Official statistics · 6 of 16 measures compare directly
Cornwall and Highland 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.
Cornwall
E06000052 · Devon & Cornwall Police
Highland
S12000017 · Scotland
Getting better or worse
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
2 more in Highland
0
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
584,782
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
347,522 more in Cornwall
237,260
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£35,002
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£4,738 more in Highland
£39,740
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£277,801
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£56,801 more in Cornwall
£221,000
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£1,004
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Not published for Highland.
Not published for this area
All claimants
3.0%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.8 percentage points higher in Cornwall
2.2%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
−583
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Not published for Highland.
Not published for this area
Band D council tax
£2,591
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Not published for Highland.
Not published for this area
IMD average score
22.3
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Not published for Highland.
Not published for this area
Income-deprived residents
22.0%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Not published for Highland.
Not published for this area
Recorded crime
71.6
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
Not published for Highland.
Not published for this area
House price to pay ratio
7.9 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
2.3 years more in Cornwall
5.6 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
34.4%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
No published figure for Highland.
No published figure
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
7.40%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
No published figure for Highland.
No published figure
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
8,591
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Not published for Highland.
Not published for this area
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
4,081
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
Not published for Highland.
Not published for this area
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 584,782 in Cornwall and 237,260 in Highland (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £35,002 in Cornwall and £39,740 in Highland (2025); and average house price was £277,801 in Cornwall and £221,000 in Highland (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 584,782 in Cornwall and 237,260 in Highland (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £35,002 in Cornwall and £39,740 in Highland (2025); and average house price was £277,801 in Cornwall and £221,000 in Highland (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 (584,782 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.