Which local authority has the highest liveability score?

Stoke-on-Trent tops the Gera Liveability Index at 84.5/100 as of June 2026.

National Liveability Ranking

All 130 English local authorities, best to worst, by Gera Liveability Score.

What is the full ranking of English local authorities by liveability in 2026?

As of June 2026, the Gera Liveability Index ranks all 130 single-tier English local authorities from Stoke-on-Trent (84.5/100, highest) to Cornwall (59.5/100, lowest), with a national average of 72.2. The Gera Liveability Score is a weighted composite of affordability, safety, schools, connectivity and healthcare, joined by Gera from six UK government open datasets and re-computed each quarter.

As of June 2026 · last computed 2026-06-19 · methodology

Complete Gera Liveability Score ranking of 130 English local authorities
#	Local authority	Region	GLS	Afford	Safety	Schools	Conn	Health	Avg price
1	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	84.5	72.2	96.0	88.1	79.5	94.0	£152,101
2	Southend on Sea	East of England	84.3	61.1	95.9	89.3	95.4	97.6	£327,030
3	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	82.9	60.7	91.1	90.0	89.6	100.0	£215,264
4	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	81.7	64.9	88.9	91.5	87.2	86.9	£246,882
5	Kingston upon Hull	Yorkshire and The Humber	81.4	70.5	91.6	90.0	100.0	59.3	£135,051
6	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	81.0	71.4	90.6	95.5	71.9	77.0	£173,624
7	Sandwell	West Midlands	80.9	67.6	91.1	89.1	63.9	100.0	£212,547
8	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	80.9	67.2	88.9	83.6	88.0	86.9	£196,895
9	Milton Keynes	South East	80.8	59.1	97.8	95.3	90.7	72.2	£318,038
10	Bracknell Forest	South East	80.7	57.4	97.8	100.0	89.6	70.0	£397,667
11	Dudley	West Midlands	80.3	69.0	91.1	81.8	66.9	100.0	£229,829
12	Leicester	East Midlands	79.8	59.9	95.2	84.3	90.2	82.6	£234,631
13	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	79.4	65.2	94.8	92.9	65.3	83.2	£165,813
14	Hartlepool	North East	79.4	64.7	87.2	87.5	92.1	75.0	£129,129
15	Slough	South East	79.2	57.1	97.8	94.4	87.7	70.0	£338,287
16	Peterborough	East of England	78.9	65.2	95.8	85.0	82.5	72.2	£236,378
17	Thurrock	East of England	78.9	61.3	95.9	79.2	72.1	97.6	£328,942
18	Sunderland	North East	78.8	72.2	92.7	95.7	54.4	75.0	£145,293
19	Luton	East of England	78.5	59.4	96.7	87.9	86.3	72.2	£283,357
20	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	78.3	66.2	88.9	89.5	64.8	86.9	£188,505
21	Walsall	West Midlands	78.2	58.7	91.1	86.4	67.2	100.0	£214,922
22	Reading	South East	78.0	52.2	97.8	92.3	92.1	70.0	£345,112
23	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	77.9	60.9	92.7	91.2	77.0	75.0	£209,071
24	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	77.9	61.0	90.6	89.7	79.8	77.0	£222,080
25	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	77.8	63.4	88.9	81.8	77.6	86.9	£205,741
26	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	77.7	65.6	90.6	77.8	85.0	77.0	£190,256
27	Solihull	West Midlands	77.7	62.5	91.1	88.6	69.9	83.6	£330,248
28	Derby	East Midlands	77.6	66.6	95.2	86.3	84.2	58.0	£205,065
29	Darlington	North East	77.4	64.8	92.7	90.9	66.9	75.0	£156,880
30	Birmingham	West Midlands	77.3	63.7	91.1	87.9	65.6	83.6	£235,682
31	Westminster	London	77.2	63.5	90.5	100.0	63.9	70.0	£814,679
32	Wigan	North West	77.0	70.9	90.1	96.2	61.5	61.6	£190,802
33	Coventry	West Midlands	76.2	61.0	91.1	78.0	93.7	66.6	£218,334
