Official statistics · 15 of 16 measures compare directly
Bracknell Forest and Trafford 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.
Bracknell Forest
E06000036 · Thames Valley Police
Trafford
E08000009 · Greater Manchester Police
Getting better or worse
0
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
2 more in Bracknell Forest
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
132,145
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
108,836 more in Trafford
240,981
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£43,206
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£233 more in Bracknell Forest
£42,973
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£396,103
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£708 more in Trafford
£396,811
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£1,456
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£89 more in Bracknell Forest
£1,367
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
2.7%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.3 percentage points higher in Trafford
3.0%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+118
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
358 more in Trafford
+476
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,265
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£27 more in Trafford
£2,292
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
10.1
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
4.9 more in Trafford
15.0
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
13.3%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
3.8 percentage points higher in Trafford
17.1%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Recorded crime
64.3
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
No published figure for Trafford.
No published figure
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
9.2 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
The same in both
9.2 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
40.4%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
2.2 percentage points higher in Bracknell Forest
38.2%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
5.24%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.09 percentage points higher in Trafford
5.33%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
11,634
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
1,345 more in Trafford
12,979
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,656
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
203 more in Bracknell Forest
3,454
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 132,145 in Bracknell Forest and 240,981 in Trafford (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £43,206 in Bracknell Forest and £42,973 in Trafford (2025); and average house price was £396,103 in Bracknell Forest and £396,811 in Trafford (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 132,145 in Bracknell Forest and 240,981 in Trafford (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £43,206 in Bracknell Forest and £42,973 in Trafford (2025); and average house price was £396,103 in Bracknell Forest and £396,811 in Trafford (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 (132,145 and 236,599 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.