Official statistics · 15 of 16 measures compare directly
Oldham and Walsall 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.
Oldham
E08000004 · Greater Manchester Police
Walsall
E08000030 · West Midlands Police
Getting better or worse
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in Walsall
−1
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
251,915
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
43,807 more in Walsall
295,722
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£34,042
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£6 more in Oldham
£34,036
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£214,850
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£273 more in Oldham
£214,577
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£931
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£15 more in Oldham
£916
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
6.6%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.7 percentage points higher in Oldham
5.9%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+1,653
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
181 more in Walsall
+1,834
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,602
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£25 more in Walsall
£2,627
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
36.8
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
5.1 more in Oldham
31.7
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
36.5%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
0.9 percentage points higher in Oldham
35.6%
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 Oldham.
101.5
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
6.3 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
The same in both
6.3 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
32.8%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
0.5 percentage points higher in Oldham
32.3%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
7.64%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.08 percentage points higher in Walsall
7.72%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
11,638
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
122 more in Walsall
11,759
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,000
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
262 more in Walsall
3,262
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 251,915 in Oldham and 295,722 in Walsall (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £34,042 in Oldham and £34,036 in Walsall (2025); and average house price was £214,850 in Oldham and £214,577 in Walsall (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 251,915 in Oldham and 295,722 in Walsall (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £34,042 in Oldham and £34,036 in Walsall (2025); and average house price was £214,850 in Oldham and £214,577 in Walsall (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 (244,584 and 295,722 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.