So you are thinking of moving to Alfreton in Derbyshire? You've found some estate agents and they have told you what you wanted to hear. You've read some speil by a local councillor who says that Alfreton is on the up an up? Now it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Alfreton the land of milk and honey or are Clay Cross, Ripley and Sutton in Ashfield a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Alfreton
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of August 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Alfreton. 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.
| Polcing Area | Voilent Crimes |
|---|---|
| Upper Birchwood | 53 |
| Lower Birchwood | 53 |
| Alfreton | 52 |
| Leabrooks | 39 |
| South Normanton | 36 |
| Westhouses | 28 |
| Stonebroom | 11 |
| Blackwell | 6 |
| Hallfield Gate | 6 |
| Shirland | 6 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Alfreton. These statitics 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 collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Alfreton. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Jacksdale (Best) | 19416/32845 |
| Somercotes | 21553/32845 |
| Alfreton | 21751/32845 |
| South Normanton East | 24884/32845 |
| South Normanton West | 26588/32845 |
| Shirland | 27531/32845 |
| Blackwell | 28054/32845 |
| Wingfield | 28700/32845 |
| Swanwick | 30517/32845 |
| Pilsley & Morton (Worst) | 31085/32845 |
Eastwood, you've a choice between Morrisons or Iceland for your micro-chips & blue pop
Your Health in Alfreton
If you are thinking of moving to Alfreton, 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 Alfreton compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Local Authority | Very Bad | Bad | Fair | Good | Very Good |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield | 1.5% | 5.66% | 16.31% | 34.48% | 42.05% |
| Amber Valley (Alfreton) | 1.26% | 4.75% | 14.99% | 34.99% | 44.01% |
| North East Derbyshire | 1.52% | 5.37% | 15.89% | 34.26% | 42.95% |
| Bolsover | 1.83% | 6.79% | 17.09% | 33.51% | 40.77% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Alfreton. 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 Alfreton. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Jacksdale (Best) | 10960/32845 |
| Shirland | 11654/32845 |
| South Normanton West | 13575/32845 |
| Pilsley & Morton | 16108/32845 |
| Swanwick | 19332/32845 |
| Wingfield | 21573/32845 |
| Somercotes | 5853/32845 |
| Alfreton | 6384/32845 |
| Blackwell | 8498/32845 |
| South Normanton East (Worst) | 8732/32845 |
North Cheam, you could mistake that whole area for a war torn country
Deprivation in Alfreton
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 Alfreton. 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 |
|---|---|
| Shirland (Best) | 13383/32845 |
| Jacksdale | 13544/32845 |
| South Normanton East | 13712/32845 |
| Blackwell | 14409/32845 |
| South Normanton West | 18395/32845 |
| Pilsley & Morton | 19150/32845 |
| Wingfield | 22911/32845 |
| Swanwick | 24624/32845 |
| Somercotes | 7195/32845 |
| Alfreton (Worst) | 8795/32845 |
Eastwood, you’ve a choice between Morrisons or Iceland for your micro-chips & blue pop
The tragically run down town of Alfreton
Matlock: arcades, cafes, chippys, and bikers coming out of our ears
Belper, known as “Brown Town” for its off-the-scale drug problem
Racist, Sexist, Homophobic, Ilkeston
Ripley, a collection of nail bars and kebab shops
Heanor the land where chavy teens rule.
Bakewell: **** in the Peak
Wirksworth where breeding outside of your own family is frowned up