So you are thinking of moving to East Grinstead in West Sussex? 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 East Grinstead 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 East Grinstead the land of milk and honey or are Edenbridge, Horley and Crawley a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in East Grinstead
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 East Grinstead. 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 |
|---|---|
| Blackwell | 49 |
| Stonequarry | 47 |
| Baldwins Hill | 34 |
| Dormans Park | 24 |
| Dormansland | 4 |
| Felcourt | 3 |
| Felbridge | 2 |
| Furnace Wood | 2 |
| Ashurst Wood | 1 |
| Hammerwood | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for East Grinstead. 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 East Grinstead. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| East Grinstead Town (Best) | 14857/32845 |
| East Grinstead Baldwins | 18730/32845 |
| Dormansland and Felcourt | 20738/32845 |
| East Grinstead Ashplats | 21194/32845 |
| Forest Row | 21619/32845 |
| Hartfield | 22009/32845 |
| Ashurst Wood | 22826/32845 |
| East Grinstead Imberhorne | 25364/32845 |
| East Grinstead Herontye | 27433/32845 |
| Lingfield and Crowhurst (Worst) | 6509/32845 |
Avoid Crawley if you have a shred of decency
Your Health in East Grinstead
If you are thinking of moving to East Grinstead, 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 East Grinstead 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Sussex (East Grinstead) | 0.78% | 2.76% | 10.68% | 33.98% | 51.8% |
| Crawley | 0.97% | 3.45% | 12.06% | 35.91% | 47.61% |
| Tunbridge Wells | 0.78% | 3.09% | 11.12% | 33.6% | 51.42% |
| Tandridge | 0.86% | 2.9% | 11.39% | 34.36% | 50.5% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for East Grinstead. 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 East Grinstead. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Lingfield and Crowhurst (Best) | 21775/32845 |
| East Grinstead Town | 27019/32845 |
| East Grinstead Ashplats | 27955/32845 |
| Dormansland and Felcourt | 28863/32845 |
| East Grinstead Herontye | 30721/32845 |
| East Grinstead Baldwins | 30933/32845 |
| Hartfield | 31285/32845 |
| Forest Row | 31407/32845 |
| Ashurst Wood | 31429/32845 |
| East Grinstead Imberhorne (Worst) | 31704/32845 |
Crappy Crawley - depressing hole of the south
Deprivation in East Grinstead
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 East Grinstead. 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 |
|---|---|
| Lingfield and Crowhurst (Best) | 19354/32845 |
| Hartfield | 21543/32845 |
| Forest Row | 24030/32845 |
| East Grinstead Town | 24748/32845 |
| East Grinstead Ashplats | 26016/32845 |
| Dormansland and Felcourt | 26456/32845 |
| East Grinstead Baldwins | 27655/32845 |
| Ashurst Wood | 30723/32845 |
| East Grinstead Herontye | 31468/32845 |
| East Grinstead Imberhorne (Worst) | 32147/32845 |
