Official statistics · 6 of 9 measures compare directly
Highland and Stafford 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.
Highland
S12000017 · Scotland
Stafford
E07000197 · Staffordshire Police
Getting better or worse
0
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
5 more in Highland
−5
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
237,260
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
94,357 more in Highland
142,903
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£39,740
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£14 more in Highland
£39,726
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£221,000
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£38,721 more in Stafford
£259,721
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All claimants
2.2%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.3 percentage points higher in Stafford
2.5%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
All recorded crime and offences
430
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
Not published for Stafford.
Not published for this area
House price to pay ratio
5.6 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
0.9 years more in Stafford
6.5 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 Highland.
27.1%
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 Highland.
5.80%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 237,260 in Highland and 142,903 in Stafford (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £39,740 in Highland and £39,726 in Stafford (2025); and average house price was £221,000 in Highland and £259,721 in Stafford (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 237,260 in Highland and 142,903 in Stafford (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £39,740 in Highland and £39,726 in Stafford (2025); and average house price was £221,000 in Highland and £259,721 in Stafford (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 142,903 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.