So you are thinking of moving to Camberley in Surrey? 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 Camberley 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 Camberley the land of milk and honey or are Sandhurst, Blackwater and Hawley and Yateley a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Camberley
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 Camberley. 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 |
|---|---|
| College Town | 45 |
| Camberley | 42 |
| Crawley Hill | 42 |
| Frimley | 38 |
| York Town | 34 |
| Frogmore | 25 |
| Frimley Ridge | 24 |
| Heatherside | 24 |
| High Curley | 13 |
| Bagshot Heath | 5 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Camberley. 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 Camberley. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Town (Best) | 15146/32845 |
| Watchetts | 18268/32845 |
| St Michaels | 19201/32845 |
| Old Dean | 21299/32845 |
| Bagshot | 21546/32845 |
| Frimley | 25682/32845 |
| Frimley Green | 27123/32845 |
| Parkside | 29103/32845 |
| College Town | 29332/32845 |
| St Pauls (Worst) | 30990/32845 |
Owlsmoor, Sandhurst: enter at your peril!
Your Health in Camberley
If you are thinking of moving to Camberley, 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 Camberley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracknell Forest | 0.72% | 2.53% | 10.06% | 34.29% | 52.4% |
| Rushmoor | 0.82% | 2.8% | 10.77% | 35.54% | 50.07% |
| Surrey Heath (Camberley) | 0.74% | 2.49% | 10% | 33.3% | 53.47% |
| Runnymede | 0.75% | 2.94% | 10.89% | 34.1% | 51.32% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Camberley. 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 Camberley. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| St Michaels (Best) | 17563/32845 |
| Town | 19800/32845 |
| Old Dean | 22810/32845 |
| Watchetts | 24621/32845 |
| Frimley | 24905/32845 |
| Frimley Green | 25440/32845 |
| Bagshot | 27572/32845 |
| Parkside | 30238/32845 |
| College Town | 30287/32845 |
| St Pauls (Worst) | 31896/32845 |
Woking: good train links to London apart from that it's a sh*thole
Deprivation in Camberley
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 Camberley. 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 |
|---|---|
| Town (Best) | 19488/32845 |
| St Michaels | 19640/32845 |
| Old Dean | 20162/32845 |
| Watchetts | 22829/32845 |
| Frimley | 25464/32845 |
| Frimley Green | 27631/32845 |
| Bagshot | 27742/32845 |
| College Town | 28571/32845 |
| Parkside | 30909/32845 |
| St Pauls (Worst) | 31540/32845 |
Farnborough: It isn’t a nice place, a cesspool of human filth is better description
Woking: good train links to London apart from that it’s a sh*thole
Weybridge the wealthy town, but that’s just the council
Staines, the town that died of shame
Wallington, Surrey – full of ***** and betting shops
West Byfleet, a town dominated by rich middle class snobs
Guildford: What has become of you?
Farnham – Surrey’s snootiest town
Mitcham, 85% of businesses are fast food joints, kebab & fried chicken shops