So you are thinking of moving to Longton 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 Longton 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 Longton the land of milk and honey or are Burslem, Newcastle under Lyme and Stoke on Trent a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Longton
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 Longton. 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 |
|---|---|
| Boothen | 1 |
| Hanford | 0 |
| Hem Heath | 0 |
| Northwood | 0 |
| Sideway | 0 |
| Knowl Wall | 0 |
| Newstead | 0 |
| Hanchurch | 0 |
| Blurton | 0 |
| Tittensor | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Longton. 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 Longton. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Springfields and Trent Vale (Best) | 10873/32845 |
| Hollybush and Longton West | 11572/32845 |
| Blurton East | 13035/32845 |
| Clayton | 17209/32845 |
| Westbury Park & Northwood | 20733/32845 |
| Barlaston | 22160/32845 |
| Hanford and Trentham | 25202/32845 |
| Swynnerton & Oulton | 25713/32845 |
| Blurton West and Newstead | 8738/32845 |
| Boothen and Oak Hill (Worst) | 9397/32845 |
You know you’re from Chester-le-street when...
Your Health in Longton
If you are thinking of moving to Longton, 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 Longton 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 | 1.4% | 5.1% | 14.37% | 34.48% | 44.65% |
| Stafford (Longton) | 1.14% | 3.91% | 13.23% | 35.59% | 46.13% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Longton. 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 Longton. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Hanford and Trentham (Best) | 10547/32845 |
| Clayton | 11208/32845 |
| Barlaston | 15640/32845 |
| Westbury Park & Northwood | 16057/32845 |
| Swynnerton & Oulton | 23907/32845 |
| Blurton West and Newstead | 2425/32845 |
| Hollybush and Longton West | 4101/32845 |
| Blurton East | 5389/32845 |
| Springfields and Trent Vale | 5515/32845 |
| Boothen and Oak Hill (Worst) | 6010/32845 |
Burslem, the "Mother" town of Stoke
Deprivation in Longton
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 Longton. 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 |
|---|---|
| Clayton (Best) | 17815/32845 |
| Barlaston | 18214/32845 |
| Westbury Park & Northwood | 22630/32845 |
| Hanford and Trentham | 22997/32845 |
| Swynnerton & Oulton | 26149/32845 |
| Blurton West and Newstead | 3921/32845 |
| Hollybush and Longton West | 7143/32845 |
| Blurton East | 8528/32845 |
| Springfields and Trent Vale | 9049/32845 |
| Boothen and Oak Hill (Worst) | 9807/32845 |
Wombourne – lovely village with some buts…
Leek: just like any other midlands town, just don’t expect a McDonalds
Cannock: What a hole
Stonnall, in the middle of nowhere between Walsall and Lichfield
Cheadle, a 1970’s time capsule of inward looking culture-phobes
Wombourne, the **** of South Staffordshire
Leek… Don’t go near it!!!
Stoke-on-Trent a.k.a Joke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent… Nuke it !!!!