Official statistics · 15 of 16 measures compare directly
South Norfolk 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 Norfolk
E07000149 · Norfolk Constabulary
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 Norfolk
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
150,396
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
23,978 more in South Norfolk
126,418
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£39,438
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£830 more in South Norfolk
£38,608
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£312,124
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£43,829 more in Stroud
£355,953
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£981
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£59 more in Stroud
£1,040
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
2.3%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.1 percentage points higher in South Norfolk
2.2%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+153
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
213 more in South Norfolk
−60
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,483
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£8 more in Stroud
£2,491
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
13.1
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
0.5 more in South Norfolk
12.6
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
14.0%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
0.5 percentage points higher in South Norfolk
13.5%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Recorded crime
47.8
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
7.9 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
1.3 years more in Stroud
9.2 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
29.8%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
2.5 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
6.30%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.15 percentage points higher in Stroud
6.45%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
10,143
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
1,092 more in Stroud
11,235
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,899
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
142 more in South Norfolk
3,756
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 150,396 in South Norfolk and 126,418 in Stroud (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £39,438 in South Norfolk and £38,608 in Stroud (2025); and average house price was £312,124 in South Norfolk 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 150,396 in South Norfolk and 126,418 in Stroud (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £39,438 in South Norfolk and £38,608 in Stroud (2025); and average house price was £312,124 in South Norfolk 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 (150,396 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.