So you are thinking of moving to Cricklade in Wiltshire? 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 Cricklade 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 Cricklade the land of milk and honey or are Fairford, Highworth and Swindon a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Cricklade
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of July 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Cricklade. 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 |
|---|---|
| Horsey Down | 7 |
| Cricklade | 7 |
| Calcutt | 7 |
| Down Ampney | 4 |
| Latton | 3 |
| Ray | 3 |
| Hailstone Hill | 2 |
| Waterhay | 1 |
| Chelworth Upper Green | 0 |
| Chelworth Lower Green | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Cricklade. 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 Cricklade. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Haydon Wick (Best) | 17213/32845 |
| St Andrews | 17780/32845 |
| Cricklade and Latton | 18476/32845 |
| Shaw | 18752/32845 |
| Priory Vale | 19301/32845 |
| Purton | 21309/32845 |
| Fairford North | 30541/32845 |
| The Ampneys & Hampton | 31759/32845 |
| Penhill and Upper Stratton | 9636/32845 |
Pewsey: see the townies in their kevved-up Fiat Puntos by the Co-op
Your Health in Cricklade
If you are thinking of moving to Cricklade, 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 Cricklade 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiltshire (Cricklade) | 0.87% | 3.18% | 12.15% | 34.05% | 49.75% |
| Swindon | 0.97% | 3.61% | 11.98% | 35.18% | 48.26% |
| Stroud | 0.94% | 3.35% | 12.8% | 35.21% | 47.69% |
| Vale of White Horse | 0.75% | 2.61% | 10.8% | 33.98% | 51.85% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Cricklade. 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 Cricklade. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Penhill and Upper Stratton (Best) | 11907/32845 |
| Shaw | 18285/32845 |
| Haydon Wick | 18861/32845 |
| Purton | 19695/32845 |
| Priory Vale | 21672/32845 |
| St Andrews | 22356/32845 |
| Cricklade and Latton | 23965/32845 |
| Fairford North | 27324/32845 |
| The Ampneys & Hampton | 30258/32845 |
Trowbridge - An Unpolished Turdtown
Deprivation in Cricklade
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 Cricklade. 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 |
|---|---|
| Penhill and Upper Stratton (Best) | 12610/32845 |
| Purton | 19745/32845 |
| The Ampneys & Hampton | 22180/32845 |
| Haydon Wick | 22369/32845 |
| Shaw | 23228/32845 |
| Cricklade and Latton | 24259/32845 |
| Priory Vale | 26904/32845 |
| St Andrews | 26987/32845 |
| Fairford North | 28631/32845 |
