Top 20 English councils with high levels of debt for their size

Local authorities ranked by borrowing level versus their income

Borrowing to

income ratio

Local authority

Total borrowing

£1.1bn

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Spelthorne

86.9x

62

41.1

23.4

14.4

13.7

10.6

10.3

10.0

9.9

£2.0bn

Woking

£522m

Eastleigh

£643m

Runnymede

£204m

Worthing

£170m

Surrey Heath

£120m

Rushmoor

£188m

Cherwell

£302m

Uttlesford

£1.8bn

Warrington

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

Brentwood

£226m

9.7

9.6

9.5

7.5

7.1

6.8

6.3

6.0

5.9

5.9

Mole Valley

£103m

East Hampshire

£120m

Thurrock

£1.5bn

Adur

£165m

Epsom and Ewell

£64m

Broxbourne

£58m

Guildford

£295m

Chorley

£78m

Warwick

£268m

Borrowing to

income ratio

Borrowing to

income ratio

Local authority

Total borrowing

Local authority

Total borrowing

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Spelthorne

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

£226m

Brentwood

£1.1bn

86.9x

62.0

41.1

23.4

14.4

13.7

10.6

10.3

10.0

9.9

9.7x

9.6

9.5

7.5

7.1

6.8

6.3

6.0

5.9

5.9

Woking

£103m

Mole Valley

£2.0bn

Eastleigh

£120m

East Hampshire

£522m

Runnymede

£1.5bn

Thurrock

£643m

Worthing

£165m

Adur

£204m

Surrey Heath

£64m

Epsom and Ewell

£170m

Rushmoor

£58m

Broxbourne

£120m

Cherwell

£295m

Guildford

£188m

Uttlesford

£78m

Chorley

£302m

Warrington

£268m

Warwick

£1.8bn