Official statistics · 6 of 13 measures compare directly
Ceredigion and Scottish Borders 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.
Ceredigion
W06000008 · Dyfed-Powys Police
Scottish Borders
S12000026 · Scotland
Getting better or worse
−4
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
2 more in Scottish Borders
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
72,696
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
44,104 more in Scottish Borders
116,800
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£33,299
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£301 more in Scottish Borders
£33,600
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£237,176
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£45,621 more in Ceredigion
£191,555
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£723
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Not published for Scottish Borders.
Not published for this area
All claimants
2.6%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.2 percentage points higher in Scottish Borders
2.8%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
−106
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Not published for Scottish Borders.
Not published for this area
Recorded crime
92.4
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
Not published for Scottish Borders.
Not published for this area
House price to pay ratio
7.1 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
1.4 years more in Ceredigion
5.7 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
26.1%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
No published figure for Scottish Borders.
No published figure
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
No published figure
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
No published figure for Ceredigion.
No published figure
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
10,247
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Not published for Scottish Borders.
Not published for this area
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
4,232
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
Not published for Scottish Borders.
Not published for this area
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 72,696 in Ceredigion and 116,800 in Scottish Borders (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £33,299 in Ceredigion and £33,600 in Scottish Borders (2025); and average house price was £237,176 in Ceredigion and £191,555 in Scottish Borders (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 72,696 in Ceredigion and 116,800 in Scottish Borders (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £33,299 in Ceredigion and £33,600 in Scottish Borders (2025); and average house price was £237,176 in Ceredigion and £191,555 in Scottish Borders (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 (72,696 and — 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.