Official statistics · 11 of 13 measures compare directly
Moray and Scottish Borders 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.
Moray
S12000020 · Scotland
Scottish Borders
S12000026 · Scotland
Getting better or worse
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
The same in both
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
94,730
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
22,070 more in Scottish Borders
116,800
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£33,943
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£343 more in Moray
£33,600
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£208,397
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£16,842 more in Moray
£191,555
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All claimants
2.6%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.2 percentage points higher in Scottish Borders
2.8%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
All recorded crime and offences
441
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
32 more in Moray
409
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
Outstanding borrowing
£305m
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
£86m more in Scottish Borders
£391m
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
Supported asylum seekers
2
Home Office: Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority (Asy_D11)
36 more in Scottish Borders
38
Home Office: Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority (Asy_D11)
Borrowing per resident
£3,224
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
£127 more in Scottish Borders
£3,351
MHCLG: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live table
Women's pay as a share of men's
81.4%
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence, men and women full-time
22.1 percentage points higher in Scottish Borders
103.5%
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence, men and women full-time
House price to pay ratio
6.1 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
0.4 years more in Moray
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 Moray.
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 Moray.
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 94,730 in Moray and 116,800 in Scottish Borders (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £33,943 in Moray and £33,600 in Scottish Borders (2025); and average house price was £208,397 in Moray and £191,555 in Scottish Borders (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 94,730 in Moray and 116,800 in Scottish Borders (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £33,943 in Moray and £33,600 in Scottish Borders (2025); and average house price was £208,397 in Moray and £191,555 in Scottish Borders (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.