Is Driffield, Yorkshire a nice place to live?

Is Driffield a nice place to live or is Driffield rough? Forget local estate agents sales speil and local councillors who say that Driffield is on the up an up, it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Driffield truly a nice place to live, or are Beverley, Bridlington and Hornsea a lot better? Time to find out.

What are the crime levels like in Driffield?

Using the latest Police street crime figures (typically from 3 months ago) we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Driffield. 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.
Policing Area Voilent Crimes
Driffield 26
Kelleythorpe 3
Cranswick 3
Langtoft 2
Little Driffield 1
Southburn 1
Kilham 0
Rudston 0
Church End 0
Lissett 0

The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Driffield. These statistics 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 taken the rank average for wards in and around Driffield and compared them. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.

You least likely to be a victim of crime in the Sherburn ward.

Ward Average rank in England
Sherburn (Best) 31568/32845
Wolds 31528/32845
Beverley Rural 30628/32845
Wolds Weighton 29061/32845
Driffield and Rural 25903/32845
East Wolds and Coastal 25466/32845
St Mary's 24805/32845
Hunmanby 21734/32845
Minster and Woodmansey 20166/32845
Bridlington South (Worst) 4638/32845
Reader Opinion:

Beverley, not much to look at, but still locals still say it's the Gem of the NE.

Your Health in Driffield

If you are thinking of moving to Driffield, 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 Driffield compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;

Town Very Bad Bad
East Riding of Yorkshire (Driffield) 1.24% 4.15%
Kingston upon Hull, City of 1.61% 5.48%
North East Lincolnshire 1.35% 4.7%
York 0.92% 3.22%

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Driffield. 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 Driffield. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;

Ward Average rank in England
Beverley Rural (Best) 28146/32845
Wolds Weighton 26706/32845
Wolds 25299/32845
St Mary's 25028/32845
Minster and Woodmansey 22830/32845
Sherburn 21869/32845
East Wolds and Coastal 21767/32845
Driffield and Rural 19744/32845
Hunmanby 12736/32845
Bridlington South (Worst) 6431/32845
Reader Opinion:

Bridlington: Beirut with Seaside Rock & Tattoo shops

Deprivation in Driffield

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 Driffield. 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
Beverley Rural (Best) 27735/32845
St Mary's 26408/32845
Wolds Weighton 22562/32845
Minster and Woodmansey 21219/32845
Driffield and Rural 19842/32845
East Wolds and Coastal 18578/32845
Sherburn 15462/32845
Hunmanby 13969/32845
Wolds 12855/32845
Bridlington South (Worst) 5485/32845

Average rent in Driffield

Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These statistics for Driffield are dated September 2021. They are split into three figures, the lower quartile, mean and upper quartile. If you recieve housing benefit or the housing benefit section of Universal Credit, the lower quartile is at the top limit of what would be affordable. The mean is the average you'd expect to pay for a rental property and the upper quartile is the average rental cost of the most expensive 25% of properties in Driffield.

Weekly Gross Pay and Hourly Pay in Driffield

If you are thinking of moving to Driffield, you'll want to know how much you can earn in a job in the town. The government publish regular statistics on gross weekly pay and pay per hour.

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