So you are thinking of moving to Knutsford in Cheshire? 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 Knutsford 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 Knutsford the land of milk and honey or are Birchwood, Wilmslow and Altrincham a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Knutsford
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 Knutsford. 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 |
|---|---|
| Lacey Green | 35 |
| Little Bollington | 1 |
| Hale | 0 |
| Ashley Heath | 0 |
| Warburton Green | 0 |
| Hale Barns | 0 |
| Altrincham | 0 |
| Bowgreen | 0 |
| Bowdon | 0 |
| Dunham Town | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Knutsford. 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 Knutsford. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Altrincham (Best) | 16786/32845 |
| Hale Barns | 17362/32845 |
| Hale Central | 19926/32845 |
| Rudheath | 22230/32845 |
| High Legh | 22683/32845 |
| Wilmslow West and Chorley | 22780/32845 |
| Knutsford | 23339/32845 |
| Mobberley | 25061/32845 |
| Alderley Edge | 26631/32845 |
| Dane Valley (Worst) | 28501/32845 |
Handforth, its got its good parts and its bad parts
Your Health in Knutsford
If you are thinking of moving to Knutsford, 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 Knutsford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire East (Knutsford) | 1.06% | 3.85% | 12.78% | 33.25% | 49.06% |
| Stockport | 1.21% | 4.41% | 13.27% | 33.27% | 47.83% |
| Trafford | 1.13% | 4.09% | 12.16% | 31.64% | 50.97% |
| Warrington | 1.17% | 4.19% | 12.09% | 32.75% | 49.81% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Knutsford. 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 Knutsford. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Knutsford (Best) | 21168/32845 |
| Hale Barns | 22043/32845 |
| Altrincham | 22532/32845 |
| Mobberley | 23983/32845 |
| High Legh | 25309/32845 |
| Dane Valley | 26134/32845 |
| Hale Central | 26975/32845 |
| Wilmslow West and Chorley | 27654/32845 |
| Alderley Edge | 29992/32845 |
| Rudheath (Worst) | 9198/32845 |
Wilmslow - Hollywood of the North
Deprivation in Knutsford
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 Knutsford. 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 |
|---|---|
| Rudheath (Best) | 12390/32845 |
| High Legh | 21410/32845 |
| Mobberley | 21999/32845 |
| Hale Barns | 24862/32845 |
| Knutsford | 25194/32845 |
| Altrincham | 26168/32845 |
| Dane Valley | 28817/32845 |
| Hale Central | 29105/32845 |
| Wilmslow West and Chorley | 29876/32845 |
| Alderley Edge (Worst) | 31589/32845 |
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