So you are thinking of moving to Middleton in Greater Manchester? 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 Middleton 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 Middleton the land of milk and honey or are Chadderton, Failsworth and Royton a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Middleton
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of February 2021 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Middleton. 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 |
|---|---|
| Birch | 1 |
| Higher Boarshaw | 0 |
| Langley | 0 |
| Hollins | 0 |
| Moorclose | 0 |
| Top of Hebers | 0 |
| Alkrington Garden Village | 0 |
| Healds Green | 0 |
| Bowlee | 0 |
| Charlestown | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Middleton. 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 Middleton. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Chadderton Central (Best) | 12516/32845 |
| Higher Blackley | 2675/32845 |
| West Middleton | 3582/32845 |
| Castleton | 5278/32845 |
| Hopwood Hall | 5509/32845 |
| Chadderton South | 5676/32845 |
| East Middleton | 5728/32845 |
| Royton North | 6310/32845 |
| North Middleton | 6404/32845 |
| South Middleton (Worst) | 6870/32845 |
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Your Health in Middleton
If you are thinking of moving to Middleton, 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 Middleton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | 1.72% | 5.37% | 12.45% | 31.69% | 48.76% |
| Rochdale (Middleton) | 1.68% | 5.88% | 14.79% | 33.14% | 44.51% |
| Tameside | 1.6% | 5.7% | 15.05% | 33.7% | 43.96% |
| Oldham | 1.52% | 5.42% | 14.57% | 33.34% | 45.14% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Middleton. 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 Middleton. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Royton North (Best) | 10455/32845 |
| South Middleton | 10524/32845 |
| Chadderton Central | 11179/32845 |
| Higher Blackley | 3142/32845 |
| West Middleton | 3891/32845 |
| Castleton | 5334/32845 |
| East Middleton | 6479/32845 |
| North Middleton | 6560/32845 |
| Chadderton South | 7643/32845 |
| Hopwood Hall (Worst) | 8024/32845 |
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Deprivation in Middleton
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 Middleton. 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 |
|---|---|
| Royton North (Best) | 15091/32845 |
| Chadderton Central | 15200/32845 |
| South Middleton | 17002/32845 |
| Higher Blackley | 3517/32845 |
| West Middleton | 4238/32845 |
| Castleton | 8507/32845 |
| Chadderton South | 8702/32845 |
| North Middleton | 8814/32845 |
| East Middleton | 9702/32845 |
| Hopwood Hall (Worst) | 9747/32845 |
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