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.

Spelthorne

86.9x

£2.0bn

2.

Woking

62

£522m

3.

Eastleigh

41.1

£643m

4.

Runnymede

23.4

£204m

5.

Worthing

14.4

£170m

6.

Surrey Heath

13.7

£120m

7.

Rushmoor

10.6

£188m

8.

Cherwell

10.3

£302m

9.

Uttlesford

10.0

£1.8bn

10.

Warrington

9.9

11.

Brentwood

£226m

9.7

12.

Mole Valley

£103m

9.6

13.

East Hampshire

£120m

9.5

14.

Thurrock

£1.5bn

7.5

15.

Adur

£165m

7.1

16.

Epsom and Ewell

£64m

6.8

17.

Broxbourne

£58m

6.3

18.

Guildford

£295m

6.0

19.

Chorley

£78m

5.9

20.

Warwick

£268m

5.9

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