So you are thinking of moving to Dukinfield in Greater Manchester? 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 Dukinfield 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 Dukinfield the land of milk and honey or are Ashton under Lyne, Audenshaw and Stalybridge a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Dukinfield
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of August 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Dukinfield. 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 |
|---|---|
| Waterloo | 2 |
| Newton | 0 |
| Dukinfield | 0 |
| Tame | 0 |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | 0 |
| Hooley Hill | 0 |
| Audenshaw | 0 |
| Crowhill | 0 |
| Taunton | 0 |
| Littlemoss | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Dukinfield. 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 Dukinfield. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Denton West (Best) | 13215/32845 |
| Ashton St Michael's | 2649/32845 |
| Denton North East | 5423/32845 |
| St Peter's | 5966/32845 |
| Hyde Godley | 6057/32845 |
| Dukinfield | 6692/32845 |
| Audenshaw | 7065/32845 |
| Hyde Werneth | 7798/32845 |
| Dukinfield Stalybridge | 7876/32845 |
| Hyde Newton (Worst) | 9557/32845 |
Ashton under lyne, into the mouth of madness and straight out of the other end
Your Health in Dukinfield
If you are thinking of moving to Dukinfield, 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 Dukinfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | 1.72% | 5.37% | 12.45% | 31.69% | 48.76% |
| Tameside (Dukinfield) | 1.6% | 5.7% | 15.05% | 33.7% | 43.96% |
| Oldham | 1.52% | 5.42% | 14.57% | 33.34% | 45.14% |
| Stockport | 1.21% | 4.41% | 13.27% | 33.27% | 47.83% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Dukinfield. 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 Dukinfield. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| St Peter's (Best) | 3130/32845 |
| Ashton St Michael's | 4484/32845 |
| Hyde Godley | 4910/32845 |
| Dukinfield | 5961/32845 |
| Hyde Newton | 6733/32845 |
| Audenshaw | 7472/32845 |
| Hyde Werneth | 7477/32845 |
| Denton North East | 7758/32845 |
| Dukinfield Stalybridge | 7968/32845 |
| Denton West (Worst) | 8353/32845 |
Stalybridge, sweet innocent kids turned into right little bastards
Deprivation in Dukinfield
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 Dukinfield. 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 |
|---|---|
| Denton North East (Best) | 10088/32845 |
| Hyde Newton | 10457/32845 |
| Audenshaw | 11233/32845 |
| Hyde Werneth | 11559/32845 |
| Dukinfield Stalybridge | 12507/32845 |
| Denton West | 14869/32845 |
| St Peter's | 4388/32845 |
| Hyde Godley | 6562/32845 |
| Ashton St Michael's | 6642/32845 |
| Dukinfield (Worst) | 9297/32845 |
