So you are thinking of moving to Broughton in Lincolnshire? 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 Broughton 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 Broughton the land of milk and honey or are Bottesford, Brigg and Scunthorpe a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Broughton
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 Broughton. 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 |
|---|---|
| Brumby | 104 |
| Brigg | 38 |
| Island Carr | 10 |
| Castlethorpe | 8 |
| Broughton | 6 |
| Broughton Common | 6 |
| Mill Place | 4 |
| Appleby | 4 |
| Manton Warren | 2 |
| Greetwell | 2 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Broughton. 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 Broughton. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Ashby (Best) | 11029/32845 |
| Bottesford | 20945/32845 |
| Ridge | 21857/32845 |
| Broughton and Appleby | 24791/32845 |
| Brumby | 2490/32845 |
| Kelsey Wold | 32431/32845 |
| Town | 6417/32845 |
| Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens | 8614/32845 |
| Frodingham | 8763/32845 |
| Crosby and Park (Worst) | 8885/32845 |
Hull - A city under siege
Your Health in Broughton
If you are thinking of moving to Broughton, 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 Broughton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 1.61% | 5.48% | 14.86% | 34.93% | 43.12% |
| North Lincolnshire (Broughton) | 1.24% | 4.53% | 14.73% | 35.76% | 43.74% |
| Bassetlaw | 1.5% | 5.24% | 15.77% | 34.68% | 42.82% |
| West Lindsey | 1.11% | 4.25% | 14.68% | 35.94% | 44.03% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Broughton. 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 Broughton. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens (Best) | 12184/32845 |
| Ridge | 17167/32845 |
| Broughton and Appleby | 17368/32845 |
| Bottesford | 18301/32845 |
| Kelsey Wold | 23462/32845 |
| Brumby | 6530/32845 |
| Crosby and Park | 8207/32845 |
| Frodingham | 8420/32845 |
| Town | 8849/32845 |
| Ashby (Worst) | 8887/32845 |
Heaven and Hull
Deprivation in Broughton
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 Broughton. 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 |
|---|---|
| Crosby and Park (Best) | 10496/32845 |
| Ashby | 12639/32845 |
| Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens | 15256/32845 |
| Kelsey Wold | 17359/32845 |
| Ridge | 20405/32845 |
| Broughton and Appleby | 22053/32845 |
| Bottesford | 25833/32845 |
| Brumby | 5527/32845 |
| Frodingham | 7793/32845 |
| Town (Worst) | 9399/32845 |
