So you are thinking of moving to Barrow in Furness in Cumbria? 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 Barrow in Furness 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 Barrow in Furness the land of milk and honey or are Dalton in Furness, Millom and Ulverston a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Barrow in Furness
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 Barrow in Furness. 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 |
|---|---|
| Salthouse | 205 |
| Newbarns | 198 |
| Beacon Hill | 198 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 188 |
| South Newbarns | 175 |
| Croslands Park | 94 |
| Newton | 44 |
| North Scale | 36 |
| North Walney | 19 |
| Water Garth Nook | 10 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Barrow in Furness. 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 Barrow in Furness. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Risedale (Best) | 15975/32845 |
| Parkside | 16426/32845 |
| Ormsgill | 19601/32845 |
| Newbarns | 22284/32845 |
| Walney North | 26399/32845 |
| Walney South | 26497/32845 |
| Roosecote | 28456/32845 |
| Barrow Island | 3665/32845 |
| Central | 5730/32845 |
| Hindpool (Worst) | 9866/32845 |
Bradley, the shit in the slippers of Huddersfield
Your Health in Barrow in Furness
If you are thinking of moving to Barrow in Furness, 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 Barrow in Furness 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool | 2.2% | 7.28% | 16.88% | 33.8% | 39.84% |
| Lancaster | 1.3% | 4.49% | 13.7% | 33.84% | 46.67% |
| Wyre | 1.66% | 5.52% | 15.95% | 33.62% | 43.25% |
| Barrow-in-Furness (Barrow in Furness) | 1.8% | 6.57% | 15.77% | 33.1% | 42.75% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Barrow in Furness. 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 Barrow in Furness. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Risedale (Best) | 1371/32845 |
| Central | 190/32845 |
| Ormsgill | 2582/32845 |
| Parkside | 3934/32845 |
| Newbarns | 4128/32845 |
| Walney North | 4501/32845 |
| Walney South | 5034/32845 |
| Hindpool | 522/32845 |
| Barrow Island | 806/32845 |
| Roosecote (Worst) | 8442/32845 |
Bury St Edmunds, situated between two of the worst towns in Suffolk
Deprivation in Barrow in Furness
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 Barrow in Furness. 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 |
|---|---|
| Walney North (Best) | 11969/32845 |
| Parkside | 12067/32845 |
| Walney South | 13305/32845 |
| Newbarns | 14156/32845 |
| Hindpool | 1548/32845 |
| Roosecote | 21080/32845 |
| Barrow Island | 2340/32845 |
| Central | 447/32845 |
| Risedale | 5023/32845 |
| Ormsgill (Worst) | 8919/32845 |
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