Official statistics · 21 of 21 measures compare directly
Basildon and Harlow 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.
Basildon
E07000066 · Essex Police
Harlow
E07000073 · Essex Police
Getting better or worse
−3
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
The same in both
−3
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
193,489
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
94,946 more in Basildon
98,543
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£39,734
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£1,354 more in Basildon
£38,380
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£360,294
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£46,956 more in Basildon
£313,338
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£1,421
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£97 more in Harlow
£1,518
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
3.8%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.8 percentage points higher in Harlow
4.6%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+590
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
261 more in Basildon
+329
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,327
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£29 more in Basildon
£2,299
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Outstanding borrowing
£518m
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
£163m more in Basildon
£355m
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
Supported asylum seekers
352
Home Office: Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority (Asy_D11)
296 more in Basildon
56
Home Office: Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority (Asy_D11)
Borrowing per resident
£2,680
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
£926 more in Harlow
£3,606
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
IMD average score
22.6
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
0.9 more in Basildon
21.7
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income deprivation
0.24
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: domain summaries by district
0.02 more in Harlow
0.27
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: domain summaries by district
Income-deprived residents
24.1%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
2.4 percentage points higher in Harlow
26.5%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Women's pay as a share of men's
76.4%
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence, men and women full-time
2.5 percentage points higher in Harlow
78.9%
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence, men and women full-time
Recorded crime
98.2
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
8.0 more in Harlow
106.2
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
9.1 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
0.9 years more in Basildon
8.2 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
42.9%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
4.6 percentage points higher in Harlow
47.5%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
5.86%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.13 percentage points higher in Harlow
5.99%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
10,972
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
909 more in Basildon
10,063
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,517
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
437 more in Basildon
3,081
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 193,489 in Basildon and 98,543 in Harlow (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £39,734 in Basildon and £38,380 in Harlow (2025); and average house price was £360,294 in Basildon and £313,338 in Harlow (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 193,489 in Basildon and 98,543 in Harlow (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £39,734 in Basildon and £38,380 in Harlow (2025); and average house price was £360,294 in Basildon and £313,338 in Harlow (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 | Basildon per 1,000 | offences | Harlow per 1,000 | offences | E&W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All recorded crime | 98.2 | 18,999 | 106.2 | 10,462 | 97.4 |
| Bicycle theft | 0.6 | 109 | 1.5 | 148 | 0.8 |
| Burglary | 3.2 | 616 | 3.3 | 328 | 3.6 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 7.8 | 1,514 | 8.3 | 819 | 6.9 |
| Drugs | 4.3 | 837 | 5.6 | 554 | 3.4 |
| Other crime | 2.2 | 425 | 1.9 | 192 | 2.2 |
| Other theft | 6.0 | 1,155 | 6.7 | 661 | 6.5 |
| Possession of weapons | 1.1 | 219 | 1.6 | 162 | 1.0 |
| Public disorder and weapons | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Public order | 6.4 | 1,244 | 8.5 | 835 | 6.8 |
| Robbery | 1.0 | 191 | 1.2 | 115 | 1.4 |
| Shoplifting | 8.0 | 1,539 | 7.6 | 745 | 8.3 |
| Theft from the person | 0.6 | 111 | 0.8 | 74 | 1.7 |
| Vehicle crime | 6.1 | 1,182 | 6.3 | 618 | 5.0 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 39.3 | 7,601 | 42.1 | 4,146 | 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 (193,489 and 98,543 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.