So you are thinking of moving to Billingham in Durham? 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 Billingham 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 Billingham the land of milk and honey or are Stockton on Tees, Stockton on Tees and Thornaby on Tees a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Billingham
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 Billingham. 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 |
|---|---|
| Port Clarence | 145 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 126 |
| Norton | 123 |
| Portrack | 89 |
| Billingham | 75 |
| Hardwick | 67 |
| Bishopsgarth | 46 |
| Newton Bewley | 37 |
| Fulthorpe | 2 |
| Greatham | 1 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Billingham. 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 Billingham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Roseworth (Best) | 10542/32845 |
| Norton North | 11851/32845 |
| Billingham East | 13765/32845 |
| Billingham Central | 13997/32845 |
| Bishopsgarth and Elm Tree | 18550/32845 |
| Billingham South | 20357/32845 |
| Billingham North | 23872/32845 |
| Billingham West | 26754/32845 |
| Norton West | 29030/32845 |
| Norton South (Worst) | 8909/32845 |
Middlesbrough, If one town deserves...nay, pleads to be wiped from existence, this sh*tehole is it
Your Health in Billingham
If you are thinking of moving to Billingham, 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 Billingham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockton-on-Tees (Billingham) | 1.48% | 4.85% | 13.77% | 33.55% | 46.35% |
| Middlesbrough | 1.84% | 5.78% | 14.25% | 32.72% | 45.41% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 1.79% | 6.05% | 15.87% | 33.91% | 42.38% |
| Hartlepool | 1.85% | 6.29% | 15.87% | 32.73% | 43.27% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Billingham. 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 Billingham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Billingham North (Best) | 10632/32845 |
| Norton West | 12660/32845 |
| Billingham West | 13113/32845 |
| Roseworth | 2423/32845 |
| Billingham East | 3659/32845 |
| Norton South | 3798/32845 |
| Billingham South | 4353/32845 |
| Billingham Central | 4567/32845 |
| Norton North | 5306/32845 |
| Bishopsgarth and Elm Tree (Worst) | 6998/32845 |
Deprivation in Billingham
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 Billingham. 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 |
|---|---|
| Norton North (Best) | 10172/32845 |
| Bishopsgarth and Elm Tree | 15561/32845 |
| Billingham North | 20129/32845 |
| Billingham West | 22401/32845 |
| Norton West | 23849/32845 |
| Roseworth | 5060/32845 |
| Billingham East | 6322/32845 |
| Norton South | 6730/32845 |
| Billingham Central | 7331/32845 |
| Billingham South (Worst) | 9095/32845 |
Middlesbrough, If one town deserves…nay, pleads to be wiped from existence, this sh*tehole is it
Darlington, full of old men who still think they’re 20 but are closer to 50
Consett, the ****** pissy-mattress furnished capital of the North
Brandon / Meadowfield, you will know that it is truly sh*t!
Words fail me when it comes to describe Peterlee
Stanley, County Durham: Bleak, Depressing, Godawful.
Ferryhill: full of ****** jobless drugged up muppets
Darlington: Town of Brass Bands and Despair
Stanley Crook – A place where no one lives and no one has heard of