Is Droylsden, Greater Manchester a nice place to live?

Is Droylsden a nice place to live or is Droylsden rough? Forget local estate agents sales speil and local councillors who say that Droylsden is on the up an up, it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Droylsden truly a nice place to live, or are Ashton under Lyne, Audenshaw and Failsworth a lot better? Time to find out.

What are the crime levels like in Droylsden?

Using the latest Police street crime figures (typically from 3 months ago) we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Droylsden. Naturally the more urban and more central areas will have a higher rate of crime, but often you can be surprised when that is not the case and that is the area you want to move to.
Policing Area Voilent Crimes
Ashton Canal 0
Manchester and Ashton Canal 0
Greenside 0
Fairfield 0
Droylsden 0
Littlemoss 0
Audenshaw Reservoirs 0
Crowhill 0
Hooley Hill 0
Audenshaw 0

The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Droylsden. These statistics are published by the government every 2-3 years. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. We've taken the rank average for wards in and around Droylsden and compared them. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.

You least likely to be a victim of crime in the Droylsden West ward.

Ward Average rank in England
Droylsden West (Best) 7558/32845
Droylsden East 7131/32845
Audenshaw 7065/32845
Ashton Waterloo 6297/32845
Failsworth West 6256/32845
St Peter's 5966/32845
Failsworth East 4518/32845
Clayton & Openshaw 1906/32845
Gorton & Abbey Hey 1362/32845
Miles Platting & Newton Heath (Worst) 1034/32845
Reader Opinion:

Droylsden - Another Fine Mess

Your Health in Droylsden

If you are thinking of moving to Droylsden, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. We've taken the healh question from the latest census to find out and how Droylsden compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;

Town Very Bad Bad
Manchester 1.72% 5.37%
Tameside (Droylsden) 1.6% 5.7%
Oldham 1.52% 5.42%
Trafford 1.13% 4.09%

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Droylsden. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Droylsden. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;

Ward Average rank in England
Failsworth East (Best) 7821/32845
Failsworth West 7768/32845
Audenshaw 7472/32845
Droylsden West 6651/32845
Droylsden East 5887/32845
Ashton Waterloo 5653/32845
St Peter's 3130/32845
Gorton & Abbey Hey 2519/32845
Miles Platting & Newton Heath 922/32845
Clayton & Openshaw (Worst) 892/32845
Reader Opinion:

Failsworth: a town of hard working individuals & lazy pond life

Deprivation in Droylsden

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average Index of Multiple Deprivation rank of all the LSOAs in the wards in and around Droylsden. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space.

Ward Average rank in England
Audenshaw (Best) 11233/32845
Failsworth West 10837/32845
Ashton Waterloo 9485/32845
Failsworth East 9453/32845
Droylsden West 9050/32845
Droylsden East 8425/32845
St Peter's 4388/32845
Gorton & Abbey Hey 2117/32845
Clayton & Openshaw 1460/32845
Miles Platting & Newton Heath (Worst) 1103/32845

Average rent in Droylsden

Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These statistics for Droylsden are dated September 2021. They are split into three figures, the lower quartile, mean and upper quartile. If you recieve housing benefit or the housing benefit section of Universal Credit, the lower quartile is at the top limit of what would be affordable. The mean is the average you'd expect to pay for a rental property and the upper quartile is the average rental cost of the most expensive 25% of properties in Droylsden.

Weekly Gross Pay and Hourly Pay in Droylsden

If you are thinking of moving to Droylsden, you'll want to know how much you can earn in a job in the town. The government publish regular statistics on gross weekly pay and pay per hour.

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