Is Low Fell, Tyne and Wear a nice place to live?

Is Low Fell a nice place to live or is Low Fell rough? Forget local estate agents sales speil and local councillors who say that Low Fell is on the up an up, it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Low Fell truly a nice place to live, or are Gateshead, Sheriff Hill and Windy Nook a lot better? Time to find out.

What are the crime levels like in Low Fell?

Using the latest Police street crime figures (typically from 3 months ago) we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Low Fell. 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.
Policing AreaVoilent Crimes
Carr Hill149
Felling131
Saltwell130
Sheriff Hill96
Beacon Lough75
Harlow Green35
Chowdene31
Team Valley27
Gateshead27
Lamesley18

The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Low Fell. These statistics 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 taken the rank average for wards in and around Low Fell and compared them. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.

You least likely to be a victim of crime in the Whickham South and Sunniside ward.

WardAverage rank in England
Whickham South and Sunniside (Best)26326/32845
Low Fell13840/32845
Chowdene10389/32845
Lobley Hill and Bensham9175/32845
High Fell7498/32845
Windy Nook and Whitehills6215/32845
Bridges3074/32845
Felling2778/32845
Saltwell2255/32845
Deckham (Worst)2036/32845
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Your Health in Low Fell

If you are thinking of moving to Low Fell, 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 Low Fell compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;

TownVery BadBad
Sunderland1.99%6.59%
Newcastle upon Tyne1.55%5.28%
South Tyneside1.91%6.34%

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Low Fell. 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 Low Fell. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;

WardAverage rank in England
Low Fell (Best)14232/32845
Whickham South and Sunniside13695/32845
Chowdene5382/32845
Saltwell4729/32845
Windy Nook and Whitehills4568/32845
Lobley Hill and Bensham4131/32845
Deckham3920/32845
High Fell3635/32845
Bridges2716/32845
Felling (Worst)1765/32845
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Deprivation in Low Fell

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 Low Fell. 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.

WardAverage rank in England
Whickham South and Sunniside (Best)25609/32845
Low Fell22251/32845
Chowdene10911/32845
Lobley Hill and Bensham7838/32845
Windy Nook and Whitehills7258/32845
High Fell7013/32845
Saltwell6332/32845
Deckham5884/32845
Bridges4949/32845
Felling (Worst)2334/32845

Average rent in Low Fell

Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These statistics for Low Fell are dated September 2021. They are split into three figures, the lower quartile, mean and upper quartile. If you recieve housing benefit or the housing benefit section of Universal Credit, the lower quartile is at the top limit of what would be affordable. The mean is the average you'd expect to pay for a rental property and the upper quartile is the average rental cost of the most expensive 25% of properties in Low Fell.

Weekly Gross Pay and Hourly Pay in Low Fell

If you are thinking of moving to Low Fell, you'll want to know how much you can earn in a job in the town. The government publish regular statistics on gross weekly pay and pay per hour.


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