Official statistics · 15 of 16 measures compare directly
Stratford-on-Avon 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.
Stratford-on-Avon
E07000221 · Warwickshire 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 Stratford-on-Avon
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
148,772
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
22,354 more in Stratford-on-Avon
126,418
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£41,280
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£2,672 more in Stratford-on-Avon
£38,608
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£392,574
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£36,621 more in Stratford-on-Avon
£355,953
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£1,143
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£103 more in Stratford-on-Avon
£1,040
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
2.2%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
The same in both
2.2%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+16
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
76 more in Stratford-on-Avon
−60
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,484
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£7 more in Stroud
£2,491
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
11.8
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
0.9 more in Stroud
12.6
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
13.8%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
0.3 percentage points higher in Stratford-on-Avon
13.5%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Recorded crime
62.7
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
9.5 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
0.3 years more in Stratford-on-Avon
9.2 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
33.2%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
0.9 percentage points higher in Stratford-on-Avon
32.3%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
6.02%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.43 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
11,248
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
13 more in Stratford-on-Avon
11,235
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
4,200
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
443 more in Stratford-on-Avon
3,756
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 148,772 in Stratford-on-Avon and 126,418 in Stroud (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £41,280 in Stratford-on-Avon and £38,608 in Stroud (2025); and average house price was £392,574 in Stratford-on-Avon 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 148,772 in Stratford-on-Avon and 126,418 in Stroud (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £41,280 in Stratford-on-Avon and £38,608 in Stroud (2025); and average house price was £392,574 in Stratford-on-Avon 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 (148,772 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.