Official statistics · 15 of 16 measures compare directly
Forest of Dean and Leeds 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.
Forest of Dean
E07000080 · Gloucestershire Constabulary
Leeds
E08000035 · West Yorkshire Police
Getting better or worse
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in Leeds
−1
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
90,157
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
750,393 more in Leeds
840,550
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£42,326
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£5,610 more in Forest of Dean
£36,716
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£288,524
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£39,130 more in Forest of Dean
£249,394
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£826
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£314 more in Leeds
£1,140
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
2.5%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
2.1 percentage points higher in Leeds
4.6%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+223
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
1,477 more in Leeds
+1,700
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,443
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£160 more in Forest of Dean
£2,284
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
19.1
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
5.0 more in Leeds
24.1
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
18.2%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
6.4 percentage points higher in Leeds
24.6%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Recorded crime
No published figure
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
No published figure for Forest of Dean.
127.3
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
6.8 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
The same in both
6.8 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
23.4%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
13.9 percentage points higher in Leeds
37.3%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
5.77%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.45 percentage points higher in Leeds
6.22%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
10,352
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
1,452 more in Leeds
11,805
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,904
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
763 more in Forest of Dean
3,141
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 90,157 in Forest of Dean and 840,550 in Leeds (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £42,326 in Forest of Dean and £36,716 in Leeds (2025); and average house price was £288,524 in Forest of Dean and £249,394 in Leeds (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 90,157 in Forest of Dean and 840,550 in Leeds (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £42,326 in Forest of Dean and £36,716 in Leeds (2025); and average house price was £288,524 in Forest of Dean and £249,394 in Leeds (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 (90,157 and 840,550 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.