Official statistics · 15 of 16 measures compare directly
South Hams and Stroud 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.
South Hams
E07000044 · Devon & Cornwall Police
Stroud
E07000082 · Gloucestershire Constabulary
Getting better or worse
−1
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in South Hams
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
93,171
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
33,247 more in Stroud
126,418
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£38,638
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£30 more in South Hams
£38,608
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£360,571
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£4,618 more in South Hams
£355,953
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£1,009
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£31 more in Stroud
£1,040
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
2.1%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.1 percentage points higher in Stroud
2.2%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
−81
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
21 more in Stroud
−60
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,615
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£124 more in South Hams
£2,491
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
15.1
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
2.5 more in South Hams
12.6
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
15.0%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
1.5 percentage points higher in South Hams
13.5%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Recorded crime
46.6
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
No published figure for Stroud.
No published figure
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
9.3 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
0.1 years more in South Hams
9.2 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
31.3%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
1.0 percentage points higher in Stroud
32.3%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
6.77%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.32 percentage points higher in South Hams
6.45%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
9,581
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
1,654 more in Stroud
11,235
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,964
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
208 more in South Hams
3,756
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 93,171 in South Hams and 126,418 in Stroud (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £38,638 in South Hams and £38,608 in Stroud (2025); and average house price was £360,571 in South Hams and £355,953 in Stroud (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 93,171 in South Hams and 126,418 in Stroud (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £38,638 in South Hams and £38,608 in Stroud (2025); and average house price was £360,571 in South Hams and £355,953 in Stroud (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 (93,171 and 126,418 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.