Official statistics · 15 of 16 measures compare directly
Warrington and Wigan 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.
Warrington
E06000007 · Cheshire Constabulary
Wigan
E08000010 · Greater Manchester Police
Getting better or worse
−3
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in Wigan
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
215,425
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
131,664 more in Wigan
347,089
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£40,380
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£3,003 more in Warrington
£37,377
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£259,398
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£63,841 more in Warrington
£195,557
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£894
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£149 more in Warrington
£745
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
2.8%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.8 percentage points higher in Wigan
3.6%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+530
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
46 more in Warrington
+484
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,448
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£295 more in Warrington
£2,153
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
16.8
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
8.4 more in Wigan
25.2
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
18.2%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
5.7 percentage points higher in Wigan
23.9%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Recorded crime
75.4
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
No published figure for Wigan.
No published figure
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
6.4 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
1.2 years more in Warrington
5.2 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
26.6%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
2.7 percentage points higher in Warrington
23.9%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
6.06%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.30 percentage points higher in Warrington
5.76%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
10,851
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
781 more in Warrington
10,069
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,116
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
177 more in Warrington
2,939
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 215,425 in Warrington and 347,089 in Wigan (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £40,380 in Warrington and £37,377 in Wigan (2025); and average house price was £259,398 in Warrington and £195,557 in Wigan (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 215,425 in Warrington and 347,089 in Wigan (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £40,380 in Warrington and £37,377 in Wigan (2025); and average house price was £259,398 in Warrington and £195,557 in Wigan (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 (215,425 and 334,538 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.