So you're asking yourself the question 'is Harrogate a nice place to live?'' 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 Harrogate 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 Harrogate truly a nice place to live, or are Knaresborough, Otley and Wetherby a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Harrogate
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 Harrogate. 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 |
|---|---|
| New Park | 67 |
| High Harrogate | 61 |
| Harrogate | 55 |
| Forest Lane Head | 50 |
| Bilton | 41 |
| Jennyfield | 21 |
| Oakdale | 14 |
| Oatlands | 10 |
| Harlow Carr | 6 |
| Harlow Hill | 6 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Harrogate. 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 Harrogate. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Harrogate Harlow (Best) | 31026/32845 |
| Harrogate St Georges | 30999/32845 |
| Harrogate Duchy | 28519/32845 |
| Harrogate Bilton Grange | 26264/32845 |
| Harrogate High Harrogate | 22924/32845 |
| Harrogate Coppice Valley | 22155/32845 |
| Harrogate Valley Gardens | 21564/32845 |
| Harrogate New Park | 20922/32845 |
| Harrogate Kingsley | 19243/32845 |
| Harrogate Central (Worst) | 17572/32845 |
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Your Health in Harrogate
If you are thinking of moving to Harrogate, 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 Harrogate compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Town | Very Bad | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Leeds | 1.22% | 4.19% |
| Bradford | 1.33% | 4.55% |
| Kirklees | 1.25% | 4.5% |
| Harrogate (Harrogate) | 0.82% | 2.98% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Harrogate. 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 Harrogate. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Harrogate Duchy (Best) | 29747/32845 |
| Harrogate St Georges | 29605/32845 |
| Harrogate Harlow | 26915/32845 |
| Harrogate Valley Gardens | 22331/32845 |
| Harrogate Bilton Grange | 21668/32845 |
| Harrogate Central | 21286/32845 |
| Harrogate High Harrogate | 19698/32845 |
| Harrogate Coppice Valley | 19480/32845 |
| Harrogate New Park | 19023/32845 |
| Harrogate Kingsley (Worst) | 15846/32845 |
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Deprivation in Harrogate
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 Harrogate. 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 |
|---|---|
| Harrogate St Georges (Best) | 31143/32845 |
| Harrogate Duchy | 29179/32845 |
| Harrogate Harlow | 28962/32845 |
| Harrogate Bilton Grange | 24721/32845 |
| Harrogate Valley Gardens | 24346/32845 |
| Harrogate Central | 22480/32845 |
| Harrogate Coppice Valley | 21784/32845 |
| Harrogate High Harrogate | 20240/32845 |
| Harrogate New Park | 19927/32845 |
| Harrogate Kingsley (Worst) | 19824/32845 |
Average rent in Harrogate
Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These statistics for Harrogate 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 Harrogate.
Weekly Gross Pay and Hourly Pay in Harrogate
If you are thinking of moving to Harrogate, 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.
