So you are thinking of moving to Darlaston in West Midlands? 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 Darlaston 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 Darlaston the land of milk and honey or are Moxley, Wednesbury and Willenhall a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Darlaston
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of July 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Darlaston. 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 |
|---|---|
| Bescot | 152 |
| Portobello | 142 |
| Pleck | 140 |
| Fallings Heath | 138 |
| Bentley | 132 |
| Church Hill | 113 |
| Wednesbury | 113 |
| Ashmore Lake | 102 |
| Short Heath | 83 |
| Lane Head | 83 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Darlaston. 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 Darlaston. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Bilston North (Best) | 10480/32845 |
| Princes End | 10697/32845 |
| Darlaston South | 11605/32845 |
| Wednesbury North | 12292/32845 |
| Friar Park | 14504/32845 |
| Bilston East | 5682/32845 |
| Pleck | 7479/32845 |
| Willenhall South | 8569/32845 |
| Bentley and Darlaston North | 9686/32845 |
| Short Heath (Worst) | 9994/32845 |
Walsall, there are unfortunately no plus sides to living in this hell hole
Your Health in Darlaston
If you are thinking of moving to Darlaston, 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 Darlaston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandwell | 1.8% | 5.9% | 15.61% | 34.76% | 41.93% |
| Walsall (Darlaston) | 1.68% | 5.56% | 15.47% | 35.14% | 42.15% |
| Wolverhampton | 1.66% | 5.53% | 15.67% | 35.34% | 41.79% |
| Lichfield | 1.19% | 3.93% | 13.17% | 34.79% | 46.92% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Darlaston. 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 Darlaston. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Princes End (Best) | 4716/32845 |
| Pleck | 5125/32845 |
| Friar Park | 6033/32845 |
| Wednesbury North | 6051/32845 |
| Bentley and Darlaston North | 6235/32845 |
| Darlaston South | 6700/32845 |
| Willenhall South | 6863/32845 |
| Bilston East | 6974/32845 |
| Bilston North | 7464/32845 |
| Short Heath (Worst) | 9603/32845 |
Darlaston - A little Chav Hellhole
Deprivation in Darlaston
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 Darlaston. 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 |
|---|---|
| Short Heath (Best) | 11703/32845 |
| Pleck | 3468/32845 |
| Darlaston South | 4360/32845 |
| Bilston East | 4899/32845 |
| Bentley and Darlaston North | 5083/32845 |
| Friar Park | 5237/32845 |
| Princes End | 5733/32845 |
| Bilston North | 6324/32845 |
| Willenhall South | 6372/32845 |
| Wednesbury North (Worst) | 7152/32845 |
