So you are thinking of moving to Colchester 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 Colchester 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 Colchester the land of milk and honey or are Brightlingsea, Romford and Wivenhoe a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Colchester
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 Colchester. 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 |
|---|---|
| Parson’s Heath | 167 |
| Greenstead | 167 |
| Colchester | 143 |
| Abbey Field | 138 |
| Fox Street | 74 |
| Crockleford Hill | 72 |
| Mile End | 71 |
| Berechurch | 61 |
| Shrub End | 32 |
| Colne | 29 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Colchester. 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 Colchester. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Old Heath and The Hythe (Best) | 10748/32845 |
| New Town and Christ Church | 11623/32845 |
| Mile End | 16072/32845 |
| Shrub End | 18533/32845 |
| St Anne's and St John's | 18739/32845 |
| Highwoods | 21802/32845 |
| Wivenhoe | 26510/32845 |
| Castle | 6095/32845 |
| Greenstead | 8582/32845 |
| Berechurch (Worst) | 8599/32845 |
Romford is commonly referred to as 'slag town'
Your Health in Colchester
If you are thinking of moving to Colchester, 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 Colchester 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tendring | 1.78% | 5.83% | 18.15% | 35.82% | 38.42% |
| Colchester (Colchester) | 0.96% | 3.29% | 12.09% | 34.83% | 48.83% |
| Ipswich | 1.14% | 3.92% | 13.53% | 35.84% | 45.56% |
| Babergh | 0.89% | 3.45% | 13.25% | 35.83% | 46.59% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Colchester. 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 Colchester. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Greenstead (Best) | 10614/32845 |
| Berechurch | 11546/32845 |
| St Anne's and St John's | 13332/32845 |
| Shrub End | 13340/32845 |
| Old Heath and The Hythe | 13991/32845 |
| Highwoods | 15004/32845 |
| Castle | 17325/32845 |
| New Town and Christ Church | 17375/32845 |
| Mile End | 22134/32845 |
| Wivenhoe (Worst) | 25471/32845 |
Colchester, omg innt whateva geez, we iz fik!
Deprivation in Colchester
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 Colchester. 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 |
|---|---|
| Berechurch (Best) | 10617/32845 |
| Old Heath and The Hythe | 13494/32845 |
| Shrub End | 14074/32845 |
| Castle | 15603/32845 |
| St Anne's and St John's | 17400/32845 |
| New Town and Christ Church | 17477/32845 |
| Highwoods | 19433/32845 |
| Mile End | 22330/32845 |
| Wivenhoe | 26637/32845 |
| Greenstead (Worst) | 8999/32845 |
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