Official statistics · 15 of 16 measures compare directly
Oldham and Somerset 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.
Oldham
E08000004 · Greater Manchester Police
Somerset
E06000066 · Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Getting better or worse
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in Oldham
−3
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
251,915
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
339,057 more in Somerset
590,972
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£34,042
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£2,237 more in Somerset
£36,279
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£214,850
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£66,721 more in Somerset
£281,571
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£931
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£75 more in Somerset
£1,006
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
6.6%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
4.0 percentage points higher in Oldham
2.6%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+1,653
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
949 more in Oldham
+704
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,602
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£42 more in Oldham
£2,561
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
36.8
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
17.7 more in Oldham
19.1
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
36.5%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
18.4 percentage points higher in Oldham
18.1%
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 Oldham.
89.7
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
6.3 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
1.5 years more in Somerset
7.8 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
32.8%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
0.5 percentage points higher in Somerset
33.3%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
7.64%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.58 percentage points higher in Oldham
7.06%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
11,638
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
2,062 more in Oldham
9,576
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,000
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
646 more in Somerset
3,646
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 251,915 in Oldham and 590,972 in Somerset (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £34,042 in Oldham and £36,279 in Somerset (2025); and average house price was £214,850 in Oldham and £281,571 in Somerset (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 251,915 in Oldham and 590,972 in Somerset (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £34,042 in Oldham and £36,279 in Somerset (2025); and average house price was £214,850 in Oldham and £281,571 in Somerset (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 (244,584 and 590,972 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.