So you are thinking of moving to Beckenham in London? 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 Beckenham 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 Beckenham the land of milk and honey or are Bromley, Croydon and Southwark a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Beckenham
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of February 2021 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Beckenham. 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 |
|---|---|
| Lower Sydenham | 126 |
| New Beckenham | 101 |
| Downham | 99 |
| Bellingham | 91 |
| Southend | 77 |
| Upper Elmers End | 73 |
| Eden Park | 68 |
| Bromley Park | 41 |
| Shortlands | 23 |
| Beckenham | 20 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Beckenham. 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 Beckenham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Whitefoot (Best) | 10881/32845 |
| Copers Cope | 16021/32845 |
| Kelsey and Eden Park | 17638/32845 |
| Clock House | 18968/32845 |
| West Wickham | 26118/32845 |
| Shortlands | 27679/32845 |
| Bellingham | 7537/32845 |
| Downham | 8843/32845 |
| Penge and Cator | 8963/32845 |
| Sydenham (Worst) | 9820/32845 |
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Your Health in Beckenham
If you are thinking of moving to Beckenham, 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 Beckenham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croydon | 1.09% | 3.5% | 11.96% | 35.4% | 48.04% |
| Lewisham | 1.29% | 3.9% | 11.7% | 34.02% | 49.09% |
| Lambeth | 1.17% | 3.54% | 10.29% | 32.1% | 52.9% |
| Bromley (Beckenham) | 0.91% | 3.2% | 11.67% | 34.12% | 50.1% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Beckenham. 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 Beckenham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Bellingham (Best) | 10261/32845 |
| Downham | 12157/32845 |
| Whitefoot | 13820/32845 |
| Sydenham | 13846/32845 |
| Penge and Cator | 22245/32845 |
| Clock House | 26233/32845 |
| Kelsey and Eden Park | 28714/32845 |
| West Wickham | 30115/32845 |
| Copers Cope | 30123/32845 |
| Shortlands (Worst) | 31517/32845 |
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Deprivation in Beckenham
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 Beckenham. 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 |
|---|---|
| Sydenham (Best) | 10224/32845 |
| Penge and Cator | 13939/32845 |
| Clock House | 21832/32845 |
| Copers Cope | 24301/32845 |
| Kelsey and Eden Park | 24318/32845 |
| Shortlands | 28977/32845 |
| West Wickham | 29131/32845 |
| Bellingham | 5780/32845 |
| Downham | 6122/32845 |
| Whitefoot (Worst) | 7892/32845 |
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