So you are thinking of moving to Durham 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 Durham 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 Durham the land of milk and honey or are Bishop Auckland, Crook and Eastington a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Durham
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 Durham. 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 |
|---|---|
| Tindale Crescent | 60 |
| Etherley Dene | 58 |
| Toronto | 9 |
| Escomb | 4 |
| High Etherley | 4 |
| Toft Hill | 2 |
| Wear | 1 |
| High Grange | 1 |
| Fir Tree | 1 |
| New Hunwick | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Durham. 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 Durham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Spennymoor (Best) | 11459/32845 |
| Evenwood | 14622/32845 |
| Crook | 15376/32845 |
| West Auckland | 15552/32845 |
| Shildon and Dene Valley | 3690/32845 |
| Woodhouse Close | 4740/32845 |
| Coundon | 5136/32845 |
| Bishop Auckland Town | 8628/32845 |
| Willington and Hunwick | 9067/32845 |
| Tow Law (Worst) | 9511/32845 |
Willington & Sunnybrow, bleak sh*tholes somewhere in County Durham
Your Health in Durham
If you are thinking of moving to Durham, 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 Durham 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 (Durham) | 1.82% | 6.35% | 16.06% | 33.43% | 42.35% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 1.48% | 4.85% | 13.77% | 33.55% | 46.35% |
| Hartlepool | 1.85% | 6.29% | 15.87% | 32.73% | 43.27% |
| Darlington | 1.36% | 4.51% | 14.32% | 35.24% | 44.57% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Durham. 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 Durham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Woodhouse Close (Best) | 2472/32845 |
| Shildon and Dene Valley | 4337/32845 |
| Coundon | 4497/32845 |
| Tow Law | 5939/32845 |
| Bishop Auckland Town | 6482/32845 |
| Willington and Hunwick | 6652/32845 |
| Crook | 7051/32845 |
| West Auckland | 7851/32845 |
| Evenwood | 9202/32845 |
| Spennymoor (Worst) | 9316/32845 |
Ferryhill: What a f**king sh*theap
Deprivation in Durham
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 Durham. 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 |
|---|---|
| Willington and Hunwick (Best) | 10253/32845 |
| Crook | 10372/32845 |
| Bishop Auckland Town | 12223/32845 |
| West Auckland | 12561/32845 |
| Evenwood | 12640/32845 |
| Spennymoor | 14088/32845 |
| Woodhouse Close | 4081/32845 |
| Shildon and Dene Valley | 4561/32845 |
| Coundon | 4908/32845 |
| Tow Law (Worst) | 7685/32845 |
Words fail me when it comes to describe Peterlee
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