Official statistics · 20 of 21 measures compare directly
Chelmsford 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.
Chelmsford
E07000070 · Essex Police
Trafford
E08000009 · Greater Manchester Police
Getting better or worse
−1
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in Chelmsford
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
190,570
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
50,411 more in Trafford
240,981
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£46,179
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£3,206 more in Chelmsford
£42,973
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£383,103
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£13,708 more in Trafford
£396,811
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£1,442
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£75 more in Chelmsford
£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
+833
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
357 more in Chelmsford
+476
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,300
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£8 more in Chelmsford
£2,292
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Outstanding borrowing
£7m
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
£395m more in Trafford
£402m
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
Supported asylum seekers
143
Home Office: Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority (Asy_D11)
22 more in Trafford
165
Home Office: Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority (Asy_D11)
Borrowing per resident
£38
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
£1,632 more in Trafford
£1,670
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
IMD average score
13.1
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
1.8 more in Trafford
15.0
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income deprivation
0.15
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: domain summaries by district
0.03 more in Trafford
0.17
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: domain summaries by district
Income-deprived residents
14.6%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
2.5 percentage points higher in Trafford
17.1%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Women's pay as a share of men's
91.7%
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence, men and women full-time
11.5 percentage points higher in Chelmsford
80.2%
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence, men and women full-time
Recorded crime
80.5
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
8.3 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
0.9 years more in Trafford
9.2 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
37.5%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
0.7 percentage points higher in Trafford
38.2%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
4.98%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.35 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
11,728
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
1,250 more in Trafford
12,979
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,801
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
347 more in Chelmsford
3,454
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 190,570 in Chelmsford and 240,981 in Trafford (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £46,179 in Chelmsford and £42,973 in Trafford (2025); and average house price was £383,103 in Chelmsford 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 190,570 in Chelmsford and 240,981 in Trafford (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £46,179 in Chelmsford and £42,973 in Trafford (2025); and average house price was £383,103 in Chelmsford 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 (190,570 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.