West Midlands · Non-metropolitan district

Warwick

2026/27 view

Warwick · ONS E07000222

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 non-metropolitan district councils using central government returns.

164 councils in peer group Rank 160 of 164 High confidence 2024/25 outturn · 2026/27 Q1 debt How this is calculated

Reserves cover2

Debt burden9

Liquidity18

Debt direction44

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

Net debt £260.72m 2026/27 Q1 vs 2025/26 Q4

−£8.64m 3.2%

Service expenditure £25.26m 2024/25 vs 2023/24

+£109.0k 0.4%

Unallocated reserves £0.00 2024/25 vs 2023/24

£0.00

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 £25.26m

26.2%

Net revenue expenditure £23.08m

27.2%

Council Tax requirement £12.92m

14.1%

Unallocated reserves £0.00

100.0%

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 population154,8892024 estimate

Latest net debt£260.72m2026/27 Q1 quarter end

WASTE & RECYCLING

What happens to household waste?

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

2024/25

57.3%recycled

Household recycling rate

More waste recycled

0.1 percentage points vs 2023/24

15 of 196 peer authorities Peer median 42.1%

Residual waste306.5 kgper household−5.9 kg year on year

Waste collected323.6 kgper resident−5.4 kg year on year

Household waste50,129tonnes collected28,748 tonnes recycled

WHERE HOUSEHOLD WASTE WENT

Recycled versus residual waste

28,748 t recycled, composted or reused 21,381 t not recycled

RECYCLING RATE TREND

10 years of official data

57.3%

2015/162024/25

EDUCATION

Schools and education

Schools, pupil numbers and latest education outcomes across Warwick.

2024/25

SCHOOLS & PUPILS

Education at a glance

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66 Open schools

22,807 Pupils

27,064 School places

84.3% Capacity utilisation

ATTAINMENT & OUTCOMES

Key Stage 4

Published outcomes for pupils living in Warwick.

Attainment 8

51.2

West Midlands 44.6

England 46.1

5.1 points above England

English & maths grade 5+

55.1%

West Midlands 41.7%

England 45.4%

9.7 percentage points above England

EBacc entry

40.7%

West Midlands 37.9%

England 40.5%

0.2 percentage points above England

PROGRESS

Progress 8

0.18

Latest published Progress 8 score, 2023/24.

A score of 0 represents the national average.

TREND

Attainment 8 over time

52.6 18/19

55.5 19/20

55.5 20/21

52.9 21/22

52.3 22/23

49.7 23/24

51.2 24/25

Education context

Warwick'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 Warwick, based on the earnings of local residents.

2025

Median house price

£366,200

+ 16.3% over five years

Median resident earnings

£48,523

+ 36.0% over five years

House price to earnings

7.55×

Improved from 8.83× five years ago

PRIVATE RENTING

Average monthly private rent

Typical private rental cost across all property types in Warwick.

£1,239 / month

+ 1.9% in the last year

July 2026

Warwick

£1,239

+ 1.9%

West Midlands

£974

+ 4.5%

England

£1,451

+ 3.8%

Compared with West Midlands £265 more per month

Compared with England £212 less per month

HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Housing affordability

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

Warwick

7.55×

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 received206this quarter−30 vs 2025 Q4

Applications decided189this quarter−52 vs 2025 Q4

Outstanding applications—at quarter end

88.9%approved

Overall approval rate168 granted21 refused−0.7 pts vs previous quarter

DECISION TIMELINESS

Decisions made within time

92.6%

Rank 143 of 294 reporting authoritiesNational median 92.5%

5.3 percentage points lower than 2025 Q4

APPLICATION MIX

Performance by development type

TypeDecisionsApprovedIn time Major4100.0%100.0% Minor3378.8%81.8% Other15290.8%94.7%

QUARTERLY FLOW

Applications through the system

Last 8 quarters

HOUSING DELIVERY TEST

Homes delivered against requirement

128%

Required1,998homes over three years

Delivered2,563homes over three years

100% requirement

No consequenceHDT 2025 government assessment

CRIME & POLICING

Police-recorded crime

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

Year ending Mar 2026

Recorded offences 16,896 Total police-recorded crime excluding fraud

Crime rate 56.1 offences per 1,000 residents

Annual change − 0.1% compared with the previous year

HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Recorded crime rate

Offences per 1,000 residents

Warwick Your council

56.1 − 0.1%

West Midlands Region

82.2 − 1.2%

England National

83.4 − 1.5%

Warwick has a recorded crime rate 31.8% below West Midlands. It is 32.8% below the England rate.

OFFENCE PROFILE

Recorded crime by category

Warwickshire

Violence 6,058

20.1 per 1,000 + 3.4%

Theft 5,983

19.9 per 1,000 − 4.0%

Public order 1,381

4.6 per 1,000 + 5.9%

Criminal damage 1,378

4.6 per 1,000 − 7.3%

Shoplifting 1,758

5.8 per 1,000 + 11.5%

Vehicle offences 1,513

5.0 per 1,000 − 8.4%

Burglary 1,075

3.6 per 1,000 − 5.0%

Drug offences 392

1.3 per 1,000 − 13.7%

Crime figures cover the South Warwickshire Community Safety Partnership, including Stratford-on-Avon, Warwick.

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 Warwick.

