Crap Towns / East Riding of Yorkshire / Willerby and Anlaby
Willerby and Anlaby
9/100Crap Score
893rd crappest of 984 towns, and 7th in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Higher scores are crapper.
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Hull, with its nose in the air
The posh western end of Hull, which would rather you didn't say Hull.
Willerby and Anlaby used to be villages and are now the tidy western end of Hull, though you'd best not say so. It's clean, safe and nobody dumps anything. The only thing anyone moans about is the Willerby roundabout, which is always jammed, and the new houses piling more cars on to it. Anlaby helped besiege Hull once. Still at it.
There's been 31 serious pollution incidents in or near the place since 2016, which is a lot for somewhere this tidy. Over half the village lives over 400 metres from a park or a swing. NatWest and Santander have gone, and 2 swimming pools have shut since 2010. Nearly every house can get gigabit broadband. It's still Hull.
What the score is made of
Ten ingredients, each marked out of 100. Higher is crapper.
Willerby and Anlaby's 78 for deliberate fires means it's crapper than 78% of towns.
- Deliberate fires78/10011.8 per 10,000 people a year, April 2023 to March 2026
- Serious road collisions63/1002.8 per 10,000 people a year, fatal and serious, 2021 to 2025
- Air pollution50/1007.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.1 of fine particles, 2024 average
- Rain49/100127 days of rain a year, at least 1 mm, 1991 to 2020 average
- Food hygiene26/1001.1% rated 0 to 2, of the 92 food businesses with a rating
- Anti-social behaviour24/1007.2 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Criminal damage and arson21/1005.0 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Sewage spills11/1009.1 spill hours per 10,000 people a year, storm overflows within 1 km, 2023 to 2025
- Fly-tipping3/1003.2 incidents per 1,000 people a year, East Riding of Yorkshire council area, 2022-23 to 2024-25
- Broadband2/1000.1% of premises can't get gigabit, January 2026, and 5.5% across the East Riding of Yorkshire council area
| Pos | Town | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kingston upon Hull | 89 |
| In danger of becoming nice from here down.2 | Goole | 26 |
| 3 | Bridlington | 20 |
| 4 | Cottingham | 12 |
| 5 | Hessle | 12 |
| 6 | Pocklington | 11 |
| 7 | Willerby and Anlaby | 9 |
| 8 | Driffield | 9 |
| 9 | Beverley | 7 |
| 10 | Brough | 3 |
Below the dashed line: in danger of becoming nice.
Willerby and Anlaby by numbers
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Crime, muck and dodgy water
- 51.5 crimes per 1,000 people a year (September 2023 to August 2026) Better: 32% lower than the typical town's 76.2
- 2 reports of broken street lights on FixMyStreet, the most reported problem in the year to October 2026 Worse: 1.0 per 10,000 people, 43% higher than the typical town's 0.7
- 31 serious pollution incidents within 1 km since 2016, the latest in 2025
What's left on the high street
- 5 pubs, 2 hairdressers, 2 charity shops on the map here as of 1 October 2026
- 0.0% of takeaways rated 0 to 2 for hygiene (0 of 15) Better: Against the typical town's 4.0%
- 2 bank branch closures announced since 2022 Worse: 10.4 per 100,000 people, 3.1x the typical town's 3.4
- 2 public toilets on the map (October 2026) Worse: 1.0 per 10,000 people, 38% lower than the typical town's 1.6
- 3 public swimming pools open; 2 closed for good since 2010 Better: 1.6 per 10,000 people, 2.3x the typical English town's 0.7
Getting about, getting online, getting rained on
- 11.37pm last bus out on a Wednesday Worse: Earlier than the typical town's 12.14am
- 0.0% of premises can't get superfast broadband (January 2026) Better: Against the typical town's 0.5%
- 54.1% live more than 400 metres from a park or play space Worse: 3.5x the typical town's 15.5%
- 1,581 hours of sunshine a year (1991 to 2020 average) About the same: About the same as the typical town's 1,532
East Riding of Yorkshire council
- £2,466 Band D council tax (2026-27) About the same: £74 more than the English average
- 15% of East Riding of Yorkshire council's unclassified roads should have been considered for maintenance (2025-26) Better: 6% lower than England's 16%
- 12 ombudsman complaints upheld against the council in 2025-26
- More on the council
Have a crap-off
Willerby and Anlaby against your mate's town, and a match ticket to rub it in.
- ?Fly-tippingper 1,000, council area?
- ?Anti-social behaviourper 1,000 people?
- ?Serious road crashesper 10,000 people?
- ?Sewage spillshours per 10,000 people?
- ?Food hygienerated poor?
- ?Criminal damageper 1,000 people?
- ?Dirty airµg/m³?
- ?No gigabitof premises can't get it?
- ?Deliberate firesper 10,000 people?
- ?Raindays a year?
Ten ingredients. One verdict. Who's crapper? The higher Crap Score takes it.