So you are thinking of moving to Chorley 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 Chorley 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 Chorley the land of milk and honey or are Blackrod, Adlington and Leyland a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Chorley
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 Chorley. 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 |
|---|---|
| Chorley | 101 |
| Hartwood | 45 |
| Birkacre | 25 |
| Heath Charnock | 14 |
| Johnson’s Hillock | 8 |
| Lower Copthurst | 8 |
| Euxton | 8 |
| Bolton Green | 6 |
| Charnock Green | 2 |
| Pincock | 1 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Chorley. 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 Chorley. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Euxton South (Best) | 30498/32845 |
| Astley and Buckshaw | 25547/32845 |
| Chisnall | 24218/32845 |
| Pennine | 19641/32845 |
| Chorley North West | 19067/32845 |
| Coppull | 15890/32845 |
| Chorley South West | 13212/32845 |
| Chorley North East | 12431/32845 |
| Chorley South East | 11995/32845 |
| Chorley East (Worst) | 9885/32845 |
Mawdesley. Home to every boss you hated.
Your Health in Chorley
If you are thinking of moving to Chorley, 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 Chorley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton | 1.4% | 5.23% | 14.14% | 33.88% | 45.36% |
| Preston | 1.32% | 4.74% | 13.26% | 34.12% | 46.56% |
| Chorley (Chorley) | 1.22% | 4.31% | 13.27% | 33.32% | 47.88% |
| South Ribble | 1.03% | 4.1% | 13.06% | 34.12% | 47.69% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Chorley. 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 Chorley. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Pennine (Best) | 27205/32845 |
| Chisnall | 20539/32845 |
| Chorley North West | 15380/32845 |
| Euxton South | 14216/32845 |
| Astley and Buckshaw | 13847/32845 |
| Chorley South East | 12023/32845 |
| Coppull | 11239/32845 |
| Chorley South West | 9556/32845 |
| Chorley East | 7592/32845 |
| Chorley North East (Worst) | 6857/32845 |
Buckshaw village - it's becoming a vile place to be
Deprivation in Chorley
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 Chorley. 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 |
|---|---|
| Pennine (Best) | 30173/32845 |
| Euxton South | 27585/32845 |
| Chisnall | 24696/32845 |
| Chorley North West | 22809/32845 |
| Astley and Buckshaw | 22324/32845 |
| Coppull | 15043/32845 |
| Chorley South East | 14019/32845 |
| Chorley South West | 11702/32845 |
| Chorley North East | 10352/32845 |
| Chorley East (Worst) | 8819/32845 |
