Official statistics · 7 of 9 measures compare directly
Midlothian and West Lothian 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.
Midlothian
S12000019 · Scotland
West Lothian
S12000040 · 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
100,390
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
86,850 more in West Lothian
187,240
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£41,189
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£1,055 more in Midlothian
£40,134
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£281,662
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£53,166 more in Midlothian
£228,496
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All claimants
2.6%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.1 percentage points higher in West Lothian
2.7%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
All recorded crime and offences
499
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
53 more in West Lothian
553
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
House price to pay ratio
6.8 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
1.1 years more in Midlothian
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 Midlothian.
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 Midlothian.
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 100,390 in Midlothian and 187,240 in West Lothian (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £41,189 in Midlothian and £40,134 in West Lothian (2025); and average house price was £281,662 in Midlothian and £228,496 in West Lothian (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 100,390 in Midlothian and 187,240 in West Lothian (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £41,189 in Midlothian and £40,134 in West Lothian (2025); and average house price was £281,662 in Midlothian and £228,496 in West Lothian (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.