Official statistics · 10 of 21 measures compare directly
Cheltenham and Midlothian 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.
Cheltenham
E07000078 · Gloucestershire Constabulary
Midlothian
S12000019 · Scotland
Getting better or worse
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
2 more in Midlothian
0
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
121,452
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
21,062 more in Cheltenham
100,390
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£41,399
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£210 more in Cheltenham
£41,189
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£325,399
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£43,737 more in Cheltenham
£281,662
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£1,259
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Not published for Midlothian.
Not published for this area
All claimants
2.8%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.2 percentage points higher in Cheltenham
2.6%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+515
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Not published for Midlothian.
Not published for this area
Band D council tax
£2,370
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Not published for Midlothian.
Not published for this area
Outstanding borrowing
£216m
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
£242m more in Midlothian
£458m
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)
64 more in Cheltenham
79
Home Office: Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority (Asy_D11)
Borrowing per resident
£1,778
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
£2,786 more in Midlothian
£4,564
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
IMD average score
13.0
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Not published for Midlothian.
Not published for this area
Income deprivation
0.16
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: domain summaries by district
Not published for Midlothian.
Not published for this area
Income-deprived residents
15.7%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Not published for Midlothian.
Not published for this area
Women's pay as a share of men's
83.7%
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence, men and women full-time
6.5 percentage points higher in Cheltenham
77.2%
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
Not published for Midlothian.
Not published for this area
House price to pay ratio
7.9 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
1.1 years more in Cheltenham
6.8 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
36.5%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
No published figure for Midlothian.
No published figure
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
5.72%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
No published figure for Midlothian.
No published figure
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
10,831
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Not published for Midlothian.
Not published for this area
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,169
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
Not published for Midlothian.
Not published for this area
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 121,452 in Cheltenham and 100,390 in Midlothian (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £41,399 in Cheltenham and £41,189 in Midlothian (2025); and average house price was £325,399 in Cheltenham and £281,662 in Midlothian (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 121,452 in Cheltenham and 100,390 in Midlothian (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £41,399 in Cheltenham and £41,189 in Midlothian (2025); and average house price was £325,399 in Cheltenham and £281,662 in Midlothian (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 (121,452 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.