Official statistics · 21 of 21 measures compare directly
Barnsley and Rotherham compared
Every measure Civometry publishes for both areas, side by side. Each figure is its publisher’s own for the period named beside it, and the difference between the two is stated in the middle. Neither area is called better: which direction counts as better depends on what you are asking, and the page does not decide that for you. Where the two figures are not comparable — a different period, or nothing published for one side — the row says so instead of showing a difference.
Barnsley
E08000038 · South Yorkshire Police
Rotherham
E08000018 · South Yorkshire Police
Getting better or worse
−1
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
2 more in Barnsley
−3
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
252,784
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
26,377 more in Rotherham
279,161
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£36,652
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£1,939 more in Barnsley
£34,713
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£175,733
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£14,336 more in Rotherham
£190,069
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£693
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£10 more in Barnsley
£683
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
3.3%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.3 percentage points higher in Rotherham
3.6%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+291
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
601 more in Rotherham
+892
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,326
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£56 more in Rotherham
£2,382
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Outstanding borrowing
£560m
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
£148m more in Rotherham
£709m
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
Supported asylum seekers
276
Home Office: Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority (Asy_D11)
112 more in Rotherham
388
Home Office: Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority (Asy_D11)
Borrowing per resident
£2,217
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
£323 more in Rotherham
£2,540
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
IMD average score
30.1
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
0.2 more in Barnsley
29.8
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income deprivation
0.28
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: domain summaries by district
0.02 more in Rotherham
0.30
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: domain summaries by district
Income-deprived residents
27.9%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
1.7 percentage points higher in Rotherham
29.6%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Women's pay as a share of men's
91.9%
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence, men and women full-time
17.0 percentage points higher in Barnsley
74.9%
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence, men and women full-time
Recorded crime
106.5
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
3.4 more in Rotherham
109.9
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
4.8 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
0.7 years more in Rotherham
5.5 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
22.7%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
0.9 percentage points higher in Rotherham
23.6%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
6.35%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.51 percentage points higher in Rotherham
6.86%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
10,742
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
202 more in Rotherham
10,944
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
2,877
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
10 more in Rotherham
2,888
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 252,784 in Barnsley and 279,161 in Rotherham (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £36,652 in Barnsley and £34,713 in Rotherham (2025); and average house price was £175,733 in Barnsley and £190,069 in Rotherham (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 252,784 in Barnsley and 279,161 in Rotherham (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £36,652 in Barnsley and £34,713 in Rotherham (2025); and average house price was £175,733 in Barnsley and £190,069 in Rotherham (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
Recorded crime by category
Offences per 1,000 residents in the 12 months to June 2026, from the same archive and the same window for both areas.
| Category | Barnsley per 1,000 | offences | Rotherham per 1,000 | offences | E&W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All recorded crime | 106.5 | 26,912 | 109.9 | 30,670 | 97.4 |
| Bicycle theft | 0.3 | 70 | 0.3 | 73 | 0.8 |
| Burglary | 5.5 | 1,378 | 4.7 | 1,308 | 3.6 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 9.9 | 2,507 | 8.1 | 2,258 | 6.9 |
| Drugs | 2.7 | 694 | 2.3 | 645 | 3.4 |
| Other crime | 3.9 | 998 | 3.2 | 903 | 2.2 |
| Other theft | 5.7 | 1,429 | 5.7 | 1,597 | 6.5 |
| Possession of weapons | 1.0 | 257 | 1.3 | 354 | 1.0 |
| Public disorder and weapons | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Public order | 7.8 | 1,968 | 7.8 | 2,179 | 6.8 |
| Robbery | 1.1 | 279 | 1.5 | 409 | 1.4 |
| Shoplifting | 6.9 | 1,733 | 10.5 | 2,938 | 8.3 |
| Theft from the person | 0.3 | 82 | 0.3 | 91 | 1.7 |
| Vehicle crime | 5.6 | 1,418 | 5.9 | 1,652 | 5.0 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 38.6 | 9,749 | 40.1 | 11,188 | 34.7 |
| Violent crime | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
What this comparison rests on
Two figures are only subtracted when they are the same measure over the same period. Populations differ (252,784 and 279,161 residents on the latest estimates used here), so counts are shown alongside rates rather than instead of them. Nothing on this page is weighted, indexed or scored: every difference is one published number minus another, and the rows that cannot be compared say why.