So you're asking yourself the question 'is Edenbridge a nice place to live?'' 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 Edenbridge 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 Edenbridge truly a nice place to live, or are Sevenoaks, Westerham and East Grinstead a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Edenbridge
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of February 2021 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Edenbridge. 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.
| Policing Area | Voilent Crimes |
|---|---|
| Edenbridge | 17 |
| Marlpit Hill | 17 |
| Four Elms | 2 |
| Eden | 0 |
| Hever | 0 |
| Marsh Green | 0 |
| Pootings | 0 |
| Bough Beech | 0 |
| Chiddingstone | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Edenbridge. 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 Edenbridge. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway (Best) | 23322/32845 |
| East Grinstead Ashplats | 21194/32845 |
| Dormansland and Felcourt | 20738/32845 |
| Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone | 19163/32845 |
| Edenbridge North and East | 17037/32845 |
| Cowden and Hever | 16092/32845 |
| Westerham and Crockham Hill | 11682/32845 |
| Oxted South | 10866/32845 |
| Edenbridge South and West | 9668/32845 |
| Lingfield and Crowhurst (Worst) | 6509/32845 |
Edenbridge: ruined by riffraff
Your Health in Edenbridge
If you are thinking of moving to Edenbridge, 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 Edenbridge compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Town | Very Bad | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Reigate and Banstead | 0.85% | 2.79% |
| Sevenoaks (Edenbridge) | 0.87% | 3.11% |
| Tunbridge Wells | 0.78% | 3.09% |
| Tandridge | 0.86% | 2.9% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Edenbridge. 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 Edenbridge. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway (Best) | 32181/32845 |
| Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone | 31190/32845 |
| Cowden and Hever | 30534/32845 |
| Westerham and Crockham Hill | 28878/32845 |
| Dormansland and Felcourt | 28863/32845 |
| East Grinstead Ashplats | 27955/32845 |
| Edenbridge South and West | 26481/32845 |
| Edenbridge North and East | 24330/32845 |
| Oxted South | 23547/32845 |
| Lingfield and Crowhurst (Worst) | 21775/32845 |
Tunbridge Wells: seems posh but has a seedy underbelly
Deprivation in Edenbridge
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 Edenbridge. 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 |
|---|---|
| Dormansland and Felcourt (Best) | 26456/32845 |
| East Grinstead Ashplats | 26016/32845 |
| Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway | 24594/32845 |
| Westerham and Crockham Hill | 22204/32845 |
| Oxted South | 21564/32845 |
| Edenbridge North and East | 20726/32845 |
| Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone | 19901/32845 |
| Lingfield and Crowhurst | 19354/32845 |
| Edenbridge South and West | 16114/32845 |
| Cowden and Hever (Worst) | 13288/32845 |
Average rent in Edenbridge
Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These statistics for Edenbridge are dated September 2021. They are split into three figures, the lower quartile, mean and upper quartile. If you recieve housing benefit or the housing benefit section of Universal Credit, the lower quartile is at the top limit of what would be affordable. The mean is the average you'd expect to pay for a rental property and the upper quartile is the average rental cost of the most expensive 25% of properties in Edenbridge.
Weekly Gross Pay and Hourly Pay in Edenbridge
If you are thinking of moving to Edenbridge, you'll want to know how much you can earn in a job in the town. The government publish regular statistics on gross weekly pay and pay per hour.
