So you are thinking of moving to Rugby in Warwickshire? 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 Rugby 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 Rugby the land of milk and honey or are Lutterworth, Daventry and Southam a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Rugby
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 Rugby. 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 |
|---|---|
| Rugby | 124 |
| New Bilton | 102 |
| Newbold-on-Avon | 90 |
| Brownsover | 75 |
| Bilton | 37 |
| Cawston | 24 |
| Newton | 13 |
| Long Lawford | 12 |
| Cosford | 0 |
| Harborough Parva | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Rugby. 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 Rugby. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Benn (Best) | 10006/32845 |
| Eastlands | 13611/32845 |
| Newbold and Brownsover | 14120/32845 |
| Rokeby and Overslade | 17165/32845 |
| Admirals and Cawston | 17395/32845 |
| Hillmorton | 19600/32845 |
| Bilton | 20953/32845 |
| Paddox | 22003/32845 |
| Coton and Boughton | 23788/32845 |
| New Bilton (Worst) | 8648/32845 |
Coventry - Worse than ever
Your Health in Rugby
If you are thinking of moving to Rugby, 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 Rugby 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry | 1.4% | 4.66% | 13.25% | 34.65% | 46.05% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 1.4% | 4.81% | 14.48% | 35.33% | 43.98% |
| Rugby (Rugby) | 0.97% | 3.51% | 12.57% | 35.28% | 47.68% |
| Daventry | 0.91% | 3.31% | 12.07% | 35.27% | 48.44% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Rugby. 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 Rugby. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Benn (Best) | 14814/32845 |
| New Bilton | 15534/32845 |
| Newbold and Brownsover | 15624/32845 |
| Rokeby and Overslade | 16687/32845 |
| Hillmorton | 19334/32845 |
| Eastlands | 21328/32845 |
| Bilton | 22323/32845 |
| Paddox | 24691/32845 |
| Coton and Boughton | 25066/32845 |
| Admirals and Cawston (Worst) | 25089/32845 |
Northampton: come one, come all and suck us dry
Deprivation in Rugby
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 Rugby. 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 |
|---|---|
| New Bilton (Best) | 13157/32845 |
| Benn | 13286/32845 |
| Newbold and Brownsover | 15267/32845 |
| Rokeby and Overslade | 18296/32845 |
| Hillmorton | 20326/32845 |
| Eastlands | 20914/32845 |
| Bilton | 24057/32845 |
| Admirals and Cawston | 26277/32845 |
| Coton and Boughton | 26553/32845 |
| Paddox (Worst) | 26945/32845 |
Daventry, town of the zombie
Northampton, also known as ‘Nofuntown’
Coventry – Worse than ever
Southam… probably one of the dullest towns around
Daventry, the opposite of Hotel California
Leamington Spa: Stale magnolia casting its vanilla doom all over the town
Rugby aka Drugby
Rugby: Warehouse jobs and drugs a plenty
Kenilworth – A boring town full of old people