So you are thinking of moving to Ripley in Derbyshire? 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 Ripley 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 Ripley the land of milk and honey or are Alfreton, Heanor and Langley Mill a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Ripley
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 Ripley. 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 |
|---|---|
| Codnor Gate | 63 |
| Butterley | 58 |
| Hammersmith | 43 |
| Codnor | 41 |
| Greenhillocks | 33 |
| Peasehill | 33 |
| Leabrooks | 19 |
| Cross Hill | 18 |
| Lower Hartshay | 13 |
| Upper Hartshay | 9 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Ripley. 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 Ripley. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Ironville and Riddings (Best) | 19636/32845 |
| Ripley | 21337/32845 |
| Somercotes | 21553/32845 |
| Heanor and Loscoe | 23958/32845 |
| Ripley and Marehay | 25911/32845 |
| Codnor and Waingroves | 26489/32845 |
| Belper East | 28603/32845 |
| Wingfield | 28700/32845 |
| Swanwick | 30517/32845 |
| Heage and Ambergate (Worst) | 30731/32845 |
Ripley, a collection of nail bars and kebab shops
Your Health in Ripley
If you are thinking of moving to Ripley, 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 Ripley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield | 1.5% | 5.66% | 16.31% | 34.48% | 42.05% |
| Amber Valley (Ripley) | 1.26% | 4.75% | 14.99% | 34.99% | 44.01% |
| North East Derbyshire | 1.52% | 5.37% | 15.89% | 34.26% | 42.95% |
| Broxtowe | 1.14% | 4.13% | 14.26% | 34.96% | 45.51% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Ripley. 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 Ripley. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Ripley (Best) | 11682/32845 |
| Ripley and Marehay | 12415/32845 |
| Ironville and Riddings | 12492/32845 |
| Heanor and Loscoe | 13650/32845 |
| Codnor and Waingroves | 13725/32845 |
| Swanwick | 19332/32845 |
| Belper East | 19647/32845 |
| Heage and Ambergate | 20690/32845 |
| Wingfield | 21573/32845 |
| Somercotes (Worst) | 5853/32845 |
The tragically run down town of Alfreton
Deprivation in Ripley
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 Ripley. 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 |
|---|---|
| Heanor and Loscoe (Best) | 14520/32845 |
| Ironville and Riddings | 14865/32845 |
| Ripley | 15073/32845 |
| Codnor and Waingroves | 17243/32845 |
| Ripley and Marehay | 17689/32845 |
| Heage and Ambergate | 20694/32845 |
| Wingfield | 22911/32845 |
| Swanwick | 24624/32845 |
| Belper East | 26133/32845 |
| Somercotes (Worst) | 7195/32845 |
Ripley, a collection of nail bars and kebab shops
Codnor the land of the living dead
Bakewell: **** in the Peak
Racist, Sexist, Homophobic, Ilkeston
Breaston: stuck in the year 1500, village of *******
Derby seems to be a ticking time bomb
Birch Vale, a quiet rural village nestled in the heart of the peak district?
The tragically run down town of Alfreton
Glossop – I escaped this place as soon as possible