Official statistics · 15 of 16 measures compare directly
Cotswold and Vale of White Horse 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.
Cotswold
E07000079 · Gloucestershire Constabulary
Vale of White Horse
E07000180 · Thames Valley Police
Getting better or worse
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in Vale of White Horse
−1
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
91,563
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
60,654 more in Vale of White Horse
152,217
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£41,267
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£3,187 more in Vale of White Horse
£44,454
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£411,764
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£2,677 more in Vale of White Horse
£414,441
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£1,248
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£95 more in Vale of White Horse
£1,343
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
2.1%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.1 percentage points higher in Cotswold
2.0%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
−23
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
443 more in Vale of White Horse
+420
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,392
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£186 more in Vale of White Horse
£2,577
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
12.1
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
2.6 more in Cotswold
9.5
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
12.1%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
0.8 percentage points higher in Vale of White Horse
12.9%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Recorded crime
No published figure
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
No published figure for Cotswold.
52.3
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
10.0 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
0.7 years more in Cotswold
9.3 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
36.3%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
The same in both
36.3%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
5.80%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
The same in both
5.80%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
12,268
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
718 more in Cotswold
11,550
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
4,686
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
898 more in Cotswold
3,788
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 91,563 in Cotswold and 152,217 in Vale of White Horse (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £41,267 in Cotswold and £44,454 in Vale of White Horse (2025); and average house price was £411,764 in Cotswold and £414,441 in Vale of White Horse (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 91,563 in Cotswold and 152,217 in Vale of White Horse (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £41,267 in Cotswold and £44,454 in Vale of White Horse (2025); and average house price was £411,764 in Cotswold and £414,441 in Vale of White Horse (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 (91,563 and 152,217 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.