Official statistics · 15 of 16 measures compare directly
South Gloucestershire and Stroud 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.
South Gloucestershire
E06000025 · Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Stroud
E07000082 · Gloucestershire Constabulary
Getting better or worse
−3
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in Stroud
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
308,787
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
182,369 more in South Gloucestershire
126,418
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£40,731
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£2,123 more in South Gloucestershire
£38,608
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£340,300
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£15,653 more in Stroud
£355,953
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£1,456
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£416 more in South Gloucestershire
£1,040
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
2.0%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.2 percentage points higher in Stroud
2.2%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+774
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
834 more in South Gloucestershire
−60
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,551
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£59 more in South Gloucestershire
£2,491
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
11.6
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
1.0 more in Stroud
12.6
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
14.2%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
0.7 percentage points higher in South Gloucestershire
13.5%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Recorded crime
77.3
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
No published figure for Stroud.
No published figure
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
8.4 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
0.8 years more in Stroud
9.2 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
42.9%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
10.6 percentage points higher in South Gloucestershire
32.3%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
6.26%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.19 percentage points higher in Stroud
6.45%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
9,875
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
1,359 more in Stroud
11,235
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,320
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
436 more in Stroud
3,756
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 308,787 in South Gloucestershire and 126,418 in Stroud (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £40,731 in South Gloucestershire and £38,608 in Stroud (2025); and average house price was £340,300 in South Gloucestershire and £355,953 in Stroud (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 308,787 in South Gloucestershire and 126,418 in Stroud (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £40,731 in South Gloucestershire and £38,608 in Stroud (2025); and average house price was £340,300 in South Gloucestershire and £355,953 in Stroud (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 (308,787 and 126,418 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.