Official statistics · 18 of 19 measures compare directly
Chorley and Wigan 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.
Chorley
E07000118 · Lancashire Constabulary
Wigan
E08000010 · Greater Manchester Police
Getting better or worse
−1
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in Chorley
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
121,814
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
225,275 more in Wigan
347,089
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£39,350
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£1,973 more in Chorley
£37,377
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£212,647
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£17,090 more in Chorley
£195,557
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£792
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£47 more in Chorley
£745
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
2.5%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
1.1 percentage points higher in Wigan
3.6%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+192
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
292 more in Wigan
+484
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,430
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£278 more in Chorley
£2,153
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Outstanding borrowing
£73m
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
£367m more in Wigan
£439m
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
Supported asylum seekers
239
Home Office: Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority (Asy_D11)
954 more in Wigan
1,193
Home Office: Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority (Asy_D11)
Borrowing per resident
£596
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
£670 more in Wigan
£1,266
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
IMD average score
16.4
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
8.8 more in Wigan
25.2
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
16.8%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
7.1 percentage points higher in Wigan
23.9%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Recorded crime
79.3
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
No published figure for Wigan.
No published figure
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
5.4 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
0.2 years more in Chorley
5.2 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
24.2%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
0.3 percentage points higher in Chorley
23.9%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
6.18%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.42 percentage points higher in Chorley
5.76%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
11,100
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
1,030 more in Chorley
10,069
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,246
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
307 more in Chorley
2,939
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 121,814 in Chorley and 347,089 in Wigan (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £39,350 in Chorley and £37,377 in Wigan (2025); and average house price was £212,647 in Chorley and £195,557 in Wigan (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 121,814 in Chorley and 347,089 in Wigan (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £39,350 in Chorley and £37,377 in Wigan (2025); and average house price was £212,647 in Chorley and £195,557 in Wigan (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 (121,814 and 334,538 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.