So you are thinking of moving to Middlewich in Cheshire? 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 Middlewich 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 Middlewich the land of milk and honey or are Northwich, Sandbach and Winsford a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Middlewich
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 Middlewich. 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 |
|---|---|
| Crewe | 200 |
| Greenbank | 31 |
| Newtonia | 26 |
| Elworth | 22 |
| Hartfordbeach | 18 |
| Church Lawton | 12 |
| Hartford | 10 |
| Hollinsgreen | 1 |
| Barthomley | 0 |
| Foxley | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Middlewich. 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 Middlewich. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Winsford Wharton (Best) | 10572/32845 |
| Winsford Swanlow | 11908/32845 |
| Middlewich | 16466/32845 |
| Winsford Over & Verdin | 17265/32845 |
| Winsford Gravel | 18660/32845 |
| Shakerley | 22546/32845 |
| Sandbach Elworth | 25782/32845 |
| Davenham, Moulton & Kingsmead | 28402/32845 |
| Dane Valley | 28501/32845 |
| Winsford Dene (Worst) | 8976/32845 |
Kazakhstan to Crewe - no thank you!
Your Health in Middlewich
If you are thinking of moving to Middlewich, 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 Middlewich 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire East (Middlewich) | 1.06% | 3.85% | 12.78% | 33.25% | 49.06% |
| Shropshire | 1.13% | 3.91% | 13.55% | 34.92% | 46.49% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 1.4% | 5.1% | 14.37% | 34.48% | 44.65% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 1.37% | 4.55% | 14.86% | 35.06% | 44.15% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Middlewich. 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 Middlewich. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Winsford Over & Verdin (Best) | 10291/32845 |
| Winsford Swanlow | 10924/32845 |
| Winsford Gravel | 13949/32845 |
| Middlewich | 13996/32845 |
| Shakerley | 15467/32845 |
| Sandbach Elworth | 20226/32845 |
| Davenham, Moulton & Kingsmead | 21413/32845 |
| Dane Valley | 26134/32845 |
| Winsford Dene | 7236/32845 |
| Winsford Wharton (Worst) | 7807/32845 |
Winsford, once a nice, peaceful and prosperous town
Deprivation in Middlewich
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 Middlewich. 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 |
|---|---|
| Winsford Dene (Best) | 10516/32845 |
| Winsford Swanlow | 13150/32845 |
| Winsford Over & Verdin | 13653/32845 |
| Winsford Gravel | 16684/32845 |
| Shakerley | 17081/32845 |
| Middlewich | 20525/32845 |
| Davenham, Moulton & Kingsmead | 26746/32845 |
| Sandbach Elworth | 27721/32845 |
| Dane Valley | 28817/32845 |
| Winsford Wharton (Worst) | 9706/32845 |
Winsford, once a nice, peaceful and prosperous town
Handforth, its got its good parts and its bad parts
Culcheth is a hole roughly equidistant between Liverpool and Manchester
Northwich nestles snugly in what is usually regarded as posh and leafy Cheshire
Warrington: a town that will not be gentrified for a long time
Widnes, an unflushed toilet of a place between Warrington & Liverpool
Crewe, you’d be commiserated if people think you live there
Wilmslow – Hollywood of the North
Sale, Cheshire, a black hole of misery and despair