So you are thinking of moving to Canvey Island 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 Canvey Island 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 Canvey Island the land of milk and honey or are Hadleigh, Pitsea and South Benfleet a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Canvey Island
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 Canvey Island. 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 |
|---|---|
| Canvey Island | 59 |
| Hadleigh | 45 |
| Bowers Gifford | 42 |
| Thundersley | 39 |
| South Benfleet | 29 |
| Hope’s Green | 29 |
| Tarpots | 22 |
| Dutch Village | 19 |
| Benfleet | 10 |
| Two Tree Island | 3 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Canvey Island. 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 Canvey Island. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Boyce (Best) | 23123/32845 |
| Appleton | 23043/32845 |
| Corringham and Fobbing | 21109/32845 |
| St Mary's | 20734/32845 |
| Canvey Island North | 20212/32845 |
| Canvey Island East | 18047/32845 |
| Canvey Island South | 13493/32845 |
| Canvey Island Winter Gardens | 13071/32845 |
| Canvey Island West | 13051/32845 |
| Canvey Island Central (Worst) | 9647/32845 |
Ode to Basildon
Your Health in Canvey Island
If you are thinking of moving to Canvey Island, 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 Canvey Island 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basildon | 1.32% | 4.21% | 13.26% | 34.95% | 46.25% |
| Southend-on-Sea | 1.26% | 4.48% | 14.06% | 35.09% | 45.11% |
| Castle Point (Canvey Island) | 1.26% | 4.4% | 14.73% | 36.12% | 43.49% |
| Rochford | 0.94% | 3.38% | 13.01% | 34.92% | 47.76% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Canvey Island. 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 Canvey Island. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Appleton (Best) | 25538/32845 |
| Corringham and Fobbing | 24680/32845 |
| Boyce | 24190/32845 |
| St Mary's | 22899/32845 |
| Canvey Island East | 17382/32845 |
| Canvey Island West | 17293/32845 |
| Canvey Island North | 16016/32845 |
| Canvey Island Winter Gardens | 15576/32845 |
| Canvey Island Central | 13846/32845 |
| Canvey Island South (Worst) | 12330/32845 |
Dartford: once a thriving market town, now in decline
Deprivation in Canvey Island
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 Canvey Island. 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 |
|---|---|
| Appleton (Best) | 24942/32845 |
| Boyce | 24761/32845 |
| St Mary's | 22747/32845 |
| Corringham and Fobbing | 22042/32845 |
| Canvey Island Winter Gardens | 14332/32845 |
| Canvey Island East | 14043/32845 |
| Canvey Island North | 13429/32845 |
| Canvey Island West | 13375/32845 |
| Canvey Island South | 10714/32845 |
| Canvey Island Central (Worst) | 9175/32845 |
