So you are thinking of moving to Cheshunt in Hertfordshire? 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 Cheshunt 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 Cheshunt the land of milk and honey or are Waltham Abbey, Broxbourne and Waltham Cross a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Cheshunt
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 Cheshunt. 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 |
|---|---|
| Waltham Cross | 102 |
| Lea Navigation | 101 |
| New River | 84 |
| Cheshunt | 67 |
| Waltham Abbey | 60 |
| Turnford | 55 |
| Churchgate | 25 |
| Aimes Green | 18 |
| Lea (Lee) | 6 |
| Holyfield | 2 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Cheshunt. 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 Cheshunt. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Waltham Abbey South West (Best) | 10049/32845 |
| Rosedale and Bury Green | 10905/32845 |
| Waltham Abbey Honey Lane | 11922/32845 |
| Wormley and Turnford | 13598/32845 |
| Waltham Abbey North East | 13599/32845 |
| Cheshunt North | 14036/32845 |
| Enfield Lock | 14237/32845 |
| Flamstead End | 17629/32845 |
| Cheshunt South and Theobalds | 8739/32845 |
| Waltham Cross (Worst) | 9044/32845 |
Potters Bar: words almost fail me describing this hole of despair
Your Health in Cheshunt
If you are thinking of moving to Cheshunt, 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 Cheshunt 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% |
| Barnet | 1.14% | 3.42% | 10.99% | 32.97% | 51.48% |
| Redbridge | 1.15% | 3.76% | 12% | 34.98% | 48.12% |
| Broxbourne (Cheshunt) | 1.04% | 3.59% | 12.33% | 35.33% | 47.71% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Cheshunt. 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 Cheshunt. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Rosedale and Bury Green (Best) | 19725/32845 |
| Waltham Cross | 19901/32845 |
| Waltham Abbey North East | 20271/32845 |
| Enfield Lock | 21244/32845 |
| Waltham Abbey South West | 21699/32845 |
| Waltham Abbey Honey Lane | 24413/32845 |
| Cheshunt North | 24447/32845 |
| Flamstead End | 24691/32845 |
| Cheshunt South and Theobalds | 25004/32845 |
| Wormley and Turnford (Worst) | 25035/32845 |
Hertford: fetid with the haughty stench of smug self righteousness
Deprivation in Cheshunt
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 Cheshunt. 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 |
|---|---|
| Waltham Cross (Best) | 10910/32845 |
| Rosedale and Bury Green | 12690/32845 |
| Waltham Abbey South West | 13343/32845 |
| Waltham Abbey North East | 14706/32845 |
| Wormley and Turnford | 15101/32845 |
| Cheshunt South and Theobalds | 15698/32845 |
| Waltham Abbey Honey Lane | 15926/32845 |
| Cheshunt North | 16565/32845 |
| Flamstead End | 17460/32845 |
| Enfield Lock (Worst) | 7511/32845 |
