Official statistics · 15 of 16 measures compare directly
Rochdale and Wolverhampton 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.
Rochdale
E08000005 · Greater Manchester Police
Wolverhampton
E08000031 · West Midlands Police
Getting better or worse
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in Wolverhampton
−1
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
237,641
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
43,793 more in Wolverhampton
281,434
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£34,660
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£1,198 more in Wolverhampton
£35,858
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£210,083
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£6,585 more in Wolverhampton
£216,668
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£844
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£98 more in Wolverhampton
£942
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
5.9%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.8 percentage points higher in Wolverhampton
6.7%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+1,462
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
2,367 more in Wolverhampton
+3,829
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,601
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£62 more in Rochdale
£2,539
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
34.3
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
1.8 more in Rochdale
32.6
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
34.6%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
1.2 percentage points higher in Wolverhampton
35.8%
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 Rochdale.
98.1
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
6.1 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
0.1 years more in Rochdale
6.0 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
29.2%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
2.3 percentage points higher in Wolverhampton
31.5%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
7.50%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.42 percentage points higher in Rochdale
7.08%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
11,188
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
829 more in Wolverhampton
12,017
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,033
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
229 more in Wolverhampton
3,262
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 237,641 in Rochdale and 281,434 in Wolverhampton (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £34,660 in Rochdale and £35,858 in Wolverhampton (2025); and average house price was £210,083 in Rochdale and £216,668 in Wolverhampton (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 237,641 in Rochdale and 281,434 in Wolverhampton (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £34,660 in Rochdale and £35,858 in Wolverhampton (2025); and average house price was £210,083 in Rochdale and £216,668 in Wolverhampton (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 (227,532 and 281,434 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.