So you are thinking of moving to Bedworth in Warwickshire? 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 Bedworth 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 Bedworth the land of milk and honey or are Hinckley, Nuneaton and Coventry a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Bedworth
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of July 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Bedworth. 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 |
|---|---|
| Griff | 71 |
| Collycroft | 71 |
| Coalpit Field | 69 |
| Bedworth | 69 |
| Black Bank | 69 |
| Marston Jabbett | 65 |
| Bedworth Woodlands | 49 |
| Exhall | 47 |
| Bermuda | 24 |
| Hollyhurst | 6 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Bedworth. 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 Bedworth. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Bede (Best) | 10100/32845 |
| Exhall | 11343/32845 |
| Slough | 11682/32845 |
| Heath | 12255/32845 |
| Attleborough | 12538/32845 |
| Poplar | 15290/32845 |
| Whitestone | 26457/32845 |
| Bar Pool | 5720/32845 |
| Wem Brook | 6565/32845 |
| Henley (Worst) | 9607/32845 |
Bedworth, oh deary me...
Your Health in Bedworth
If you are thinking of moving to Bedworth, 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 Bedworth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry | 1.4% | 4.66% | 13.25% | 34.65% | 46.05% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth (Bedworth) | 1.4% | 4.81% | 14.48% | 35.33% | 43.98% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 0.98% | 3.63% | 13.3% | 35.83% | 46.26% |
| Rugby | 0.97% | 3.51% | 12.57% | 35.28% | 47.68% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Bedworth. 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 Bedworth. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Bar Pool (Best) | 10527/32845 |
| Exhall | 11626/32845 |
| Attleborough | 12221/32845 |
| Heath | 12297/32845 |
| Slough | 12983/32845 |
| Poplar | 13272/32845 |
| Whitestone | 22609/32845 |
| Wem Brook | 7095/32845 |
| Bede | 8567/32845 |
| Henley (Worst) | 9606/32845 |
Coventry is a miserable place that drains you of life
Deprivation in Bedworth
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 Bedworth. 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 |
|---|---|
| Bar Pool (Best) | 10082/32845 |
| Poplar | 11976/32845 |
| Attleborough | 12901/32845 |
| Exhall | 12918/32845 |
| Heath | 14520/32845 |
| Slough | 14714/32845 |
| Whitestone | 30070/32845 |
| Wem Brook | 6176/32845 |
| Bede | 8442/32845 |
| Henley (Worst) | 9440/32845 |
Bedworth, oh deary me…
Coventry – The Hellhole of Britain
Coventry – Worse than ever
I’m amazed that Coventry doesn’t feature in the 10 worst places to live
Rugby aka Drugby
The cesspools of Nuneaton
Kenilworth – A boring town full of old people
Leamington Spa: Stale magnolia casting its vanilla doom all over the town
Rugby: Warehouse jobs and drugs a plenty