So you are thinking of moving to Aldershot in Hampshire? You've found some estate agents and they have told you what you wanted to hear. You've read some speil by a local councillor who says that Aldershot is on the up an up? Now it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Aldershot the land of milk and honey or are Farnborough, North Camp and Farnham a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Aldershot
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of July 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Aldershot. 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.
| Polcing Area | Voilent Crimes |
|---|---|
| North Town | 129 |
| Aldershot | 121 |
| Blackwater | 109 |
| Montgomery Lines | 91 |
| Tongham | 51 |
| Farnborough | 48 |
| Ash | 45 |
| Heath End | 20 |
| Upper Hale | 20 |
| Badshot Lea | 15 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Aldershot. These statitics 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 collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Aldershot. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Wellington (Best) | 11685/32845 |
| Manor Park | 13308/32845 |
| Rowhill | 15544/32845 |
| Ash Wharf | 15866/32845 |
| Aldershot Park | 19483/32845 |
| St Mark's | 20494/32845 |
| North Town | 21735/32845 |
| Ash South and Tongham | 21867/32845 |
| Farnham Weybourne and Badshot Lea | 26513/32845 |
| Farnham Hale and Heath End (Worst) | 28536/32845 |
The vast wart on the backside of humanity that is Aldershot
Your Health in Aldershot
If you are thinking of moving to Aldershot, 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 Aldershot compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Local Authority | Very Bad | Bad | Fair | Good | Very Good |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waverley | 0.72% | 2.53% | 10.5% | 32.72% | 53.52% |
| Rushmoor (Aldershot) | 0.82% | 2.8% | 10.77% | 35.54% | 50.07% |
| Surrey Heath | 0.74% | 2.49% | 10% | 33.3% | 53.47% |
| Hart | 0.56% | 2.08% | 9.26% | 33.09% | 55.01% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Aldershot. 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 Aldershot. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Wellington (Best) | 11487/32845 |
| Rowhill | 14097/32845 |
| St Mark's | 14180/32845 |
| Aldershot Park | 15092/32845 |
| Manor Park | 18019/32845 |
| North Town | 18775/32845 |
| Ash Wharf | 21253/32845 |
| Ash South and Tongham | 22318/32845 |
| Farnham Weybourne and Badshot Lea | 25828/32845 |
| Farnham Hale and Heath End (Worst) | 28001/32845 |
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Deprivation in Aldershot
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 Aldershot. 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.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Wellington (Best) | 12577/32845 |
| Rowhill | 16982/32845 |
| Manor Park | 17543/32845 |
| Aldershot Park | 17787/32845 |
| Ash Wharf | 19410/32845 |
| St Mark's | 20094/32845 |
| North Town | 20256/32845 |
| Ash South and Tongham | 23753/32845 |
| Farnham Weybourne and Badshot Lea | 29438/32845 |
| Farnham Hale and Heath End (Worst) | 29682/32845 |
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