34	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	76.2	56.6	90.5	100.0	70.5	70.0	£741,612
35	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	76.2	61.6	100.0	93.8	67.2	59.3	£308,788
36	Warrington	North West	76.0	60.8	97.2	100.0	64.8	57.4	£253,219
37	Knowsley	North West	75.8	63.0	92.2	80.8	91.0	57.4	£192,756
38	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	75.6	57.8	96.3	92.6	85.8	50.9	£293,021
39	Bolton	North West	75.1	64.7	90.1	92.3	66.7	61.6	£199,946
40	Hillingdon	London	75.0	58.7	90.5	92.1	69.4	70.0	£469,888
41	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	74.9	61.3	96.3	89.7	77.6	50.9	£254,495
42	North Tyneside	North East	74.9	63.4	92.7	77.8	70.5	75.0	£197,229
43	Halton	North West	74.8	65.8	97.2	82.9	69.4	57.4	£193,435
44	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	74.8	65.4	91.6	92.3	63.7	59.3	£149,911
45	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	74.7	67.8	90.6	93.9	39.3	77.0	£173,100
46	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	74.7	62.1	91.6	88.9	73.5	59.3	£219,544
47	Wirral	North West	74.5	61.5	92.2	77.8	89.3	57.4	£216,862
48	Trafford	North West	74.3	57.7	90.1	88.6	80.1	61.6	£381,052
49	Wandsworth	London	74.1	71.6	90.5	95.0	63.9	39.4	£670,960
50	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	74.0	61.9	87.2	93.3	53.8	75.0	£169,540
51	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	73.9	66.9	91.6	75.0	77.6	59.3	£179,553
52	Middlesbrough	North East	73.8	64.5	87.2	95.8	44.3	75.0	£139,005
53	Swindon	South West	73.8	60.6	99.4	82.6	84.2	43.7	£260,570
54	Barking and Dagenham	London	73.7	60.9	90.5	95.2	85.0	37.0	£360,007
55	Newham	London	73.4	64.9	90.5	100.0	68.6	37.0	£395,266
56	Nottingham	East Midlands	73.4	56.9	93.9	87.8	66.4	66.6	£192,543
57	Oldham	North West	73.4	59.4	90.1	77.1	86.3	61.6	£212,066
58	Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole	South West	73.3	58.0	98.7	92.7	65.3	52.2	£311,309
59	Gateshead	North East	73.2	59.6	92.7	96.9	40.7	75.0	£158,885
60	Tameside	North West	73.1	62.9	90.1	79.5	73.8	61.6	£212,609
61	Bury	North West	73.0	59.4	90.1	74.4	86.6	61.6	£233,630
62	West Berkshire	South East	72.8	51.7	97.8	91.3	60.1	70.0	£400,550
63	Rutland	East Midlands	72.6	51.4	95.2	100.0	38.5	82.6	£305,174
64	Islington	London	72.4	47.0	90.5	96.0	69.9	70.0	£665,067
65	St Helens	North West	72.3	65.4	92.2	75.9	69.4	57.4	£184,470
66	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	72.1	58.6	97.2	88.3	59.0	57.4	£264,715
67	Camden	London	71.9	37.9	90.5	100.0	79.8	70.0	£794,527
68	Bedford	East of England	71.8	56.2	96.7	92.3	42.3	72.2	£330,716
69	Manchester	North West	71.8	64.2	90.1	76.0	67.2	61.6	£247,344
70	Hounslow	London	71.7	54.0	90.5	100.0	45.9	70.0	£497,276
71	South Tyneside	North East	71.7	66.2	92.7	92.3	23.8	75.0	£156,931
72	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	71.7	55.8	97.8	84.0	54.1	70.0	£565,201
73	Ealing	London	71.6	52.0	90.5	92.3	59.8	70.0	£556,675
74	Tower Hamlets	London	71.5	64.1	90.5	94.9	64.2	37.0	£457,504
75	Northumberland	North East	71.4	59.9	92.7	90.4	37.2	75.0	£204,603
76	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	71.4	63.8	87.2	87.1	41.3	75.0	£154,422
77	Wokingham	South East	71.3	47.5	97.8	91.7	57.4	70.0	£485,606
78	Salford	North West	71.1	58.5	90.1	81.0	67.5	61.6	£232,391
79	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	71.0	64.7	88.9	94.4	12.3	86.9	£190,555
80	Cheshire East	North West	71.0	58.4	97.2	87.0	53.8	57.4	£296,091
