So you are thinking of moving to Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire? 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 Bradford on Avon 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 Bradford on Avon the land of milk and honey or are Bath, Melksham and Trowbridge a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Bradford on Avon
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of November 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Bradford on Avon. 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 |
|---|---|
| Forewoods Common | 8 |
| Holt | 5 |
| Ham Green | 5 |
| Little Ashley | 1 |
| Great Ashley | 1 |
| Turleigh | 1 |
| Avoncliff | 1 |
| Conkwell | 0 |
| Little Chalfield | 0 |
| South Wraxall | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Bradford on Avon. 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 Bradford on Avon. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Trowbridge Adcroft (Best) | 11895/32845 |
| Trowbridge Grove | 16577/32845 |
| Trowbridge Lambrok | 17098/32845 |
| Bradford-on-Avon South | 20517/32845 |
| Bathavon North | 23088/32845 |
| Bathavon South | 23515/32845 |
| Winsley and Westwood | 25107/32845 |
| Bradford-on-Avon North | 25270/32845 |
| Holt and Staverton | 27334/32845 |
| Trowbridge Central (Worst) | 8724/32845 |
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Your Health in Bradford on Avon
If you are thinking of moving to Bradford on Avon, 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 Bradford on Avon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiltshire (Bradford on Avon) | 0.87% | 3.18% | 12.15% | 34.05% | 49.75% |
| South Gloucestershire | 0.93% | 3.26% | 11.77% | 34.89% | 49.15% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 0.91% | 3.31% | 11.85% | 33.43% | 50.5% |
| Mendip | 1.01% | 3.79% | 13.38% | 35.02% | 46.81% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Bradford on Avon. 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 Bradford on Avon. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Trowbridge Central (Best) | 18804/32845 |
| Trowbridge Grove | 19887/32845 |
| Trowbridge Lambrok | 20007/32845 |
| Trowbridge Adcroft | 21482/32845 |
| Bradford-on-Avon South | 24837/32845 |
| Holt and Staverton | 25510/32845 |
| Winsley and Westwood | 27267/32845 |
| Bradford-on-Avon North | 27288/32845 |
| Bathavon South | 27782/32845 |
| Bathavon North (Worst) | 28241/32845 |
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Deprivation in Bradford on Avon
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 Bradford on Avon. 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 |
|---|---|
| Trowbridge Central (Best) | 13811/32845 |
| Trowbridge Adcroft | 15830/32845 |
| Trowbridge Lambrok | 18168/32845 |
| Trowbridge Grove | 19283/32845 |
| Bathavon South | 23636/32845 |
| Bradford-on-Avon South | 24102/32845 |
| Holt and Staverton | 24446/32845 |
| Winsley and Westwood | 26314/32845 |
| Bathavon North | 27454/32845 |
| Bradford-on-Avon North (Worst) | 27658/32845 |
