Is Ball Street in Blackpool a nice place to live?

Ball Street is classified by the ONS as Hampered Aspiration. Ball Street is in the top 10% of highest crime postcodes (see map). The road is one of the most deprived in the country

Geography

Ball Street is located in the Bloomfield ward of the Blackpool district in Lancashire.
Coordinates 53.800392, -3.05062
Grid Ref SD309342
Suburb Queenstown
Constituency Blackpool South
Postcodes FY1 6HH, FY1 6HL, FY1 6HZ

House Prices

The average house price in Ball Street is 45.05% lower than the rest of Blackpool. The last sale we have on record is 2 Ball Street, that sold for £107,500. The average house price in Blackpool is £153,750 as of June 2023.

Average House Prices

Recent sales in Ball Street

Date No. Type Price
11/10/2022 2 Terrace £107,500
31/08/2022 2E Terrace £118,500
19/08/2022 2D £120,000
04/08/2022 2C Terrace £100,000
23/09/2020 2C £84,000
26/02/2020 8 Terrace £58,500

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Crime in Ball Street, Lancashire

There were 1 street crime incidents in Ball Street in September 2024. These are the latest figures released by Lancashire Police Force.
Source: data.police.uk, Statistics date: September 2024
September 2024 Crime Incidents in Ball Street
# Category Outcome
1 Drugs Local resolution

Crime Deprivation

The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) government statistics have a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal crime. We have taken the lower super output area (LSOA) that includes Ball Street and compared that to the average for the Bloomfield ward.

You are more likely to be a victim of personal crime in Ball Street, when compared to the average EIMD rank for the Bloomfield ward

Social economic statistics for Ball Street

These statistics are taken from the English Index of Multiple Deprivation's decile figures, with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. As these are decile figures, a score of 1 for example would mean Ball Street is on the top 10% of most deprived LSOAs, conversely a score of 10 would mean Ball Street is in the top 10% of least deprived LSOAs in the country.

Income Deprivation

The Income Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of the population in and around Ball Street experiencing deprivation relating to low income.
Residents in around Ball Street are in the top 10% of most income deprived in the country.

Employment Deprivation

The Employment Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of working-age residents in and around Ball Street involuntarily excluded from the labour market. This includes the unemployed, those who are sick or disabled, or have caring responsibilities.
Residents in Ball Street are in the top 10% of the most employment deprived in the country

Health & Disability Deprivation

The Health Deprivation and Disability Domain measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health. This does not include aspects of behaviour or the environment that may be lead to predicted future health and disability problems.
Residents in Ball Street are in the top 10% of the most health & disability deprived in the country

Index of Multiple Deprivation

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is an overall relative measure of deprivation constructed by combining seven measures of deprivation. It encapsulates a broad socio-economic view of Ball Street, from outside living quality, housing quality, access to services and crime.
Residents in Ball Street are in the top 10% of the most deprived in the country

2021 Census for Ball Street

We chosen some choice data from the 2021 census, that will hopefully give you socio-economic a snapshot of Ball Street.

Unemployment in Ball Street

The census is now the only reliable source to find the proportion of residents that are unemployed or under-employed as the Department for Work and pensions no longer do so and haven't since the introduction of Universal Credit.
6.1% of Ball Street residents were unemployed during the Covid 19 pandemic

Retirees (OAPs) in Ball Street

The proportion of retirees in a road should give you an indication of the demographics of Ball Street. The proportion of retirees on Ball Street is 4.17% lower than the national average of 18.6%.
14.43% of Ball Street residents were retired during the last census

Home ownership in Ball Street

The proportion of home owners on Ball Street is 25.94% lower than the national average of 62%. 57.69% of properties in Ball Street are private rented and 5.77% are social rented.
36.06% of residents of Ball Street own their home

Country of Birth of Ball Street residents

The proportion if Ball Street residents born in the UK is 4.78% higher than the England national average of 82.65%. 12.57% of Ball Street residents were born outside the UK.
87.43% of Ball Street residents were born in the UK

Ball Street Summary

With house prices in Ball Street less than the average for Lancashire and very high levels of income depirvation, this is an indicator of a very poor road. Ball Street is the the top 10% of income deprivated streets in England. Ball Street has a lower level of home ownership than the national average. This is an indicator that finding private rented accomodation in Ball Street maybe easier than surrounding areas.

Ball Street has very high levels of employment deprivation, suggesting that finding work in the local area maybe harder compared to the rest of the country.

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