Official statistics · 15 of 16 measures compare directly
Calderdale and Rochdale 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.
Calderdale
E08000033 · West Yorkshire Police
Rochdale
E08000005 · Greater Manchester Police
Getting better or worse
−3
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in Rochdale
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
210,734
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
26,907 more in Rochdale
237,641
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£35,989
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£1,329 more in Calderdale
£34,660
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£191,540
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£18,543 more in Rochdale
£210,083
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£753
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£91 more in Rochdale
£844
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
4.2%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
1.7 percentage points higher in Rochdale
5.9%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+635
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
827 more in Rochdale
+1,462
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,420
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£181 more in Rochdale
£2,601
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
27.6
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
6.7 more in Rochdale
34.3
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
26.3%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
8.3 percentage points higher in Rochdale
34.6%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Recorded crime
117.6
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
No published figure for Rochdale.
No published figure
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
5.3 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
0.8 years more in Rochdale
6.1 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
25.1%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
4.1 percentage points higher in Rochdale
29.2%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
6.72%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.78 percentage points higher in Rochdale
7.50%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
12,307
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
1,119 more in Calderdale
11,188
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,223
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
190 more in Calderdale
3,033
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 210,734 in Calderdale and 237,641 in Rochdale (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £35,989 in Calderdale and £34,660 in Rochdale (2025); and average house price was £191,540 in Calderdale and £210,083 in Rochdale (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 210,734 in Calderdale and 237,641 in Rochdale (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £35,989 in Calderdale and £34,660 in Rochdale (2025); and average house price was £191,540 in Calderdale and £210,083 in Rochdale (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 (210,734 and 227,532 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.