So you are thinking of moving to Kidsgrove in Staffordshire? 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 Kidsgrove 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 Kidsgrove the land of milk and honey or are Alsager, Biddulph and Burslem a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Kidsgrove
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of July 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Kidsgrove. 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 |
|---|---|
| Dales Green | 1 |
| Hall Green | 1 |
| Red Bull | 0 |
| Kidsgrove | 0 |
| Hardings Wood | 0 |
| Acres Nook | 0 |
| Clough Hall | 0 |
| Stadmorslow | 0 |
| Newchapel | 0 |
| Packmoor | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Kidsgrove. 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 Kidsgrove. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Great Chell and Packmoor (Best) | 11384/32845 |
| Bradeley and Chell Heath | 13088/32845 |
| Talke & Butt Lane | 15910/32845 |
| Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe | 17687/32845 |
| Biddulph West | 17881/32845 |
| Newchapel & Mow Cop | 20693/32845 |
| Alsager | 25674/32845 |
| Tunstall | 3809/32845 |
| Goldenhill and Sandyford | 5522/32845 |
| Little Chell and Stanfield (Worst) | 6297/32845 |
Kazakhstan to Crewe - no thank you!
Your Health in Kidsgrove
If you are thinking of moving to Kidsgrove, 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 Kidsgrove 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke-on-Trent | 1.87% | 6.17% | 15.33% | 34.66% | 41.97% |
| Shropshire | 1.13% | 3.91% | 13.55% | 34.92% | 46.49% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme (Kidsgrove) | 1.4% | 5.1% | 14.37% | 34.48% | 44.65% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 1.37% | 4.55% | 14.86% | 35.06% | 44.15% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Kidsgrove. 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 Kidsgrove. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Newchapel & Mow Cop (Best) | 13997/32845 |
| Alsager | 20052/32845 |
| Biddulph West | 20156/32845 |
| Tunstall | 3036/32845 |
| Bradeley and Chell Heath | 3144/32845 |
| Goldenhill and Sandyford | 3213/32845 |
| Little Chell and Stanfield | 3557/32845 |
| Great Chell and Packmoor | 5245/32845 |
| Talke & Butt Lane | 8811/32845 |
| Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe (Worst) | 9301/32845 |
Burslem, the "Mother" town of Stoke
Deprivation in Kidsgrove
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 Kidsgrove. 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 |
|---|---|
| Talke & Butt Lane (Best) | 12320/32845 |
| Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe | 14824/32845 |
| Newchapel & Mow Cop | 20437/32845 |
| Biddulph West | 22032/32845 |
| Alsager | 25825/32845 |
| Tunstall | 3660/32845 |
| Little Chell and Stanfield | 5420/32845 |
| Goldenhill and Sandyford | 5692/32845 |
| Bradeley and Chell Heath | 6675/32845 |
| Great Chell and Packmoor (Worst) | 8673/32845 |
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