Official statistics · 20 of 21 measures compare directly
Bolton and Kirklees 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.
Bolton
E08000001 · Greater Manchester Police
Kirklees
E08000034 · West Yorkshire Police
Getting better or worse
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in Kirklees
−1
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
309,732
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
136,100 more in Kirklees
445,832
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£34,186
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£1,681 more in Kirklees
£35,867
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£202,770
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£3,003 more in Kirklees
£205,773
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£884
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£104 more in Bolton
£780
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
5.2%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.5 percentage points higher in Bolton
4.7%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+1,465
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
47 more in Bolton
+1,418
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,400
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£41 more in Kirklees
£2,441
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Outstanding borrowing
£148m
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
£688m more in Kirklees
£836m
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
Supported asylum seekers
1,037
Home Office: Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority (Asy_D11)
369 more in Bolton
668
Home Office: Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority (Asy_D11)
Borrowing per resident
£478
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
£1,397 more in Kirklees
£1,875
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
IMD average score
31.4
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
5.6 more in Bolton
25.8
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income deprivation
0.33
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: domain summaries by district
0.06 more in Bolton
0.27
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: domain summaries by district
Income-deprived residents
32.9%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
6.0 percentage points higher in Bolton
26.9%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Women's pay as a share of men's
88.6%
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence, men and women full-time
2.2 percentage points higher in Bolton
86.4%
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence, men and women full-time
Recorded crime
No published figure
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
No published figure for Bolton.
98.7
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
5.9 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
0.2 years more in Bolton
5.7 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
31.0%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
4.9 percentage points higher in Bolton
26.1%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
7.02%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.21 percentage points higher in Bolton
6.81%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
11,596
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
821 more in Kirklees
12,418
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,091
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
1 more in Bolton
3,089
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 309,732 in Bolton and 445,832 in Kirklees (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £34,186 in Bolton and £35,867 in Kirklees (2025); and average house price was £202,770 in Bolton and £205,773 in Kirklees (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 309,732 in Bolton and 445,832 in Kirklees (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £34,186 in Bolton and £35,867 in Kirklees (2025); and average house price was £202,770 in Bolton and £205,773 in Kirklees (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
Recorded crime by category
A category-by-category crime comparison needs both areas to have a full, current twelve months in the data.police.uk archive. One of them does not, so it is not shown; the crime rate above, where published, still comes from that archive.
What this comparison rests on
Two figures are only subtracted when they are the same measure over the same period. Populations differ (299,591 and 445,832 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.