81	Liverpool	North West	70.9	59.2	92.2	78.4	69.1	57.4	£183,615
82	Brent	London	70.7	50.2	90.5	92.9	56.3	70.0	£547,995
83	Portsmouth	South East	70.4	64.5	95.8	90.9	73.8	17.9	£250,377
84	Torbay	South West	70.2	61.8	97.4	90.9	68.3	24.9	£224,372
85	Southampton	South East	70.1	63.3	95.8	82.4	85.0	17.9	£234,150
86	Westmorland and Furness	North West	70.1	61.0	96.5	90.7	12.6	83.2	£223,414
87	Harrow	London	70.0	45.0	90.5	96.6	57.4	70.0	£527,239
88	Merton	London	69.9	50.0	90.5	100.0	72.4	39.4	£591,638
89	Medway	South East	69.8	61.4	94.6	92.5	61.5	31.3	£294,322
90	Enfield	London	69.7	53.8	90.5	100.0	33.1	70.0	£465,031
91	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	69.6	53.7	96.7	88.1	37.7	72.2	£358,992
92	Herefordshire	West Midlands	69.5	56.0	98.5	80.5	56.3	56.4	£288,434
93	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	69.4	57.6	100.0	87.0	38.5	59.3	£270,836
94	Shropshire	West Midlands	69.4	57.5	98.5	78.6	26.5	85.3	£280,197
95	Sutton	London	69.4	51.9	90.5	96.4	70.2	39.4	£452,352
96	Hackney	London	69.3	50.9	90.5	100.0	69.4	37.0	£612,501
97	Plymouth	South West	69.3	62.9	97.4	92.2	58.7	24.9	£216,463
98	Redbridge	London	69.1	51.2	90.5	94.3	74.6	37.0	£502,501
99	Rochdale	North West	68.7	59.5	90.1	75.6	56.8	61.6	£211,558
100	Stockport	North West	68.6	53.8	90.1	74.1	69.4	61.6	£311,307
101	Havering	London	68.4	51.2	90.5	96.7	67.2	37.0	£446,877
102	Haringey	London	68.1	44.1	90.5	97.2	45.4	70.0	£629,835
103	Waltham Forest	London	68.1	48.0	90.5	92.0	77.9	37.0	£524,099
104	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	68.0	66.9	98.5	68.6	11.7	85.3	£220,193
105	Buckinghamshire	South East	67.7	47.2	97.8	85.1	41.0	72.2	£478,521
106	Blackpool	North West	67.5	65.5	94.8	58.3	31.4	83.2	£134,732
107	Cumberland	North West	67.4	63.6	96.5	88.9	0.0	75.0	£172,186
108	Sefton	North West	66.7	59.5	92.2	85.1	31.7	57.4	£218,893
109	Barnet	London	65.9	50.5	90.5	96.6	18.6	70.0	£587,297
110	North Somerset	South West	65.5	56.6	91.7	92.9	57.4	19.8	£313,919
111	Southwark	London	64.4	55.1	90.5	97.9	67.8	0.0	£572,455
112	Kingston upon Thames	London	64.3	40.4	90.5	100.0	54.6	39.4	£571,088
113	Kensington and Chelsea	London	64.2	25.3	90.5	90.9	65.3	70.0	£1,272,760
114	Greenwich	London	63.7	58.0	90.5	92.5	64.5	0.0	£455,805
115	Dorset	South West	63.5	49.7	98.7	79.1	34.7	52.2	£325,696
116	Bristol	South West	63.4	49.4	91.7	80.0	74.9	19.8	£353,662
117	Isle of Wight	South East	62.9	57.5	95.8	69.6	65.8	17.9	£238,239
118	Somerset	South West	62.8	56.9	91.7	71.9	40.7	45.8	£277,347
119	Brighton and Hove	South East	62.7	49.7	95.6	84.0	36.6	42.8	£406,137
120	Wiltshire	South West	62.7	54.2	99.4	82.8	23.0	43.7	£325,267
121	Croydon	London	62.4	49.8	90.5	83.9	44.3	39.4	£395,442
122	Bexley	London	62.3	54.5	90.5	83.3	74.9	0.0	£408,488
123	Lewisham	London	62.2	53.2	90.5	97.1	57.9	0.0	£489,995
124	Lambeth	London	61.7	54.0	90.5	85.4	69.1	0.0	£558,911
125	Bromley	London	61.3	53.9	90.5	97.6	50.0	0.0	£520,379
126	South Gloucestershire	South West	61.2	54.0	91.7	89.3	39.1	19.8	£338,054
127	Richmond upon Thames	London	61.0	31.5	90.5	100.0	50.0	39.4	£794,027
128	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	60.7	54.6	91.7	95.1	26.8	19.8	£400,205
129	Cornwall	South West	59.5	56.3	97.4	79.2	4.6	43.7	£277,017

Sources: HM Land Registry, MHCLG, Ofcom, Ofsted, Home Office and NHS England — all Open Government Licence v3.0. The Gera Liveability Score is computed by GeraRent from these figures; full method at /methodology/gera-liveability-index.