So you are thinking of moving to Chester le Street 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 Chester le Street 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 Chester le Street the land of milk and honey or are Birtley, Houghton le Spring and Washington a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Chester le Street
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 Chester le Street. 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 |
|---|---|
| Chester-Le-Street | 54 |
| South Pelaw | 49 |
| Bournmoor | 27 |
| Barley Mow | 23 |
| Harraton | 19 |
| Newfield | 18 |
| Pelton | 16 |
| Pelton Fell | 16 |
| Chester Moor | 9 |
| Great Lumley | 4 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Chester le Street. 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 Chester le Street. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Pelton (Best) | 11036/32845 |
| Lamesley | 11714/32845 |
| Birtley | 11839/32845 |
| Chester-le-Street East | 15700/32845 |
| Chester-le-Street North | 16370/32845 |
| Lumley | 17091/32845 |
| Chester-le-Street South | 22564/32845 |
| North Lodge | 22916/32845 |
| Chester-le-Street West Central | 7574/32845 |
| Sacriston (Worst) | 8927/32845 |
The Hell That Is Sunderland
Your Health in Chester le Street
If you are thinking of moving to Chester le Street, 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 Chester le Street 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham (Chester le Street) | 1.82% | 6.35% | 16.06% | 33.43% | 42.35% |
| Sunderland | 1.99% | 6.59% | 15.95% | 32.87% | 42.6% |
| South Tyneside | 1.91% | 6.34% | 16% | 32.99% | 42.76% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Chester le Street. 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 Chester le Street. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Chester-le-Street North (Best) | 11183/32845 |
| Chester-le-Street East | 12962/32845 |
| Chester-le-Street South | 14677/32845 |
| North Lodge | 16340/32845 |
| Chester-le-Street West Central | 4112/32845 |
| Lamesley | 5582/32845 |
| Birtley | 6350/32845 |
| Sacriston | 6633/32845 |
| Lumley | 8844/32845 |
| Pelton (Worst) | 9694/32845 |
Washington, Tyne & Wear, the sh*t on the boot which is Sunderland
Deprivation in Chester le Street
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 Chester le Street. 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 |
|---|---|
| Birtley (Best) | 10474/32845 |
| Sacriston | 10992/32845 |
| Pelton | 14908/32845 |
| Lumley | 16547/32845 |
| Chester-le-Street North | 18248/32845 |
| Chester-le-Street South | 22197/32845 |
| Chester-le-Street East | 22874/32845 |
| North Lodge | 26141/32845 |
| Chester-le-Street West Central | 7465/32845 |
| Lamesley (Worst) | 8595/32845 |
Horden: Never make the same mistake as I did
Consett, the ****** pissy-mattress furnished capital of the North
You know you live in Chester-Le-Street when you’ve seen…
Stanley, County Durham: Bleak, Depressing, Godawful.
Willington & Sunnybrow, bleak sh*tholes somewhere in County Durham
Stanley Crook – A place where no one lives and no one has heard of
Brandon / Meadowfield, you will know that it is truly sh*t!
Mixed bag for Darlington (Darlo)
Sacriston known as ‘Segga’ by the locals or ‘Smakriston’