66 schools

Open schools 66

Pupils 22,807

School places 27,064

Capacity used 84.3%

Primary 43 schools

10,064 pupils

Other / specialist 12 schools

4,000 pupils

Secondary 5 schools

6,787 pupils

Nursery 3 schools

245 pupils

All-through 2 schools

1,711 pupils

16+ provision 1 school

0 pupils

CURRENT POSITION

Inspection coverage

Latest Ofsted management information

Renewed framework 5

7.6% of open schools

Previous full framework 20

30.3% of open schools

Ungraded inspection 23

34.8% of open schools

No Ofsted record 16

24.2% of open schools

No published outcome 2

3.0% of open schools

RENEWED FRAMEWORK

Latest inspection standards

5 schools assessed

Achievement 5 assessed

Expected standard 4

Strong standard 1

Attendance & behaviour 5 assessed

Expected standard 4

Strong standard 1

Curriculum & teaching 5 assessed

Expected standard 4

Strong standard 1

Inclusion 5 assessed

Expected standard 3

Strong standard 2

Leadership & governance 5 assessed

Expected standard 4

Strong standard 1

Personal development 5 assessed

Strong standard 3

Expected standard 2

Safeguarding 5 assessed

Met 5

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 1

Good 13

Requires improvement 1

Not judged 5

LOCAL SCHOOLS

School directory

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School	Phase	Pupils	Capacity	Latest Ofsted position
All Saints Church of England Academy URN 145392 · CV35 7QR	Primary	130	140	Good
All Saints' CofE Junior School URN 125666 · CV34 5LY	Primary	225	240	Ungraded inspection
Barford St Peter's CofE Primary School URN 125729 · CV35 8EW	Primary	204	210	Ungraded inspection
Bishops Tachbrook CofE Primary School URN 125657 · CV33 9RY	Primary	238	240	Ungraded inspection
Briar Hill Infant School URN 125563 · CV31 2JF	Primary	296	298	Not judged
Brookhurst Primary School URN 125565 · CV32 6NH	Primary	405	420	Ungraded inspection
Budbrooke Primary School URN 141244 · CV35 8TP	Primary	191	210	Ungraded inspection
Burton Green Church of England Academy URN 145391 · CV8 1QB	Primary	102	118	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 154,889 2024

West Midlands region 6,187,204

Five-year population change

+8,884 residents ↑ 6.1%

Warwick +6.1%

West Midlands +4.5%

England +4.3%

Growth context

Warwick's population grew over five years. Its change was 1.6 percentage points above the West Midlands and 1.8 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 Warwick?

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

DWP · May 2026

PEOPLE ON UNIVERSAL CREDIT 11,834 7.6% of the 2024 resident population May 2026

CHANGE IN 12 MONTHS +8.8% +962 people

LATEST MONTHLY CHANGE +0.8% +96 since April 2026

LOCAL CONTEXT

Universal Credit recipients as a share of population

Comparison using 2024 resident population estimates.

May 2026

Warwick LOCAL AUTHORITY

7.6%

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

11,834 10,704 9,574

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.

POPULATION-WEIGHTED ANNUAL MEAN

Fine particulate matter

No annual PM2.5 estimate is currently available.

LONG-TERM TREND

PM2.5 over time

Not enough annual data is available to show a trend.

CURRENT MONITORING

Latest station measurement

UK-AIR

PM2.5 5.8 µg/m³

Provisional

Last 24 hours 3.3 – 9.4 µg/m³

Leamington Spa Automatic Urban and Rural Monitoring Network (AURN); Non-Automatic Hydrocarbon Network · 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

No current OHID particulate-air-pollution mortality estimate is available.

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

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

£25.26m 2024/25 actual outturn

Net revenue expenditure

£23.08m 2024/25 actual outturn

Council Tax requirement

£12.92m 2024/25 actual outturn

Unallocated reserves

£0.00 2024/25 actual outturn

Service expenditure per resident £163

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

2024/25 SERVICE SPENDING

Where the money was spent

Net current expenditure after service income.

Actual outturn

Environmental and regulatory services Gross £17.80m · Income £8.15m

£9.65m

Central services Gross £21.59m · Income £16.30m

£5.28m

Culture and related services Gross £10.58m · Income £5.62m

£4.96m

Planning and development Gross £15.95m · Income £11.01m

£4.94m

Housing Gross £5.15m · Income £2.60m

£2.55m

Public health Gross £41.0k · Income £0.00

£41.0k

Highways and transport Gross £2.46m · Income £4.62m

£-2.16m

CORE FUNDING

Selected funding sources

Major financing lines in the central return.

Council Tax requirement£12.92m

Retained business rates£4.35m

Revenue Support Grant£158.0k

UNALLOCATED RESERVES

Financial buffer

General unallocated reserves during the year.

Opening £0.00

Closing £0.00

£0.00 increase 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

£296.59m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Investments and cash

£35.87m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Net debt

£260.72m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Net debt per resident

£1,683 Per resident using latest population

This council's net debt per resident £1,683

Median for non-metropolitan district councils £95 1,667.8% higher than the peer median

QUARTERLY TREND

Borrowing, investments and net debt

2020/21 Q1 to 2026/27 Q1.

£8.64m quarterly reduction

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

Latest quarterly movement −£8.64m −3.2%

Change across the series +£191.53m 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£296.59m

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

£4.48m Total outstanding at financial year-end

Collection rate

98.14% Collected against the in-year debit

Council tax written off

£650,000 Written off during the financial year

Council tax collected

£137.24m 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

£4.48m

CHANGE SINCE 2021/22

+ 58.6%

+ £1.66m

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.

£4.48m outstanding

CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR £2.72m

60.8% of outstanding arrears

EARLIER FINANCIAL YEARS £1.76m

39.2% 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 98.14%

England average: 95.60% · 2.53 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

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