So you are thinking of moving to Croydon in Surrey? 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 Croydon 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 Croydon the land of milk and honey or are Horley, Redhill and Reigate a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Croydon
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 Croydon. 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 |
|---|---|
| Redhill | 78 |
| Holmethorpe | 72 |
| Coles Meads | 65 |
| Mead Vale | 47 |
| Reigate | 47 |
| Earlswood | 37 |
| Doversgreen | 22 |
| Margery | 19 |
| Gatton | 11 |
| Reigate Heath | 1 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Croydon. 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 Croydon. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Horley West & Sidlow (Best) | 18106/32845 |
| Earlswood & Whitebushes | 18518/32845 |
| Redhill East | 19458/32845 |
| South Park & Woodhatch | 19600/32845 |
| Lower Kingswood, Tadworth & Walton | 21103/32845 |
| Redhill West & Wray Common | 21122/32845 |
| Meadvale & St John's | 21626/32845 |
| Horley East & Salfords | 21797/32845 |
| Reigate | 23599/32845 |
| Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland (Worst) | 25204/32845 |
Tooting... yikes!
Your Health in Croydon
If you are thinking of moving to Croydon, 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 Croydon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reigate and Banstead (Croydon) | 0.85% | 2.79% | 10.79% | 34.03% | 51.55% |
| Crawley | 0.97% | 3.45% | 12.06% | 35.91% | 47.61% |
| Tandridge | 0.86% | 2.9% | 11.39% | 34.36% | 50.5% |
| Epsom and Ewell | 0.71% | 2.68% | 10.64% | 33.76% | 52.21% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Croydon. 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 Croydon. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| South Park & Woodhatch (Best) | 21217/32845 |
| Horley West & Sidlow | 22578/32845 |
| Redhill West & Wray Common | 22745/32845 |
| Redhill East | 24121/32845 |
| Earlswood & Whitebushes | 24175/32845 |
| Lower Kingswood, Tadworth & Walton | 24450/32845 |
| Meadvale & St John's | 26794/32845 |
| Horley East & Salfords | 27223/32845 |
| Reigate | 28038/32845 |
| Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland (Worst) | 28628/32845 |
Redhill-I hate it
Deprivation in Croydon
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 Croydon. 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 |
|---|---|
| South Park & Woodhatch (Best) | 20278/32845 |
| Horley West & Sidlow | 21256/32845 |
| Redhill West & Wray Common | 23521/32845 |
| Horley East & Salfords | 23951/32845 |
| Earlswood & Whitebushes | 24258/32845 |
| Redhill East | 25079/32845 |
| Lower Kingswood, Tadworth & Walton | 25851/32845 |
| Meadvale & St John's | 26798/32845 |
| Brockham, Betchworth and Buckland | 27230/32845 |
| Reigate (Worst) | 28578/32845 |
Orpington has been growing in recent years to be one of the most chavy areas imaginable.
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