So you are thinking of moving to Meltham 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 Meltham 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 Meltham the land of milk and honey or are Elland, Holmfirth and Huddersfield a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Meltham
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 Meltham. 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 |
|---|---|
| Crosland Edge | 19 |
| Helme | 18 |
| Clough | 16 |
| Blackmoorfoot | 16 |
| Honley Moor | 12 |
| Honley | 12 |
| Netherton | 10 |
| South Crosland | 9 |
| Oldfield | 6 |
| Holt Head | 3 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Meltham. 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 Meltham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Golcar (Best) | 11971/32845 |
| Lindley | 12115/32845 |
| Holme Valley North | 13885/32845 |
| Greetland and Stainland | 14561/32845 |
| Colne Valley | 14628/32845 |
| Ryburn | 14779/32845 |
| Holme Valley South | 18756/32845 |
| Kirkburton | 22746/32845 |
| Newsome | 3958/32845 |
| Crosland Moor and Netherton (Worst) | 7943/32845 |
Huddersfield, not such a 'brilliant' place to live!
Your Health in Meltham
If you are thinking of moving to Meltham, 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 Meltham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | 1.22% | 4.19% | 12.71% | 33.8% | 48.08% |
| Kirklees (Meltham) | 1.25% | 4.5% | 13.74% | 34.97% | 45.53% |
| Calderdale | 1.15% | 4.38% | 13.78% | 34.35% | 46.34% |
| High Peak | 1.12% | 4.07% | 13.21% | 34.08% | 47.51% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Meltham. 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 Meltham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Crosland Moor and Netherton (Best) | 10711/32845 |
| Golcar | 14472/32845 |
| Greetland and Stainland | 14581/32845 |
| Lindley | 16419/32845 |
| Ryburn | 19429/32845 |
| Colne Valley | 19995/32845 |
| Holme Valley North | 20657/32845 |
| Kirkburton | 23138/32845 |
| Holme Valley South | 23581/32845 |
| Newsome (Worst) | 9225/32845 |
Huddersfield: Entropy in action
Deprivation in Meltham
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 Meltham. 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 |
|---|---|
| Golcar (Best) | 14763/32845 |
| Greetland and Stainland | 17218/32845 |
| Ryburn | 17430/32845 |
| Colne Valley | 17842/32845 |
| Lindley | 18234/32845 |
| Holme Valley North | 21876/32845 |
| Holme Valley South | 23440/32845 |
| Kirkburton | 24989/32845 |
| Newsome | 6813/32845 |
| Crosland Moor and Netherton (Worst) | 9868/32845 |
