Official statistics · 7 of 9 measures compare directly
Perth and Kinross and South Lanarkshire 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.
Perth and Kinross
S12000048 · Scotland
South Lanarkshire
S12000029 · Scotland
Getting better or worse
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
2 more in South Lanarkshire
0
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
154,930
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
179,400 more in South Lanarkshire
334,330
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£39,934
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£1,192 more in South Lanarkshire
£41,126
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£228,159
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£41,388 more in Perth and Kinross
£186,771
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All claimants
2.4%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.3 percentage points higher in South Lanarkshire
2.7%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
All recorded crime and offences
424
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
77 more in South Lanarkshire
501
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
House price to pay ratio
5.7 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
1.2 years more in Perth and Kinross
4.5 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 Perth and Kinross.
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 Perth and Kinross.
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 154,930 in Perth and Kinross and 334,330 in South Lanarkshire (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £39,934 in Perth and Kinross and £41,126 in South Lanarkshire (2025); and average house price was £228,159 in Perth and Kinross and £186,771 in South Lanarkshire (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 154,930 in Perth and Kinross and 334,330 in South Lanarkshire (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £39,934 in Perth and Kinross and £41,126 in South Lanarkshire (2025); and average house price was £228,159 in Perth and Kinross and £186,771 in South Lanarkshire (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.