Official statistics · 15 of 16 measures compare directly
Leicester and Rochdale 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.
Leicester
E06000016 · Leicestershire Police
Rochdale
E08000005 · Greater Manchester Police
Getting better or worse
−1
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in Leicester
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
383,116
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
145,475 more in Leicester
237,641
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£32,281
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£2,379 more in Rochdale
£34,660
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£228,618
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£18,535 more in Leicester
£210,083
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£1,024
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£180 more in Leicester
£844
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
5.4%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.5 percentage points higher in Rochdale
5.9%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+4,852
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
3,390 more in Leicester
+1,462
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,529
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£72 more in Rochdale
£2,601
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
34.4
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
0.1 more in Leicester
34.3
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
34.5%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
0.1 percentage points higher in Rochdale
34.6%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Recorded crime
124.2
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
No published figure for Rochdale.
No published figure
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
7.1 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
1.0 years more in Leicester
6.1 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
38.1%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
8.9 percentage points higher in Leicester
29.2%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
7.83%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.33 percentage points higher in Leicester
7.50%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
12,575
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
1,388 more in Leicester
11,188
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,145
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
113 more in Leicester
3,033
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 383,116 in Leicester and 237,641 in Rochdale (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £32,281 in Leicester and £34,660 in Rochdale (2025); and average house price was £228,618 in Leicester and £210,083 in Rochdale (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 383,116 in Leicester and 237,641 in Rochdale (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £32,281 in Leicester and £34,660 in Rochdale (2025); and average house price was £228,618 in Leicester and £210,083 in Rochdale (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 (383,116 and 227,532 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.