So you are thinking of moving to Beeston in Nottinghamshire? 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 Beeston 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 Beeston the land of milk and honey or are Long Eaton, Nottingham and Stapleford a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Beeston
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 Beeston. 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 |
|---|---|
| Radford | 174 |
| Toton | 69 |
| Bilborough | 66 |
| Chilwell | 44 |
| Fairham Brook | 41 |
| Dunkirk | 39 |
| Beeston | 38 |
| Beeston Canal | 28 |
| Rylands | 26 |
| Attenborough | 17 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Beeston. 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 Beeston. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Stapleford South East (Best) | 17426/32845 |
| Bramcote | 17821/32845 |
| Beeston North | 18832/32845 |
| Lenton & Wollaton East | 19088/32845 |
| Chilwell West | 21589/32845 |
| Beeston Central | 23755/32845 |
| Attenborough & Chilwell East | 26441/32845 |
| Beeston West | 26459/32845 |
| Beeston Rylands | 27705/32845 |
| Stapleford North (Worst) | 9355/32845 |
Bulwell: a market town... mostly down market
Your Health in Beeston
If you are thinking of moving to Beeston, 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 Beeston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nottingham | 1.53% | 4.93% | 13.6% | 33.8% | 46.14% |
| Gedling | 1.17% | 4.1% | 14.51% | 35.17% | 45.05% |
| Broxtowe (Beeston) | 1.14% | 4.13% | 14.26% | 34.96% | 45.51% |
| Rushcliffe | 0.87% | 3.12% | 11.5% | 32.59% | 51.91% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Beeston. 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 Beeston. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Beeston Central (Best) | 14061/32845 |
| Stapleford South East | 16993/32845 |
| Chilwell West | 17688/32845 |
| Stapleford North | 18435/32845 |
| Beeston North | 19025/32845 |
| Beeston Rylands | 20032/32845 |
| Beeston West | 22111/32845 |
| Attenborough & Chilwell East | 22955/32845 |
| Bramcote | 27770/32845 |
| Lenton & Wollaton East (Worst) | 6819/32845 |
Nottingham, A dirty place full of people who can't speak properly
Deprivation in Beeston
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 Beeston. 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 |
|---|---|
| Lenton & Wollaton East (Best) | 13784/32845 |
| Stapleford North | 14048/32845 |
| Beeston Central | 16841/32845 |
| Beeston North | 17357/32845 |
| Beeston Rylands | 18164/32845 |
| Stapleford South East | 18943/32845 |
| Chilwell West | 19195/32845 |
| Beeston West | 24281/32845 |
| Attenborough & Chilwell East | 27295/32845 |
| Bramcote (Worst) | 29532/32845 |
Breaston: stuck in the year 1500, village of *******
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Nottingham, the least friendly, intolerant city I have ever lived in
Brinsley, a former mining community tinged with just a hint of racism
Selston where everyone feels like family, because they are!
Nottingham, A dirty place full of people who can’t speak properly
Eakring: not the end of the earth but you sure can see it from there
Nottingham? It should be called Shottingham.
Bulwell: a market town… mostly down market