Official statistics · 7 of 9 measures compare directly
South Lanarkshire and West Lothian 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 Lanarkshire
S12000029 · Scotland
West Lothian
S12000040 · Scotland
Getting better or worse
0
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
The same in both
0
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
334,330
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
147,090 more in South Lanarkshire
187,240
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£41,126
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£992 more in South Lanarkshire
£40,134
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£186,771
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£41,725 more in West Lothian
£228,496
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All claimants
2.7%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
The same in both
2.7%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
All recorded crime and offences
501
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
52 more in West Lothian
553
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
House price to pay ratio
4.5 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
1.2 years more in West Lothian
5.7 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 South Lanarkshire.
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 South Lanarkshire.
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 334,330 in South Lanarkshire and 187,240 in West Lothian (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £41,126 in South Lanarkshire and £40,134 in West Lothian (2025); and average house price was £186,771 in South Lanarkshire and £228,496 in West Lothian (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 334,330 in South Lanarkshire and 187,240 in West Lothian (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £41,126 in South Lanarkshire and £40,134 in West Lothian (2025); and average house price was £186,771 in South Lanarkshire and £228,496 in West Lothian (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.