So you are thinking of moving to Rainhill in Merseyside? 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 Rainhill 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 Rainhill the land of milk and honey or are Prescot, St Helens and Whiston a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Rainhill
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 Rainhill. 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 |
|---|---|
| Portico | 73 |
| Holt | 72 |
| Grange Park | 65 |
| Marshall’s Cross | 60 |
| Nut Grove | 58 |
| Thatto Heath | 55 |
| Brown Edge | 55 |
| Lea Green | 42 |
| Rainhill | 41 |
| Rainhill Stoops | 4 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Rainhill. 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 Rainhill. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Farnworth (Best) | 24182/32845 |
| Birchfield | 22997/32845 |
| Rainhill | 22967/32845 |
| Eccleston | 21764/32845 |
| Prescot South | 15451/32845 |
| Whiston and Cronton | 14963/32845 |
| Thatto Heath | 10574/32845 |
| Hough Green | 9936/32845 |
| Sutton | 9635/32845 |
| Bold (Worst) | 8327/32845 |
Your Health in Rainhill
If you are thinking of moving to Rainhill, 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 Rainhill 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowsley | 2.18% | 7.29% | 14.68% | 29.82% | 46.03% |
| St. Helens (Rainhill) | 1.79% | 6.48% | 14.94% | 31.93% | 44.85% |
| Warrington | 1.17% | 4.19% | 12.09% | 32.75% | 49.81% |
| Halton | 1.7% | 6.15% | 13.92% | 31.57% | 46.67% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Rainhill. 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 Rainhill. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Birchfield (Best) | 20611/32845 |
| Farnworth | 14747/32845 |
| Eccleston | 9764/32845 |
| Rainhill | 7757/32845 |
| Whiston and Cronton | 5457/32845 |
| Hough Green | 4455/32845 |
| Sutton | 4226/32845 |
| Thatto Heath | 3717/32845 |
| Prescot South | 3689/32845 |
| Bold (Worst) | 3364/32845 |
Deprivation in Rainhill
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 Rainhill. 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 |
|---|---|
| Birchfield (Best) | 28983/32845 |
| Farnworth | 23690/32845 |
| Eccleston | 20469/32845 |
| Rainhill | 18311/32845 |
| Whiston and Cronton | 9532/32845 |
| Hough Green | 9347/32845 |
| Sutton | 9098/32845 |
| Thatto Heath | 8704/32845 |
| Prescot South | 8400/32845 |
| Bold (Worst) | 7019/32845 |
