Population, education and crime information regarding the city of Wythenshawe

FOI Reference: FOI/2022/4486

You asked

We request all of the following data to be segregated by year and gender for the city of Wythenshawe. We also need the same data as % age of the entire number for the city of Manchester, and the entire UK. (Similar to the report here: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/wpca/1929380370/printable.aspx). Any other segregation required is specified under the subheading of each of the data requested. The entire time frame of the data required is from 1990 to 2022 (we understand that 2022 is yet to conclude).

1. Resident population

Please provide this information by the following age groups:

• Age Below 11
• Age 11 to 16
• Age 16 to 18
• Age 18 to 64

2. Number of students per type of school

We need the number of students studying in each type of school categorized into –  

Primary, Secondary and College/A levels

This data is to be further categorized into below –  

Students who went to school

Students who graduated to the next school level

Students who dropped out

3. Number of schools

We need the number of schools by school type -- Primary, Secondary, College/A levels

4. Labour Demand

Total employee jobs available segregated by  

Full Time  

Part Time

Total employee jobs available segregated by Industry.

5. UK business Count

a.       Total number of registered businesses by Industry

b.      Total number of registered businesses by size

Micro

Small

Medium

Large

6. Literacy rate by age group

Age groups are:

• Age Below 11
• Age 11 to 16

• Age 16 to 18

• Age 18 to 64

7. Numeracy rate by age group

Age groups are:

• Age Below 11
• Age 11 to 16
• Age 16 to 18
• Age 18 to 64

8. A report on young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) seasonally adjusted

9. Complete data on Crime rate

We said

Thank you for your request.

Please see the following answers to your questions.

1. Resident population

For the total populations and selected age groups by sex, of Wythenshawe and Sale East, Manchester, Greater Manchester and the UK we have produced data which you can find in the associated Excel file named 'Greater Manchester population data.xlsx'. The latest data available is from the mid-2020 population estimates and the earliest is mid-1991. Data for the Wythenshawe and Sale East Parliamentary constituency is only held back to 2002.

When accessing any of our files please read the 'notes, terms and conditions' contained within them.

2. Number of students per type of school

The Office for National Statistics does not hold this information please contact Department for Education (DFE) their FOI team can be contacted using the following form Contact the Department for Education - FOI form. They also produce Statistics on Education on the following page Statistics at DfE - Department for Education - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) which could be of use and interest to your research.

3. Number of Schools

The Office for National Statistics does not hold this information please contact Department for Education (DFE) their FOI team can be contacted using the following form Contact the Department for Education - FOI form. They also produce Statistics on Education on the following page Statistics at DfE - Department for Education - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) which could be of use and interest to your research.

4. Labour demand

The best source of Labour Demand data for the city of Wythenshawe is the annual Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES), a survey of businesses regarding their employment.

The easiest way to access BRES data is through the nomis website from which you have sourced the Labour Market Profile for Wythenshawe and Sale East Parliamentary Constituency.

BRES data can be queried from the following URL.

https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/select/getdatasetbytheme.asp?opt=3&theme=&subgrp=

The data are split into two time periods, one from 2009-2015 and another from 2015 to 2021. Data is held for a variety of geography and industry breakdowns. The closest readily available geography that covers the city of Wythenshawe is the Wythenshawe and Sale East parliamentary constituency, alongside which you can also extract the data you need for Manchester and Great Britain. Data from BRES are not held by sex. Data from 1990-2009 is not held.

5. UK business Count

The information you have requested is available via the following link to our website publications UK Business: Activity, size and location.

The data within the tables are broken down in various ways including industry and employment size band, you will be able to access the information you need on the following table: https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/ukbusinessactivitysizeandlocation/2022/relateddata

This information is held from 2014-2022.Therefore we can confirm data before 2014 is not held.

6. Literacy rate by age group

The Office for National Statistics does not hold this information please contact Department for Education (DFE) their FOI team can be contacted using the following form Contact the Department for Education - FOI form. They also produce Statistics on Education on the following page Statistics at DfE - Department for Education - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) which could be of use and interest to your research.

7. Numeracy rate by age group

The Office for National Statistics does not hold this information please contact Department for Education (DFE) their FOI team can be contacted using the following form [Contact the Department for Education - FOI form]](https://form.education.gov.uk/service/Contact_the_Department_for_Education). They also produce Statistics on Education on the following page Statistics at DfE - Department for Education - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) which could be of use and interest to your research.

8. Young People NEET report

Subnational NEET statistics in England are the responsibility of the Department for Education. Their latest estimates, including NEET estimates or local authorities, were published 30 June 2022. They can be found using the below link.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-neet#neet-age-16-to-24

If you need to ask for historic NEET data, this email address maybe able to assist you further post16.statistics@education.gov.uk

9. Crime rate

We do not hold data on all police recorded crime broken down by age or sex of either the victim or offender.

Nor do we hold police recorded crime data at a city geographical level (Wythenshawe) or for the whole of the UK, as crime data for Scotland and Northern Ireland are collected separately by the Scottish Government and the Police Service of Northern Ireland respectively.

Data on numbers of offences and rates (per 1,000 population) for police recorded crime in England and Wales since the year ending March 2003 are available in Appendix Tables 4 and 7 of our 'Crime in England and Wales' releases, which are available here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables. Data on numbers of offences prior to the year ending March 2003 have been published by the Home Office and are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/historical-crime-data.

We do not hold police recorded crime data at the Community Safety Partnership geographical level prior to the year ending March 2003. Between the years ending March 2003 and March 2020, data on numbers of offences for police recorded crime in Manchester are available in our 'Recorded crime data at Community Safety Partnership and local authority level' releases (available here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/recordedcrimedataatcommunitysafetypartnershiplocalauthoritylevel). Data from the year ending March 2020 onwards are available in our 'Recorded crime data by Community Safety Partnership area' releases (available here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/recordedcrimdatabycommunitysafetypartnershiparea).

Police recorded crime data are collated by the Home Office; you may wish to contact them (via: crimeandpolicestats@homeoffice.gov.uk) to see if they can assist further.