So you are thinking of moving to Irthlingborough in Northamptonshire? 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 Irthlingborough 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 Irthlingborough the land of milk and honey or are Higham Ferrers, Raunds and Rushden a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Irthlingborough
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of November 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Irthlingborough. 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 |
|---|---|
| Higham Ferrers | 100 |
| Warmonds Hill | 95 |
| Rushden | 95 |
| Raunds | 35 |
| Irthlingborough | 21 |
| Finedon | 14 |
| Nene | 13 |
| Little Addington | 5 |
| Great Addington | 4 |
| Caldecott | 4 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Irthlingborough. 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 Irthlingborough. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Finedon (Best) | 11936/32845 |
| Rushden Hayden | 13233/32845 |
| Irthlingborough Waterloo | 13890/32845 |
| Rushden Spencer | 15445/32845 |
| Rushden Bates | 16898/32845 |
| Rushden Pemberton | 17386/32845 |
| Irthlingborough John Pyel | 17710/32845 |
| Higham Ferrers Chichele | 20118/32845 |
| Rushden Sartoris | 21025/32845 |
| Stanwick (Worst) | 25279/32845 |
Rushden aka Roughden
Your Health in Irthlingborough
If you are thinking of moving to Irthlingborough, 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 Irthlingborough 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northampton | 1.03% | 3.61% | 12.51% | 36.47% | 46.38% |
| Wellingborough | 1.16% | 3.95% | 14.18% | 37.03% | 43.68% |
| East Northamptonshire (Irthlingborough) | 0.97% | 3.39% | 12.85% | 35.93% | 46.86% |
| Corby | 1.36% | 4.4% | 13.13% | 35.16% | 45.94% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Irthlingborough. 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 Irthlingborough. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Finedon (Best) | 12943/32845 |
| Rushden Hayden | 14760/32845 |
| Rushden Pemberton | 16884/32845 |
| Rushden Spencer | 17885/32845 |
| Rushden Bates | 18449/32845 |
| Irthlingborough Waterloo | 18873/32845 |
| Irthlingborough John Pyel | 20583/32845 |
| Rushden Sartoris | 22733/32845 |
| Higham Ferrers Chichele | 23318/32845 |
| Stanwick (Worst) | 26950/32845 |
Deprivation in Irthlingborough
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 Irthlingborough. 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 |
|---|---|
| Rushden Hayden (Best) | 11697/32845 |
| Finedon | 14133/32845 |
| Irthlingborough Waterloo | 14650/32845 |
| Rushden Pemberton | 16540/32845 |
| Rushden Spencer | 16554/32845 |
| Irthlingborough John Pyel | 17589/32845 |
| Rushden Bates | 18250/32845 |
| Rushden Sartoris | 23395/32845 |
| Higham Ferrers Chichele | 26277/32845 |
| Stanwick (Worst) | 27903/32845 |
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