So you are thinking of moving to Eastbourne in East 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 Eastbourne 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 Eastbourne the land of milk and honey or are Brighton, Hailsham and Polegate a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Eastbourne
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 Eastbourne. 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 |
|---|---|
| Langney | 71 |
| Hampden Park | 51 |
| Downside | 29 |
| Mill Hill | 22 |
| Hankham | 19 |
| Foulride Green | 16 |
| Meads | 9 |
| Wannock | 4 |
| Beachy Head | 1 |
| South Downs | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Eastbourne. 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 Eastbourne. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Langney (Best) | 13111/32845 |
| Hampden Park | 14165/32845 |
| St Anthony's | 17672/32845 |
| Upperton | 18126/32845 |
| Old Town | 18541/32845 |
| Sovereign | 23673/32845 |
| Ratton | 24401/32845 |
| Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels | 25427/32845 |
| Upper Willingdon | 26210/32845 |
| Devonshire (Worst) | 6868/32845 |
Eastbourne... It has to be one of the worst towns in the UK
Your Health in Eastbourne
If you are thinking of moving to Eastbourne, 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 Eastbourne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings | 1.72% | 5.72% | 15.82% | 36.24% | 40.5% |
| Eastbourne (Eastbourne) | 1.45% | 4.74% | 15.34% | 35.4% | 43.07% |
| Wealden | 0.96% | 3.49% | 13.03% | 34.93% | 47.59% |
| Rother | 1.41% | 4.93% | 16.51% | 36.6% | 40.55% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Eastbourne. 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 Eastbourne. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Devonshire (Best) | 11158/32845 |
| Langney | 12401/32845 |
| St Anthony's | 15029/32845 |
| Upperton | 15544/32845 |
| Ratton | 19787/32845 |
| Sovereign | 21914/32845 |
| Old Town | 21990/32845 |
| Upper Willingdon | 25334/32845 |
| Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels | 26660/32845 |
| Hampden Park (Worst) | 9663/32845 |
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Deprivation in Eastbourne
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 Eastbourne. 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 |
|---|---|
| St Anthony's (Best) | 15468/32845 |
| Upperton | 16560/32845 |
| Sovereign | 17225/32845 |
| Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels | 20831/32845 |
| Ratton | 21293/32845 |
| Old Town | 23383/32845 |
| Upper Willingdon | 26117/32845 |
| Hampden Park | 8261/32845 |
| Langney | 8271/32845 |
| Devonshire (Worst) | 8361/32845 |
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