So you are thinking of moving to Brierfield in Lancashire? 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 Brierfield 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 Brierfield the land of milk and honey or are Burnley, Colne and Nelson a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Brierfield
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 Brierfield. 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 |
|---|---|
| Nelson | 139 |
| Little Marsden | 101 |
| Marsden Height | 98 |
| Reedley | 95 |
| Newbridge | 94 |
| Harle Syke | 61 |
| Lowerford | 56 |
| Barrowford | 56 |
| Brierfield | 54 |
| Lomeshaye | 41 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Brierfield. 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 Brierfield. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Clover Hill (Best) | 10156/32845 |
| Reedley | 10304/32845 |
| Brierfield | 11666/32845 |
| Briercliffe | 18248/32845 |
| Old Laund Booth | 25519/32845 |
| Bank Hall | 441/32845 |
| Queensgate | 7075/32845 |
| Lanehead | 8210/32845 |
| Walverden | 8353/32845 |
| Whitefield (Worst) | 9825/32845 |
Bigoted, illiterate & unemployed? You've found your home in Burnley!
Your Health in Brierfield
If you are thinking of moving to Brierfield, 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 Brierfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnley | 1.73% | 5.99% | 15.72% | 33.64% | 42.93% |
| Pendle (Brierfield) | 1.46% | 5.5% | 15.01% | 34.46% | 43.56% |
| Craven | 0.93% | 3.56% | 13.33% | 34.56% | 47.62% |
| Ribble Valley | 0.85% | 3.16% | 12.34% | 32.16% | 51.49% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Brierfield. 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 Brierfield. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Briercliffe (Best) | 10797/32845 |
| Old Laund Booth | 17674/32845 |
| Queensgate | 2241/32845 |
| Whitefield | 3224/32845 |
| Brierfield | 4350/32845 |
| Walverden | 6003/32845 |
| Clover Hill | 6399/32845 |
| Lanehead | 6576/32845 |
| Reedley | 7214/32845 |
| Bank Hall (Worst) | 961/32845 |
Blackburn - Dear oh dear me
Deprivation in Brierfield
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 Brierfield. 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 |
|---|---|
| Reedley (Best) | 11601/32845 |
| Bank Hall | 1265/32845 |
| Briercliffe | 18846/32845 |
| Whitefield | 2338/32845 |
| Old Laund Booth | 28714/32845 |
| Queensgate | 4895/32845 |
| Clover Hill | 5311/32845 |
| Brierfield | 5382/32845 |
| Walverden | 6264/32845 |
| Lanehead (Worst) | 8451/32845 |
Brierfield. Pendle’s Melanoma
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