Official statistics · 15 of 16 measures compare directly
Cotswold and Swindon 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.
Cotswold
E07000079 · Gloucestershire Constabulary
Swindon
E06000030 · Wiltshire Police
Getting better or worse
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in Cotswold
−3
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
91,563
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
153,723 more in Swindon
245,286
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£41,267
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£2,367 more in Cotswold
£38,900
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£411,764
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£146,098 more in Cotswold
£265,666
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£1,248
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£158 more in Cotswold
£1,090
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
2.1%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
1.3 percentage points higher in Swindon
3.4%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
−23
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
1,423 more in Swindon
+1,400
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,392
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£46 more in Swindon
£2,438
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
12.1
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
5.5 more in Swindon
17.6
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
12.1%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
8.1 percentage points higher in Swindon
20.2%
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 Cotswold.
81.8
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
10.0 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
3.2 years more in Cotswold
6.8 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
36.3%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
2.7 percentage points higher in Cotswold
33.6%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
5.80%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.47 percentage points higher in Swindon
6.27%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
12,268
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
1,799 more in Cotswold
10,469
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
4,686
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
1,496 more in Cotswold
3,190
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 91,563 in Cotswold and 245,286 in Swindon (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £41,267 in Cotswold and £38,900 in Swindon (2025); and average house price was £411,764 in Cotswold and £265,666 in Swindon (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 91,563 in Cotswold and 245,286 in Swindon (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £41,267 in Cotswold and £38,900 in Swindon (2025); and average house price was £411,764 in Cotswold and £265,666 in Swindon (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 (91,563 and 245,286 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.