So you are thinking of moving to Buckhurst Hill in Essex? 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 Buckhurst Hill 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 Buckhurst Hill the land of milk and honey or are Loughton, Chingford and Walthamstow a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Buckhurst Hill
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 Buckhurst Hill. 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 |
|---|---|
| Chingford Hatch | 117 |
| Loughton | 77 |
| Chingford Green | 71 |
| Grange Hill | 70 |
| Friday Hill | 69 |
| Buckhurst Hill | 52 |
| Chingford | 49 |
| Chigwell | 31 |
| Lippitts Hill | 9 |
| High Beach | 1 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Buckhurst Hill. 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 Buckhurst Hill. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Chigwell Village (Best) | 11593/32845 |
| Buckhurst Hill East | 12306/32845 |
| Hatch Lane | 12952/32845 |
| Bridge | 13981/32845 |
| Loughton Forest | 14211/32845 |
| Buckhurst Hill West | 14422/32845 |
| Monkhams | 17291/32845 |
| Loughton St Mary's | 7768/32845 |
| Loughton Alderton | 8196/32845 |
| Loughton Roding (Worst) | 8362/32845 |
Your Health in Buckhurst Hill
If you are thinking of moving to Buckhurst Hill, 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 Buckhurst Hill 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enfield | 1.34% | 4.11% | 12.71% | 35.01% | 46.84% |
| Waltham Forest | 1.34% | 3.89% | 12.06% | 35.61% | 47.11% |
| Redbridge | 1.15% | 3.76% | 12% | 34.98% | 48.12% |
| Epping Forest (Buckhurst Hill) | 1.04% | 3.56% | 12.38% | 33.75% | 49.26% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Buckhurst Hill. 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 Buckhurst Hill. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Hatch Lane (Best) | 16867/32845 |
| Loughton Alderton | 20277/32845 |
| Buckhurst Hill East | 24344/32845 |
| Bridge | 24750/32845 |
| Loughton St Mary's | 26556/32845 |
| Loughton Roding | 27454/32845 |
| Monkhams | 30234/32845 |
| Chigwell Village | 30450/32845 |
| Buckhurst Hill West | 30475/32845 |
| Loughton Forest (Worst) | 31233/32845 |
Deprivation in Buckhurst Hill
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 Buckhurst Hill. 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 |
|---|---|
| Loughton Alderton (Best) | 13561/32845 |
| Hatch Lane | 13697/32845 |
| Bridge | 17715/32845 |
| Loughton Roding | 21904/32845 |
| Loughton St Mary's | 22440/32845 |
| Buckhurst Hill East | 22500/32845 |
| Chigwell Village | 24654/32845 |
| Monkhams | 28059/32845 |
| Loughton Forest | 29481/32845 |
| Buckhurst Hill West (Worst) | 29985/32845 |
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