Official statistics · 11 of 13 measures compare directly
Falkirk 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.
Falkirk
S12000014 · Scotland
Midlothian
S12000019 · Scotland
Getting better or worse
0
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
The same in both
0
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
160,230
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
59,840 more in Falkirk
100,390
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£38,432
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£2,757 more in Midlothian
£41,189
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£173,497
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£108,165 more in Midlothian
£281,662
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All claimants
3.0%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.4 percentage points higher in Falkirk
2.6%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
All recorded crime and offences
552
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
53 more in Falkirk
499
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
Outstanding borrowing
£514m
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
£56m more in Falkirk
£458m
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
Supported asylum seekers
67
Home Office: Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority (Asy_D11)
12 more in Midlothian
79
Home Office: Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority (Asy_D11)
Borrowing per resident
£3,208
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
£1,356 more in Midlothian
£4,564
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
Women's pay as a share of men's
103.3%
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence, men and women full-time
26.1 percentage points higher in Falkirk
77.2%
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence, men and women full-time
House price to pay ratio
4.5 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
2.3 years more in Midlothian
6.8 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 Falkirk.
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 Falkirk.
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 160,230 in Falkirk and 100,390 in Midlothian (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £38,432 in Falkirk and £41,189 in Midlothian (2025); and average house price was £173,497 in Falkirk 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 160,230 in Falkirk and 100,390 in Midlothian (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £38,432 in Falkirk and £41,189 in Midlothian (2025); and average house price was £173,497 in Falkirk 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 (— 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.