So you are thinking of moving to Bingley in Yorkshire? 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 Bingley 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 Bingley the land of milk and honey or are Baildon, Denholme and Shipley a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Bingley
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 Bingley. 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 |
|---|---|
| Baildon Green | 102 |
| Saltaire | 47 |
| Crow Nest | 43 |
| Bingley | 43 |
| Crossflatts | 38 |
| Beck Foot | 24 |
| Peas Acre | 15 |
| Cross Gates | 8 |
| Harden | 1 |
| Moor Edge | 1 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Bingley. 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 Bingley. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Baildon (Best) | 12515/32845 |
| Bingley | 12513/32845 |
| Worth Valley | 10770/32845 |
| Bingley Rural | 10011/32845 |
| Keighley East | 9670/32845 |
| Keighley Central | 7012/32845 |
| Toller | 6799/32845 |
| Shipley | 5277/32845 |
| Thornton and Allerton | 4122/32845 |
| Heaton (Worst) | 4084/32845 |
Keighley: one of the most backward towns, I have ever encountered
Your Health in Bingley
If you are thinking of moving to Bingley, 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 Bingley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | 1.22% | 4.19% | 12.71% | 33.8% | 48.08% |
| Bradford (Bingley) | 1.33% | 4.55% | 13.7% | 35.61% | 44.81% |
| Kirklees | 1.25% | 4.5% | 13.74% | 34.97% | 45.53% |
| Calderdale | 1.15% | 4.38% | 13.78% | 34.35% | 46.34% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Bingley. 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 Bingley. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Baildon (Best) | 14903/32845 |
| Bingley | 14221/32845 |
| Bingley Rural | 14145/32845 |
| Worth Valley | 13472/32845 |
| Keighley East | 9179/32845 |
| Thornton and Allerton | 8943/32845 |
| Shipley | 8409/32845 |
| Heaton | 7856/32845 |
| Toller | 5610/32845 |
| Keighley Central (Worst) | 3991/32845 |
Keighley: a portrait of a town at its very worst
Deprivation in Bingley
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 Bingley. 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 |
|---|---|
| Baildon (Best) | 20671/32845 |
| Bingley | 19126/32845 |
| Bingley Rural | 18930/32845 |
| Worth Valley | 18394/32845 |
| Keighley East | 10980/32845 |
| Shipley | 10836/32845 |
| Thornton and Allerton | 9200/32845 |
| Heaton | 6768/32845 |
| Keighley Central | 3928/32845 |
| Toller (Worst) | 3425/32845 |
