So you are thinking of moving to Melbourne in Derbyshire? 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 Melbourne 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 Melbourne the land of milk and honey or are Swadlincote, Ashby de la Zouch and Shepshed a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Melbourne
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 Melbourne. 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 |
|---|---|
| Chellaston | 29 |
| Castle Donington | 8 |
| Tonge | 3 |
| Breedon on the Hill | 3 |
| Barrow upon Trent | 1 |
| Aston-on-Trent | 1 |
| Ticknall | 1 |
| Calke | 0 |
| Foremark | 0 |
| Isley Walton | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Melbourne. 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 Melbourne. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Aston (Best) | 18129/32845 |
| Stenson | 20089/32845 |
| Chellaston | 22224/32845 |
| Castle Donington Park | 22462/32845 |
| Castle Donington Central | 24864/32845 |
| Valley | 25085/32845 |
| Long Whatton & Diseworth | 25249/32845 |
| Worthington & Breedon | 25757/32845 |
| Melbourne | 26375/32845 |
Your Health in Melbourne
If you are thinking of moving to Melbourne, 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 Melbourne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby | 1.31% | 4.59% | 14.15% | 35% | 44.96% |
| Erewash | 1.28% | 4.35% | 14.96% | 35.39% | 44.03% |
| South Derbyshire (Melbourne) | 1.05% | 3.85% | 13.05% | 34.4% | 47.64% |
| Rushcliffe | 0.87% | 3.12% | 11.5% | 32.59% | 51.91% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Melbourne. 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 Melbourne. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Chellaston (Best) | 12667/32845 |
| Castle Donington Park | 18709/32845 |
| Castle Donington Central | 20591/32845 |
| Valley | 20764/32845 |
| Stenson | 21687/32845 |
| Worthington & Breedon | 22134/32845 |
| Long Whatton & Diseworth | 24172/32845 |
| Melbourne | 24678/32845 |
| Aston | 25215/32845 |
Deprivation in Melbourne
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 Melbourne. 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 |
|---|---|
| Valley (Best) | 18752/32845 |
| Castle Donington Park | 19753/32845 |
| Worthington & Breedon | 20931/32845 |
| Chellaston | 21057/32845 |
| Stenson | 21396/32845 |
| Castle Donington Central | 24928/32845 |
| Aston | 25885/32845 |
| Long Whatton & Diseworth | 26818/32845 |
| Melbourne | 27081/32845 |
Ripley, a collection of nail bars and kebab shops
Breaston: stuck in the year 1500, village of *******
Spondon – Racist and Horrid
Racist, Sexist, Homophobic, Ilkeston
Belper, known as “Brown Town” for its off-the-scale drug problem
Bakewell: the traffic Tokyo of England
The tragically run down town of Alfreton
Glossop – I escaped this place as soon as possible
Matlock: arcades, cafes, chippys, and bikers coming out of our ears