Official statistics · 15 of 16 measures compare directly
Rother and Stockport 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.
Rother
E07000064 · Sussex Police
Stockport
E08000007 · Greater Manchester Police
Getting better or worse
−1
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in Rother
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
96,150
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
208,729 more in Stockport
304,879
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£36,197
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£3,121 more in Stockport
£39,318
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£343,870
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£29,375 more in Rother
£314,495
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£1,166
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£55 more in Rother
£1,111
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
3.2%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.2 percentage points higher in Rother
3.0%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+111
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
772 more in Stockport
+883
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,701
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£82 more in Rother
£2,619
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
22.5
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
4.1 more in Rother
18.4
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
19.8%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
1.0 percentage points higher in Rother
18.8%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Recorded crime
71.3
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
No published figure for Stockport.
No published figure
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
9.5 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
1.5 years more in Rother
8.0 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
38.7%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
4.8 percentage points higher in Rother
33.9%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
7.46%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.80 percentage points higher in Rother
6.66%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
11,796
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
675 more in Stockport
12,471
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,781
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
521 more in Rother
3,260
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 96,150 in Rother and 304,879 in Stockport (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £36,197 in Rother and £39,318 in Stockport (2025); and average house price was £343,870 in Rother and £314,495 in Stockport (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 96,150 in Rother and 304,879 in Stockport (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £36,197 in Rother and £39,318 in Stockport (2025); and average house price was £343,870 in Rother and £314,495 in Stockport (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 (96,150 and 296,914 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.