What changed most

The largest published movements in each local measure. Every figure is the difference between two periods published for the same local authority, and each measure is ranked on its own: a change in pay and a change in recorded crime are not the same kind of number. Areas with no published change are not ranked, never counted as no change.

Population

One year: mid-2024 to mid-2025. 350 areas have a published change. This layer states that a rise is the better direction.

Rose most

  1. Rugby+2.4%
  2. Mid Suffolk+2.1%
  3. Tewkesbury+2.0%
  4. Harborough+1.9%
  5. South Derbyshire+1.9%

Fell most

  1. Isles of Scilly−3.5%
  2. Camden−1.8%
  3. Lincoln−1.5%
  4. Nottingham−1.5%
  5. Southwark−1.5%

See the map · ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series

Median annual pay, full-time employees

Change over 12 months: 2024 to 2025. 348 areas have a published change. This layer states that a rise is the better direction.

Rose most

  1. Oadby and Wigston+20.7%
  2. Rugby+19.6%
  3. Camden+19.1%
  4. Wealden+19.0%
  5. Maldon+18.3%

Fell most

  1. Na h-Eileanan Siar−16.5%
  2. Malvern Hills−12.1%
  3. Mole Valley−11.0%
  4. Surrey Heath−9.2%
  5. Isle of Wight−8.0%

See the map · ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence

Average house price

Change over 12 months: June 2025 to June 2026. 360 areas have a published change. This layer states that a fall is the better direction.

See the map · HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices

All private rents

Change over 12 months: July 2025 to July 2026. 316 areas have a published change. This layer states that a fall is the better direction.

Rose most

  1. Tewkesbury+13.0%
  2. Kirklees+12.7%
  3. Wolverhampton+11.2%
  4. Folkestone and Hythe+11.0%
  5. Oldham+11.0%

Fell most

  1. Waverley−3.1%
  2. Wyre Forest−2.4%
  3. Westminster−2.0%
  4. Runnymede−1.7%
  5. Woking−1.7%

See the map · ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics

All claimants

Change over 12 months: July 2025 to July 2026. 361 areas have a published change. This layer makes no judgement about which direction is better.

Rose most

  1. Boston+0.7 pp
  2. Isles of Scilly+0.6 pp
  3. Thanet+0.5 pp
  4. East Lindsey+0.4 pp
  5. East Lothian+0.4 pp

Fell most

  1. Derry City and Strabane−0.6 pp
  2. Luton−0.5 pp
  3. Kingston upon Hull, City of−0.4 pp
  4. Waltham Forest−0.4 pp
  5. Fermanagh and Omagh−0.4 pp

See the map · ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)

All recorded crime and offences

Change over a year: Year ending March 2025 to Year ending March 2026. 32 areas have a published change. This layer makes no judgement about which direction is better.

See the map · Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables

All recorded crime

Change over a year: Year ending March 2024 to Year ending March 2025. 11 areas have a published change. This layer makes no judgement about which direction is better.

Rose most

No area moved up in this period.

Fell most

  1. Newry, Mourne and Down−14.3%
  2. Derry City and Strabane−13.5%
  3. Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon−13.0%
  4. Fermanagh and Omagh−10.8%
  5. Ards and North Down−10.5%

See the map · Police Service of Northern Ireland: Police Recorded Crime in Northern Ireland: annual tables

Band D council tax

Change over 12 months: Year ending March 2026 to Year ending March 2027. 296 areas have a published change. This layer states that a fall is the better direction.

Rose most

  1. Shropshire+9.0%
  2. North Somerset+8.6%
  3. Trafford+8.0%
  4. Wyre Forest+7.9%
  5. Wychavon+7.8%

Fell most

No area moved down in this period.

See the map · MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027

Recorded crime

12 months to June 2026 against the 12 months before. 302 areas have a published change. This layer states that a fall is the better direction.

Rose most

  1. Ceredigion+24.3%
  2. Isles of Scilly+23.8%
  3. Hastings+16.4%
  4. Stockton-on-Tees+14.9%
  5. Warwick+14.4%

Fell most

  1. Sunderland−14.8%
  2. South Tyneside−14.3%
  3. Newcastle upon Tyne−13.7%
  4. North Tyneside−12.8%
  5. Gateshead−12.7%

See the map · Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive

How this page is built

Each list comes from the same layer that draws the map for that measure, so a movement here and a movement on the map are the same number. An area whose change is exactly zero is in neither list, because it did not move. Ties keep alphabetical order and mean nothing. Money is in cash terms: nothing on this site is adjusted for inflation.