What is the poorest town in Lancashire?

Blackpool has 3 of the 5 most deprived wards in the area. Trinity and Bank Hall wards in Burnley are the most deprived wards in the Lancashire-12 area. Whitefield in Pendle is the most deprived ward in England on the Living Environment domain.

What is the most run down town in the UK?

Jaywick: the most deprived town in Britain.

What is the safest town in Lancashire?

Blackburn is ranked as the safest major town in Lancashire. In 2023, the town recorded an overall crime rate of 92 crimes per 1,000 people, which is 14% higher than the county's average.

What is the best area to live in Lancashire?

What is the unhappiest town in the UK?

A while back, it was revealed that Slough was the UK's most depressing place in 2024, according to the people who live there.

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Where do poor people live in the UK?

The West Midlands has the second highest poverty rate (24%), followed by the North West (23%) and Yorkshire and the Humber (23%). The proportion of people living in poverty in London almost doubles when housing costs are taken into account (rising from 15% before housing costs to 26% after housing costs).

Where is the highest crime rate in Lancashire?

Comparing Lancashire's larger towns and cities, and using Crime Risk Scores - which are calculated by taking severity of each crime type into account - Blackpool is the most dangerous. The next most dangerous is Accrington, and Fleetwood comes in as third most dangerous.

How many Muslims live in Lancashire?

Main religions in Lancashire

The results for the main religions in the Lancashire-12 area are 675,521 persons identified as Christian (54.7%), 389,377 of No religion (31.5%) and Muslim 85,176 (6.9%).

What is the most beautiful town in Lancashire?

What is the largest town in Lancashire?

The largest settlement is Preston, and the county town is the city of Lancaster.

Are people in Lancashire friendly?

IF YOU want friendly neighbours, head north and avoid London and the sour southern counties, new research has suggested. People in Lancashire emerged as having high levels of 'agreeableness', reflecting traits such as friendliness, co-operation, kindness and trust.

What is the poshest area in Lancashire?

Having earned the distinctive honour of being named in The Telegraph's list of the 48 poshest villages in the country, Wiswell was Lancashire's only entry to make the grade, meaning that I couldn't resist a visit to the quaint location causing such a splash.

What is the nicest small town in the UK?

What is the most stressful city in the UK?

The most stressed UK city of all? Well, it's not London, apparently – it's York. The report says that York locals face high unemployment, the second lowest average disposable income in the country and is the sixth worst place for physical health conditions.

What is the poorest county in the UK?

Having measured the states of deprivation across thirty-two thousand eight hundred and forty-four areas in the country, the researchers concluded that the community that lies east of Jaywick near Clacton-on-Sea is the most deprived region in the country.

How many people are homeless in Lancashire?

In the Lancashire-12 area in 2023/24, around 466 households were accepted as being homeless and in priority need, of which nearly half were found in just two districts, Lancaster and South Ribble. The Lancashire-12 figure equates to just 0.72% of the England total of 64,960.

How many Indians are in Lancashire?

Pakistan, up to 31,618 persons (2.1% of the population in Lancashire-14), from 20,632 in 2011. Poland, up to 17,921 persons (1.2%), from 11,521 in 2011. India, up to 16,627 persons (1.1% compared to 1.5% in England and Wales), from 14,603 in 2011.

What type of crime represents 88% of all recorded crimes in Lancashire?

In 12 months ending March 2024, victim-based crime represented 88% of all recorded crime in Lancashire-14, with miscellaneous and other crimes against society at 12%. Violence against the person had the highest volume of 42%, followed by theft offences at just over 30% of the overall recorded crime in Lancashire.

What is the safest county in the UK?

56.9 crimes per 1,000 people

Topping our list of the safest places to live in England and Wales is Wiltshire, a charming rural county in South West England. Green and chock-full of history – Stone Henge being a prime example – Wiltshire is also very affluent.

Is Fleetwood a rough area?

Fleetwood 2025 Crime Scorecard

As of 2025, the crime rate in Fleetwood is 121% higher than the North West and 31% higher than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.

What is the poorest group in the UK?

Poverty and ethnicity

Poverty in minority ethnic groups is about double that of White British people. Pakistanis and Bangladeshis are the poorest groups in the UK. Ethnic minorities are more likely to be employed in low pay jobs or be unemployed than White British.

Why is Jaywick so deprived?

After the devastation of especially the east end of London in World War 2 some people moved there on a permanant basis. It has no facilities and no employment opportunities as it was never designed as a place to permanently inhabit. It's also disappearing into the sea due to costal erosion.

Which ethnic group has the most savings in the UK?

White British households hold the most wealth (£282,000), closely followed by Indian groups (£266,000). Pakistani households have under half (£127,000) the wealth of White British households, with Black Caribbean households possessing substantially less.