So you are thinking of moving to Ashby de la Zouch in Leicestershire? 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 Ashby de la Zouch 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 Ashby de la Zouch the land of milk and honey or are Swadlincote, Ashby Woulds and Coalville a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Ashby de la Zouch
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of February 2021 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Ashby de la Zouch. 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 |
|---|---|
| Money Hill | 35 |
| Ashby-de-la-Zouch | 25 |
| Annwell Place | 17 |
| Shellbrook | 9 |
| Blackfordby | 7 |
| Boundary | 5 |
| Church Town | 2 |
| Farm Town | 2 |
| Packington | 1 |
| The Forties | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Ashby de la Zouch. 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 Ashby de la Zouch. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Ashby Castle (Best) | 24451/32845 |
| Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe | 21783/32845 |
| Ashby Willesley | 21667/32845 |
| Church Gresley | 21368/32845 |
| Ravenstone & Packington | 21007/32845 |
| Ashby Ivanhoe | 20800/32845 |
| Blackfordby | 20718/32845 |
| Ashby Holywell | 20670/32845 |
| Measham North | 19540/32845 |
| Ashby Money Hill (Worst) | 19043/32845 |
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Your Health in Ashby de la Zouch
If you are thinking of moving to Ashby de la Zouch, 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 Ashby de la Zouch 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charnwood | 0.89% | 3.29% | 12.41% | 35.3% | 48.11% |
| North West Leicestershire (Ashby de la Zouch) | 1.15% | 3.99% | 13.88% | 35.52% | 45.45% |
| South Derbyshire | 1.05% | 3.85% | 13.05% | 34.4% | 47.64% |
| Rushcliffe | 0.87% | 3.12% | 11.5% | 32.59% | 51.91% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Ashby de la Zouch. 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 Ashby de la Zouch. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Ashby Castle (Best) | 27928/32845 |
| Ashby Ivanhoe | 23507/32845 |
| Ashby Money Hill | 23002/32845 |
| Ravenstone & Packington | 22152/32845 |
| Ashby Holywell | 21237/32845 |
| Ashby Willesley | 21107/32845 |
| Measham North | 20022/32845 |
| Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe | 16684/32845 |
| Blackfordby | 15581/32845 |
| Church Gresley (Worst) | 10992/32845 |
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Deprivation in Ashby de la Zouch
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 Ashby de la Zouch. 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 |
|---|---|
| Ashby Castle (Best) | 29350/32845 |
| Ashby Ivanhoe | 25597/32845 |
| Ravenstone & Packington | 24854/32845 |
| Ashby Willesley | 24693/32845 |
| Ashby Money Hill | 24587/32845 |
| Ashby Holywell | 23083/32845 |
| Measham North | 21388/32845 |
| Blackfordby | 18238/32845 |
| Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe | 17575/32845 |
| Church Gresley (Worst) | 15083/32845 |
