So you are thinking of moving to Amersham in Buckinghamshire? 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 Amersham 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 Amersham the land of milk and honey or are Beaconsfield, Chesham and Chorleywood a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Amersham
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of November 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Amersham. 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 |
|---|---|
| Chessmount | 26 |
| Amersham | 16 |
| Amersham on the Hill | 16 |
| Lower Bois | 13 |
| Waterside | 13 |
| Chesham Bois | 10 |
| Amersham Common | 10 |
| Amersham Old Town | 4 |
| Mantles Green | 4 |
| Misbourne | 1 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Amersham. 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 Amersham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Vale (Best) | 15345/32845 |
| St Mary's and Waterside | 19026/32845 |
| Amersham-on-the-Hill | 20430/32845 |
| Asheridge Vale and Lowndes | 22318/32845 |
| Hilltop and Townsend | 24785/32845 |
| Little Chalfont | 24828/32845 |
| Beaconsfield North | 26269/32845 |
| Amersham Common | 28373/32845 |
| Amersham Town | 28624/32845 |
| Chesham Bois and Weedon Hill (Worst) | 28930/32845 |
Chesham is a sh*thole, it really, really is.
Your Health in Amersham
If you are thinking of moving to Amersham, 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 Amersham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aylesbury Vale | 0.78% | 2.68% | 10.95% | 34.19% | 51.4% |
| Wycombe | 0.78% | 2.71% | 10.75% | 34.21% | 51.55% |
| Chiltern (Amersham) | 0.7% | 2.52% | 10.18% | 32.78% | 53.81% |
| South Bucks | 0.84% | 2.93% | 10.51% | 33.3% | 52.42% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Amersham. 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 Amersham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| St Mary's and Waterside (Best) | 26025/32845 |
| Asheridge Vale and Lowndes | 27854/32845 |
| Amersham-on-the-Hill | 28426/32845 |
| Vale | 30836/32845 |
| Hilltop and Townsend | 31421/32845 |
| Amersham Town | 31518/32845 |
| Amersham Common | 31603/32845 |
| Beaconsfield North | 31622/32845 |
| Little Chalfont | 31656/32845 |
| Chesham Bois and Weedon Hill (Worst) | 32702/32845 |
Chesham! More Like Mayhem!
Deprivation in Amersham
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 Amersham. 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 |
|---|---|
| St Mary's and Waterside (Best) | 19125/32845 |
| Vale | 19738/32845 |
| Asheridge Vale and Lowndes | 23071/32845 |
| Amersham-on-the-Hill | 26066/32845 |
| Amersham Town | 28254/32845 |
| Little Chalfont | 28639/32845 |
| Hilltop and Townsend | 29352/32845 |
| Amersham Common | 30573/32845 |
| Beaconsfield North | 31594/32845 |
| Chesham Bois and Weedon Hill (Worst) | 32569/32845 |
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