Official statistics · 7 of 9 measures compare directly
Dumfries and Galloway 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.
Dumfries and Galloway
S12000006 · Scotland
Scottish Borders
S12000026 · Scotland
Getting better or worse
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
The same in both
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
145,490
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
28,690 more in Dumfries and Galloway
116,800
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£34,895
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£1,295 more in Dumfries and Galloway
£33,600
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£166,891
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£24,664 more in Scottish Borders
£191,555
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All claimants
2.8%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
The same in both
2.8%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
All recorded crime and offences
552
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
144 more in Dumfries and Galloway
409
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
House price to pay ratio
4.8 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
0.9 years more in Scottish Borders
5.7 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
No published figure
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
No published figure for Dumfries and Galloway.
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 Dumfries and Galloway.
No published figure
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 145,490 in Dumfries and Galloway and 116,800 in Scottish Borders (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £34,895 in Dumfries and Galloway and £33,600 in Scottish Borders (2025); and average house price was £166,891 in Dumfries and Galloway 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 145,490 in Dumfries and Galloway and 116,800 in Scottish Borders (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £34,895 in Dumfries and Galloway and £33,600 in Scottish Borders (2025); and average house price was £166,891 in Dumfries and Galloway 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 (— 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.