So you are thinking of moving to Knaresborough in Yorkshire? 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 Knaresborough 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 Knaresborough the land of milk and honey or are Boroughbridge, Harrogate and Wetherby a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Knaresborough
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 Knaresborough. 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 |
|---|---|
| High Harrogate | 79 |
| Forest Lane Head | 45 |
| Knaresborough | 37 |
| Forest Moor | 10 |
| Calcutt | 10 |
| Ferrensby | 2 |
| Arkendale | 2 |
| Farnham | 0 |
| Brearton | 0 |
| Little Ribston | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Knaresborough. 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 Knaresborough. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Harrogate Kingsley (Best) | 19243/32845 |
| Harrogate Fairfax | 19271/32845 |
| Harrogate Starbeck | 20663/32845 |
| Harrogate High Harrogate | 22924/32845 |
| Knaresborough Castle | 26913/32845 |
| Harrogate Hookstone | 27571/32845 |
| Harrogate Stray | 28271/32845 |
| Knaresborough Aspin & Calcutt | 28292/32845 |
| Knaresborough Eastfield | 29362/32845 |
| Knaresborough Scriven Park (Worst) | 30681/32845 |
Harrogate - often described as where the posh folk live
Your Health in Knaresborough
If you are thinking of moving to Knaresborough, 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 Knaresborough 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford | 1.33% | 4.55% | 13.7% | 35.61% | 44.81% |
| Wakefield | 1.7% | 5.99% | 15.53% | 34.04% | 42.75% |
| York | 0.92% | 3.22% | 11.99% | 34.19% | 49.69% |
| Harrogate (Knaresborough) | 0.82% | 2.98% | 11.8% | 33.77% | 50.63% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Knaresborough. 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 Knaresborough. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Harrogate Kingsley (Best) | 15846/32845 |
| Harrogate Starbeck | 16132/32845 |
| Harrogate Fairfax | 16221/32845 |
| Knaresborough Castle | 18558/32845 |
| Knaresborough Eastfield | 19202/32845 |
| Harrogate High Harrogate | 19698/32845 |
| Knaresborough Scriven Park | 22141/32845 |
| Knaresborough Aspin & Calcutt | 23521/32845 |
| Harrogate Hookstone | 26234/32845 |
| Harrogate Stray (Worst) | 28887/32845 |
York - From Hell to Middle Class Hades
Deprivation in Knaresborough
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 Knaresborough. 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 Starbeck (Best) | 18711/32845 |
| Harrogate Fairfax | 19017/32845 |
| Harrogate Kingsley | 19824/32845 |
| Harrogate High Harrogate | 20240/32845 |
| Knaresborough Castle | 22714/32845 |
| Knaresborough Eastfield | 24097/32845 |
| Knaresborough Scriven Park | 25211/32845 |
| Knaresborough Aspin & Calcutt | 26641/32845 |
| Harrogate Hookstone | 28431/32845 |
| Harrogate Stray (Worst) | 31457/32845 |
