So you are thinking of moving to Pontefract 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 Pontefract 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 Pontefract the land of milk and honey or are Castleford, Featherstone and Knottingley a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Pontefract
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 Pontefract. 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 |
|---|---|
| Red Hill | 89 |
| Airedale | 79 |
| Monkhill | 76 |
| Pontefract | 55 |
| Knottingley | 51 |
| Strawberry Hill | 35 |
| Chequerfield | 24 |
| Carleton | 24 |
| Ferrybridge | 22 |
| Byram | 19 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Pontefract. 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 Pontefract. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Featherstone (Best) | 10900/32845 |
| Altofts and Whitwood | 12091/32845 |
| Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton | 12682/32845 |
| Byram & Brotherton | 19993/32845 |
| Monk Fryston | 23897/32845 |
| Knottingley | 3228/32845 |
| Castleford Central and Glasshoughton | 5320/32845 |
| Pontefract South | 7788/32845 |
| Pontefract North | 7934/32845 |
| Airedale and Ferry Fryston (Worst) | 8816/32845 |
Streethouse, or Sh*thouse as it's affectionately known as by the locals
Your Health in Pontefract
If you are thinking of moving to Pontefract, 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 Pontefract 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield (Pontefract) | 1.7% | 5.99% | 15.53% | 34.04% | 42.75% |
| Barnsley | 1.79% | 6.61% | 16.42% | 33.58% | 41.6% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 1.24% | 4.15% | 14.46% | 34.97% | 45.19% |
| Selby | 0.97% | 3.6% | 12.77% | 34.3% | 48.35% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Pontefract. 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 Pontefract. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton (Best) | 11294/32845 |
| Byram & Brotherton | 23004/32845 |
| Monk Fryston | 25963/32845 |
| Knottingley | 6288/32845 |
| Castleford Central and Glasshoughton | 7390/32845 |
| Airedale and Ferry Fryston | 7420/32845 |
| Pontefract North | 7754/32845 |
| Featherstone | 8022/32845 |
| Pontefract South | 9379/32845 |
| Altofts and Whitwood (Worst) | 9899/32845 |
Castleford, where everybody is a blood relative of the person next to them
Deprivation in Pontefract
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 Pontefract. 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 |
|---|---|
| Pontefract South (Best) | 11887/32845 |
| Altofts and Whitwood | 12851/32845 |
| Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton | 14632/32845 |
| Byram & Brotherton | 20354/32845 |
| Monk Fryston | 24670/32845 |
| Knottingley | 6514/32845 |
| Castleford Central and Glasshoughton | 8239/32845 |
| Airedale and Ferry Fryston | 9466/32845 |
| Featherstone | 9919/32845 |
| Pontefract North (Worst) | 9936/32845 |
Selby is packed to the grubby chlamydia ******** gills with utter dreck
Featherstone – They’ll give thee a kickin’
Streethouse, or Sh*thouse as it’s affectionately known as by the locals
Wakefield people: Stella in one hand, Greggs Steak Bake in the other
Castleford, where everybody is a blood relative of the person next to them
Wakefield: a cultural wilderness of apish men and women in white stilettos
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