So you are thinking of moving to Hinckley in Leicestershire? 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 Hinckley 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 Hinckley the land of milk and honey or are Earl Shilton, Bedworth and Nuneaton a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Hinckley
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 Hinckley. 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 |
|---|---|
| Hollycroft | 70 |
| St Nicolas Park | 43 |
| Earl Shilton | 42 |
| Burbage | 36 |
| Barwell | 20 |
| Shelford | 2 |
| Higham on the Hill | 1 |
| Stoke Golding | 1 |
| Dadlington | 1 |
| Aston Flamville | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Hinckley. 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 Hinckley. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Hinckley Castle (Best) | 14291/32845 |
| Hinckley Trinity | 16118/32845 |
| Barwell | 16460/32845 |
| Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill | 16640/32845 |
| Bulkington | 19045/32845 |
| Hinckley Clarendon | 20318/32845 |
| Hinckley De Montfort | 21827/32845 |
| Croft Hill | 22980/32845 |
| Burbage Sketchley and Stretton | 23277/32845 |
| Stanton and Flamville (Worst) | 24043/32845 |
Bedworth, oh deary me...
Your Health in Hinckley
If you are thinking of moving to Hinckley, 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 Hinckley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 1.4% | 4.81% | 14.48% | 35.33% | 43.98% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth (Hinckley) | 0.98% | 3.63% | 13.3% | 35.83% | 46.26% |
| Rugby | 0.97% | 3.51% | 12.57% | 35.28% | 47.68% |
| Blaby | 0.88% | 3.28% | 12.53% | 35.81% | 47.51% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Hinckley. 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 Hinckley. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Hinckley Trinity (Best) | 15003/32845 |
| Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill | 15984/32845 |
| Bulkington | 17184/32845 |
| Barwell | 17662/32845 |
| Hinckley Castle | 17908/32845 |
| Hinckley Clarendon | 20585/32845 |
| Hinckley De Montfort | 21008/32845 |
| Croft Hill | 22160/32845 |
| Stanton and Flamville | 22790/32845 |
| Burbage Sketchley and Stretton (Worst) | 26355/32845 |
Hamilton the so called posh area of Leicester
Deprivation in Hinckley
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 Hinckley. 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 |
|---|---|
| Hinckley Castle (Best) | 15376/32845 |
| Hinckley Trinity | 15661/32845 |
| Barwell | 16014/32845 |
| Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill | 16599/32845 |
| Hinckley Clarendon | 19700/32845 |
| Bulkington | 20688/32845 |
| Hinckley De Montfort | 22943/32845 |
| Croft Hill | 23028/32845 |
| Stanton and Flamville | 24782/32845 |
| Burbage Sketchley and Stretton (Worst) | 29925/32845 |
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