Official statistics · 15 of 16 measures compare directly
North Yorkshire 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.
North Yorkshire
E06000065 · North Yorkshire Police
Wigan
E08000010 · Greater Manchester Police
Getting better or worse
−1
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in North Yorkshire
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
639,133
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
292,044 more in North Yorkshire
347,089
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£36,783
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£594 more in Wigan
£37,377
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£270,569
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£75,012 more in North Yorkshire
£195,557
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£844
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£99 more in North Yorkshire
£745
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
2.0%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
1.6 percentage points higher in Wigan
3.6%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+870
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
386 more in North Yorkshire
+484
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,544
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£392 more in North Yorkshire
£2,153
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
15.8
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
9.4 more in Wigan
25.2
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
14.9%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
9.0 percentage points higher in Wigan
23.9%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Recorded crime
65.0
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
7.4 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
2.2 years more in North Yorkshire
5.2 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
27.5%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
3.6 percentage points higher in North Yorkshire
23.9%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
6.92%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
1.16 percentage points higher in North Yorkshire
5.76%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
11,858
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
1,788 more in North Yorkshire
10,069
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,626
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
688 more in North Yorkshire
2,939
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 639,133 in North Yorkshire and 347,089 in Wigan (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £36,783 in North Yorkshire and £37,377 in Wigan (2025); and average house price was £270,569 in North Yorkshire 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 639,133 in North Yorkshire and 347,089 in Wigan (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £36,783 in North Yorkshire and £37,377 in Wigan (2025); and average house price was £270,569 in North Yorkshire 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 (639,133 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.