Official statistics · 15 of 16 measures compare directly
Lewes and Stockport 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.
Lewes
E07000063 · Sussex Police
Stockport
E08000007 · Greater Manchester Police
Getting better or worse
−3
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
1 more in Stockport
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
102,648
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
202,231 more in Stockport
304,879
ONS: Population estimates for the UK and constituent countries: historical time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£40,807
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£1,489 more in Lewes
£39,318
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£367,918
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£53,423 more in Lewes
£314,495
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All private rents
£1,325
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
£214 more in Lewes
£1,111
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
All claimants
3.5%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.5 percentage points higher in Lewes
3.0%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
Net international migration
−31
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
914 more in Stockport
+883
ONS: Components of population change by local authority (ONS mid-year estimates, sheet MYE3)
Band D council tax
£2,756
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
£137 more in Lewes
£2,619
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
IMD average score
16.8
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
1.6 more in Stockport
18.4
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Income-deprived residents
19.4%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
0.6 percentage points higher in Lewes
18.8%
MHCLG: English Indices of Deprivation: local authority district summaries
Recorded crime
71.4
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
No published figure for Stockport.
No published figure
Home Office: data.police.uk street-level crime, cumulative monthly archive
House price to pay ratio
9.0 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
1.0 years more in Lewes
8.0 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
39.0%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
5.1 percentage points higher in Lewes
33.9%
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
6.75%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
0.09 percentage points higher in Lewes
6.66%
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
Mean domestic gas use per meter
10,764
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
1,707 more in Stockport
12,471
DESNZ: Regional and local authority gas consumption statistics
Mean domestic electricity use per meter
3,523
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
263 more in Lewes
3,260
DESNZ: Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 102,648 in Lewes and 304,879 in Stockport (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £40,807 in Lewes and £39,318 in Stockport (2025); and average house price was £367,918 in Lewes and £314,495 in Stockport (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 102,648 in Lewes and 304,879 in Stockport (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £40,807 in Lewes and £39,318 in Stockport (2025); and average house price was £367,918 in Lewes and £314,495 in Stockport (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 (102,648 and 296,914 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.