Official statistics · 15 of 16 measures compare directly
Leeds and Salford 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.
Leeds
E08000035 · West Yorkshire Police
Salford
E08000006 · Greater Manchester Police
Getting better or worse
−1
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in Salford
0
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
840,550
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
543,546 more in Leeds
297,004
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£36,716
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£1,758 more in Leeds
£34,958
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£249,394
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£17,504 more in Leeds
£231,890
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£1,140
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£27 more in Salford
£1,167
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
4.6%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.4 percentage points higher in Salford
5.0%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
+1,700
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
116 more in Salford
+1,816
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,284
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£311 more in Salford
£2,594
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
24.1
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
8.2 more in Salford
32.3
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
24.6%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
6.6 percentage points higher in Salford
31.2%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Recorded crime
127.3
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
No published figure for Salford.
No published figure
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
6.8 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
0.2 years more in Leeds
6.6 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
37.3%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
2.8 percentage points higher in Salford
40.1%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
6.22%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
1.20 percentage points higher in Salford
7.42%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
11,805
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
1,080 more in Leeds
10,725
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,141
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
176 more in Salford
3,317
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 840,550 in Leeds and 297,004 in Salford (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £36,716 in Leeds and £34,958 in Salford (2025); and average house price was £249,394 in Leeds and £231,890 in Salford (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 840,550 in Leeds and 297,004 in Salford (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £36,716 in Leeds and £34,958 in Salford (2025); and average house price was £249,394 in Leeds and £231,890 in Salford (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 (840,550 and 279,964 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.