Official statistics · 3 of 16 measures compare directly
Birmingham and Lisburn and Castlereagh 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.
Birmingham
E08000025 · West Midlands Police
Lisburn and Castlereagh
N09000007 · Northern Ireland
Getting better or worse
−1
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
The same in both
−1
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
1,176,960
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
No published figure for Lisburn and Castlereagh.
No published figure
NISRA: Mid-year population estimates for Northern Ireland, administrative area totals
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£35,989
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Not published for Lisburn and Castlereagh.
Not published for this area
Average house price
£234,150
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£6,587 more in Lisburn and Castlereagh
£240,737
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£1,093
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Not published for Lisburn and Castlereagh.
Not published for this area
All claimants
10.0%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
8.1 percentage points higher in Birmingham
1.9%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+9,703
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Not published for Lisburn and Castlereagh.
Not published for this area
Band D council tax
£2,363
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Not published for Lisburn and Castlereagh.
Not published for this area
IMD average score
38.1
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Not published for Lisburn and Castlereagh.
Not published for this area
Income-deprived residents
41.7%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Not published for Lisburn and Castlereagh.
Not published for this area
Recorded crime
124.0
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
Not published for Lisburn and Castlereagh.
Not published for this area
House price to pay ratio
6.5 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
No published figure for Lisburn and Castlereagh.
No published figure
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
36.4%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Not published for Lisburn and Castlereagh.
Not published for this area
Band D council tax as a share of pay
6.57%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Not published for Lisburn and Castlereagh.
Not published for this area
Mean domestic gas use per meter
12,711
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Not published for Lisburn and Castlereagh.
Not published for this area
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,364
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
Not published for Lisburn and Castlereagh.
Not published for this area
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, average house price was £234,150 in Birmingham and £240,737 in Lisburn and Castlereagh (June 2026); and all claimants was 10.0% in Birmingham and 1.9% in Lisburn and Castlereagh (July 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, average house price was £234,150 in Birmingham and £240,737 in Lisburn and Castlereagh (June 2026); and all claimants was 10.0% in Birmingham and 1.9% in Lisburn and Castlereagh (July 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 (1,176,960 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.