So you are thinking of moving to Barnard Castle in Durham? 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 Barnard Castle 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 Barnard Castle the land of milk and honey or are Bishop Auckland, Durham and Richmond a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Barnard Castle
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 Barnard Castle. 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 |
|---|---|
| Barnard Castle | 16 |
| Tees | 10 |
| Stainton | 9 |
| Butterknowle | 3 |
| Cockfield | 2 |
| Staindrop | 1 |
| Eggleston | 1 |
| Greta Bridge | 0 |
| Bowes | 0 |
| Barningham | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Barnard Castle. 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 Barnard Castle. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Evenwood (Best) | 14622/32845 |
| West Auckland | 15552/32845 |
| Heighington & Coniscliffe | 20868/32845 |
| Barnard Castle West | 25561/32845 |
| Barnard Castle East | 25773/32845 |
| Melsonby | 30148/32845 |
| Lower Swaledale & Arkengarthdale | 32163/32845 |
| Richmond North | 32497/32845 |
| Shildon and Dene Valley | 3690/32845 |
| Woodhouse Close (Worst) | 4740/32845 |
Hounslow is looking pretty rough these days
Your Health in Barnard Castle
If you are thinking of moving to Barnard Castle, 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 Barnard Castle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham (Barnard Castle) | 1.82% | 6.35% | 16.06% | 33.43% | 42.35% |
| Darlington | 1.36% | 4.51% | 14.32% | 35.24% | 44.57% |
| Hambleton | 0.97% | 3.33% | 12.6% | 34.42% | 48.67% |
| Richmondshire | 0.76% | 2.93% | 11.52% | 33.45% | 51.34% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Barnard Castle. 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 Barnard Castle. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Heighington & Coniscliffe (Best) | 15150/32845 |
| Barnard Castle West | 15390/32845 |
| Barnard Castle East | 16571/32845 |
| Woodhouse Close | 2472/32845 |
| Richmond North | 25376/32845 |
| Lower Swaledale & Arkengarthdale | 26963/32845 |
| Melsonby | 28578/32845 |
| Shildon and Dene Valley | 4337/32845 |
| West Auckland | 7851/32845 |
| Evenwood (Worst) | 9202/32845 |
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Deprivation in Barnard Castle
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 Barnard Castle. 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 |
|---|---|
| West Auckland (Best) | 12561/32845 |
| Evenwood | 12640/32845 |
| Lower Swaledale & Arkengarthdale | 16546/32845 |
| Barnard Castle East | 18298/32845 |
| Barnard Castle West | 19241/32845 |
| Heighington & Coniscliffe | 21859/32845 |
| Melsonby | 22637/32845 |
| Richmond North | 28025/32845 |
| Woodhouse Close | 4081/32845 |
| Shildon and Dene Valley (Worst) | 4561/32845 |
Mixed bag for Darlington (Darlo)
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