So you are thinking of moving to Swadlincote 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 Swadlincote 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 Swadlincote the land of milk and honey or are Ashby de la Zouch, Ashby Woulds and Burton upon Trent a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Swadlincote
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 Swadlincote. 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 |
|---|---|
| Lower Midway | 68 |
| Church Gresley | 44 |
| Newhall | 31 |
| Albert Village | 29 |
| Goseley Dale | 14 |
| Castle Gresley | 11 |
| Blackfordby | 7 |
| Hartshorne | 6 |
| Boundary | 5 |
| Bretby | 5 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Swadlincote. 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 Swadlincote. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Repton (Best) | 28900/32845 |
| Midway | 27452/32845 |
| Brizlincote | 25559/32845 |
| Woodville | 25021/32845 |
| Swadlincote | 23327/32845 |
| Linton | 21418/32845 |
| Church Gresley | 21368/32845 |
| Newhall and Stanton | 21151/32845 |
| Blackfordby | 20718/32845 |
| Ashby Woulds (Worst) | 19634/32845 |
Your Health in Swadlincote
If you are thinking of moving to Swadlincote, 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 Swadlincote 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby | 1.31% | 4.59% | 14.15% | 35% | 44.96% |
| East Staffordshire | 1.09% | 3.85% | 13.47% | 35.72% | 45.86% |
| North West Leicestershire | 1.15% | 3.99% | 13.88% | 35.52% | 45.45% |
| South Derbyshire (Swadlincote) | 1.05% | 3.85% | 13.05% | 34.4% | 47.64% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Swadlincote. 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 Swadlincote. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Repton (Best) | 26185/32845 |
| Brizlincote | 22633/32845 |
| Linton | 17007/32845 |
| Woodville | 15928/32845 |
| Ashby Woulds | 15880/32845 |
| Blackfordby | 15581/32845 |
| Midway | 15335/32845 |
| Swadlincote | 13256/32845 |
| Newhall and Stanton | 11851/32845 |
| Church Gresley (Worst) | 10992/32845 |
Deprivation in Swadlincote
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 Swadlincote. 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 |
|---|---|
| Brizlincote (Best) | 27913/32845 |
| Repton | 25416/32845 |
| Linton | 18643/32845 |
| Midway | 18300/32845 |
| Blackfordby | 18238/32845 |
| Ashby Woulds | 17500/32845 |
| Swadlincote | 17244/32845 |
| Woodville | 16614/32845 |
| Church Gresley | 15083/32845 |
| Newhall and Stanton (Worst) | 13533/32845 |
