Official statistics · 6 of 9 measures compare directly
East Lothian and North Yorkshire 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.
East Lothian
S12000010 · Scotland
North Yorkshire
E06000065 · North Yorkshire Police
Getting better or worse
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in North Yorkshire
−1
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
116,460
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
522,673 more in North Yorkshire
639,133
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£38,714
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£1,931 more in East Lothian
£36,783
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£280,383
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£9,814 more in East Lothian
£270,569
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All claimants
2.5%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.5 percentage points higher in East Lothian
2.0%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
All recorded crime and offences
482
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
Not published for North Yorkshire.
Not published for this area
House price to pay ratio
7.2 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
0.2 years more in North Yorkshire
7.4 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
No published figure
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
No published figure for East Lothian.
27.5%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
No published figure
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
No published figure for East Lothian.
6.92%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 116,460 in East Lothian and 639,133 in North Yorkshire (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £38,714 in East Lothian and £36,783 in North Yorkshire (2025); and average house price was £280,383 in East Lothian and £270,569 in North Yorkshire (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 116,460 in East Lothian and 639,133 in North Yorkshire (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £38,714 in East Lothian and £36,783 in North Yorkshire (2025); and average house price was £280,383 in East Lothian and £270,569 in North Yorkshire (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 (— and 639,133 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.