Official statistics · 15 of 16 measures compare directly
Forest of Dean and Ribble Valley 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.
Forest of Dean
E07000080 · Gloucestershire Constabulary
Ribble Valley
E07000124 · Lancashire Constabulary
Getting better or worse
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in Ribble Valley
−1
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
90,157
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
23,219 more in Forest of Dean
66,938
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£42,326
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£1,456 more in Forest of Dean
£40,870
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£288,524
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£883 more in Forest of Dean
£287,641
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£826
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£10 more in Forest of Dean
£816
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
2.5%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.7 percentage points higher in Forest of Dean
1.8%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+223
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
194 more in Forest of Dean
+29
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,443
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£57 more in Forest of Dean
£2,387
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
19.1
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
9.1 more in Forest of Dean
10.0
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
18.2%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
7.6 percentage points higher in Forest of Dean
10.6%
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 Forest of Dean.
50.2
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
6.8 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
0.2 years more in Ribble Valley
7.0 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
23.4%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
0.6 percentage points higher in Ribble Valley
24.0%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
5.77%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.07 percentage points higher in Ribble Valley
5.84%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
10,352
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
1,897 more in Ribble Valley
12,250
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,904
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
184 more in Forest of Dean
3,720
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 90,157 in Forest of Dean and 66,938 in Ribble Valley (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £42,326 in Forest of Dean and £40,870 in Ribble Valley (2025); and average house price was £288,524 in Forest of Dean and £287,641 in Ribble Valley (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 90,157 in Forest of Dean and 66,938 in Ribble Valley (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £42,326 in Forest of Dean and £40,870 in Ribble Valley (2025); and average house price was £288,524 in Forest of Dean and £287,641 in Ribble Valley (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 (90,157 and 66,938 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.