So you are thinking of moving to Market Bosworth in Leicestershire? 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 Market Bosworth 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 Market Bosworth the land of milk and honey or are Earl Shilton, Hinckley and Atherstone a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Market Bosworth
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of December 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Market Bosworth. 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 |
|---|---|
| Barlestone | 6 |
| Market Bosworth | 3 |
| Newbold Heath | 2 |
| Newbold Verdon | 2 |
| Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal | 1 |
| Cadeby | 0 |
| Belcher’s Bar | 0 |
| Bufton | 0 |
| Carlton | 0 |
| Barton in the Beans | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Market Bosworth. 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 Market Bosworth. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Ibstock West (Best) | 12920/32845 |
| Sence Valley | 16069/32845 |
| Hinckley Trinity | 16118/32845 |
| Barwell | 16460/32845 |
| Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton | 17577/32845 |
| Ibstock East | 18573/32845 |
| Hinckley Clarendon | 20318/32845 |
| Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston | 21515/32845 |
| Hinckley De Montfort | 21827/32845 |
| Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone (Worst) | 25391/32845 |
Hinckley: Pretensions To Adequacy
Your Health in Market Bosworth
If you are thinking of moving to Market Bosworth, 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 Market Bosworth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 1.4% | 4.81% | 14.48% | 35.33% | 43.98% |
| North West Leicestershire | 1.15% | 3.99% | 13.88% | 35.52% | 45.45% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth (Market Bosworth) | 0.98% | 3.63% | 13.3% | 35.83% | 46.26% |
| Blaby | 0.88% | 3.28% | 12.53% | 35.81% | 47.51% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Market Bosworth. 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 Market Bosworth. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Hinckley Trinity (Best) | 15003/32845 |
| Barwell | 17662/32845 |
| Ibstock East | 18214/32845 |
| Sence Valley | 19466/32845 |
| Ibstock West | 19937/32845 |
| Hinckley Clarendon | 20585/32845 |
| Hinckley De Montfort | 21008/32845 |
| Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston | 24049/32845 |
| Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton | 25127/32845 |
| Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone (Worst) | 28103/32845 |
Rugby: Warehouse jobs and drugs a plenty
Deprivation in Market Bosworth
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 Market Bosworth. 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 |
|---|---|
| Hinckley Trinity (Best) | 15661/32845 |
| Barwell | 16014/32845 |
| Ibstock East | 18137/32845 |
| Ibstock West | 18695/32845 |
| Sence Valley | 18890/32845 |
| Hinckley Clarendon | 19700/32845 |
| Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton | 22649/32845 |
| Hinckley De Montfort | 22943/32845 |
| Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston | 24370/32845 |
| Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone (Worst) | 28267/32845 |
Kibworth – The Drug Den of England
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Loughborough – Bells and Bell-Ends
Melton Mowbray is the most bizarre & terrifying place I’ve ever lived
Melton Mowbray: Neanderthals loiter outside McDonalds, with not one GCSE in Car Theft between them
At Leicester’s Clock Tower, smell the stench of BO & cheap perfume
Coalville: most of the inhabitants walk around in a zombie like state
Leicester: feel threatened by the sheer amount of ‘Roadmen’
Fleckney, Leicestershire, avoid this town like the plague