: 3.2 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 07:00:00+01: 5.8 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 08:00:00+01: 7.1 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 09:00:00+01: 6.5 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 10:00:00+01: 7.5 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 11:00:00+01: 5.8 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 12:00:00+01: 5.6 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 13:00:00+01: 3.9 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 14:00:00+01: 3.2 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 15:00:00+01: 3.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 16:00:00+01: 3.1 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 17:00:00+01: 2.7 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 18:00:00+01: 2.4 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 19:00:00+01: 2.3 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 20:00:00+01: 2.2 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 21:00:00+01: 4.4 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 22:00:00+01: 22.9 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 23:00:00+01: 25.6 µg/m³ 2026-09-23 00:00:00+01: 30.8 µg/m³ 2026-09-23 01:00:00+01: 30.4 µg/m³
Shrewsbury Underdale Automatic Urban and Rural Monitoring Network (AURN); Black Carbon · Urban Background Latest measurement: 2026-09-23 01:00:00+01

This is a measurement from an individual monitoring station and should not be interpreted as the current concentration across the whole council area.

HEALTH IMPACT

Particulate air pollution

4.1% of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution
2024 Not compared

This OHID measure estimates the mortality burden associated with particulate air pollution. It is a health-impact measure, not a pollution concentration.

Annual PM2.5 is Defra Pollution Climate Mapping data. Monitoring readings are station-specific UK-AIR measurements and may be provisional. Defra source
HOUSING LICENSING

HMOs and property licensing

Coverage not assessedNational HMO explorer
Licensed HMOsAwaiting registerOnly licensed properties will be counted
Register accessNot assessedNo register record available
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
£530.98m 2024/25 actual outturn
Net revenue expenditure
£285.89m 2024/25 actual outturn
Council Tax requirement
£215.94m 2024/25 actual outturn
Unallocated reserves
£4.83m 2024/25 actual outturn
Service expenditure per resident £1,597
Median for councils of the same type £1,777 10.1% below peer median
2024/25 SERVICE SPENDING

Where the money was spent

Net current expenditure after service income.

Actual outturn
Education Gross £188.06m · Income £10.68m
£177.38m
Adult social care Gross £230.75m · Income £68.11m
£162.63m
Children's social care Gross £84.20m · Income £3.26m
£80.94m
Environmental and regulatory services Gross £33.13m · Income £5.25m
£27.88m
Highways and transport Gross £33.57m · Income £14.74m
£18.83m
Central services Gross £55.93m · Income £39.98m
£15.95m
Public health Gross £17.84m · Income £2.19m
£15.65m
Culture and related services Gross £20.00m · Income £9.96m
£10.04m
Planning and development Gross £20.81m · Income £11.99m
£8.82m
Housing Gross £12.11m · Income £3.67m
£8.44m
Other services Gross £7.87m · Income £3.44m
£4.43m
CORE FUNDING

Selected funding sources

Major financing lines in the central return.

Council Tax requirement£215.94m
Retained business rates£49.46m
Revenue Support Grant£7.97m
UNALLOCATED RESERVES

Financial buffer

General unallocated reserves during the year.

Opening £8.24m
Closing £4.83m
£3.41m 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
£469.71m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Investments and cash
£24.30m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Net debt
£445.41m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Net debt per resident
£1,340 Per resident using latest population
This council's net debt per resident £1,340
Median for unitary authority councils £1,104 21.4% higher than the peer median
QUARTERLY TREND

Borrowing, investments and net debt

2020/21 Q1 to 2026/27 Q1.

£40.02m quarterly increase
2020/21 Q12021/22 Q32023/24 Q12024/25 Q32026/27 Q1
Latest quarterly movement +£40.02m +9.9%
Change across the series +£306.34m Net debt since 2020/21 Q1
What changed?

Net debt increased during the quarter, with higher outstanding borrowing contributing to the movement.

BORROWING COMPOSITION

Where the borrowing sits

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

2026/27 Q1
Public Works Loan Board£401.86m
Other longer-term borrowing£32.85m
Short-term borrowing£35.00m
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
£32.22m Total outstanding at financial year-end
Collection rate
97.40% Collected against the in-year debit
Council tax written off
£550,000 Written off during the financial year
Council tax collected
£277.17m 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
£32.22m
CHANGE SINCE 2021/22
+ 74.0%
+ £13.70m
ENGLAND CHANGE
+49.5%
£18.52m 2021/22 £21.62m 2022/23 £25.08m 2023/24 £28.17m 2024/25 £32.22m 2025/26

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.

£32.22m outstanding
CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR £7.67m

23.8% of outstanding arrears

EARLIER FINANCIAL YEARS £24.55m

76.2% 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 97.40%

England average: 95.60%  ·  1.80 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

Explore all 0 records
CONTRACTS

Largest contracts

Explore all 0 contracts
ContractSupplierStatusEnd dateOriginal value
SUPPLIERS

Largest supplier exposure

Dated transactions
SupplierPaymentsPublished expenditure
PROVENANCE

Source documents

40 imported
DocumentDatasetPeriodStatusOfficial source
Housing Delivery Test 2025 results — Shropshiremhclg housing delivery testHDT 2025–HDT 2025importedOpen
MHCLG district planning application decisions (PS2) — Shropshiremhclg planning ps22009 Q2–2026 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG district planning application statistics (PS1) — Shropshiremhclg planning ps12009 Q2–2026 Q1importedOpen
DfT road condition statistics — Shropshire UAdft local road condition2007/08–2024/25importedOpen
Defra local authority waste statistics — Shropshiredefra local authority waste2010/11–2024/25importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2023/24 — Shropshire UAmhclg revenue outturn rsx2023/24importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2023/24 — Shropshire UAmhclg revenue outturn rs2023/24importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2022/23 — Shropshiremhclg revenue outturn rsx2022/23importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2022/23 — Shropshiremhclg revenue outturn rs2022/23importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2021/22 — Shropshiremhclg revenue outturn rsx2021/22importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2021/22 — Shropshiremhclg revenue outturn rs2021/22importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2020/21 — Shropshire UAmhclg revenue outturn rsx2020/21importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2020/21 — Shropshire UAmhclg revenue outturn rs2020/21importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q4 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q3 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q2 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q1 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q4 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q3 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q2 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q1 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q4 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q3 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q2 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q1 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q4 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q3 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q2 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q1 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q4 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q3 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q2 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q1 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q4 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q3 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q2 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q1 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2026/27 Q1 — Shropshiremhclg borrowing investment2026/27 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2024/25 — Shropshire UAmhclg revenue outturn rsx2024/25importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2024/25 — Shropshire UAmhclg revenue outturn rs2024/25importedOpen
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.