So you are thinking of moving to Edenbridge in Kent? 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 the land of milk and honey 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 November 2020 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.
| Polcing Area | Voilent Crimes |
|---|---|
| Edenbridge | 22 |
| Marlpit Hill | 22 |
| Hever | 3 |
| Bough Beech | 3 |
| Eden | 2 |
| Marsh Green | 1 |
| Chiddingstone | 1 |
| Pootings | 0 |
| Four Elms | 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 |
|---|---|
| Oxted South (Best) | 10866/32845 |
| Westerham and Crockham Hill | 11682/32845 |
| Cowden and Hever | 16092/32845 |
| Edenbridge North and East | 17037/32845 |
| Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone | 19163/32845 |
| Dormansland and Felcourt | 20738/32845 |
| East Grinstead Ashplats | 21194/32845 |
| Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway | 23322/32845 |
| Lingfield and Crowhurst | 6509/32845 |
| Edenbridge South and West (Worst) | 9668/32845 |
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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;
| Local Authority | Very Bad | Bad | Fair | Good | Very Good |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reigate and Banstead | 0.85% | 2.79% | 10.79% | 34.03% | 51.55% |
| Sevenoaks (Edenbridge) | 0.87% | 3.11% | 11.47% | 33.37% | 51.17% |
| 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 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 |
|---|---|
| Lingfield and Crowhurst (Best) | 21775/32845 |
| Oxted South | 23547/32845 |
| Edenbridge North and East | 24330/32845 |
| Edenbridge South and West | 26481/32845 |
| East Grinstead Ashplats | 27955/32845 |
| Dormansland and Felcourt | 28863/32845 |
| Westerham and Crockham Hill | 28878/32845 |
| Cowden and Hever | 30534/32845 |
| Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone | 31190/32845 |
| Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway (Worst) | 32181/32845 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| Cowden and Hever (Best) | 13288/32845 |
| Edenbridge South and West | 16114/32845 |
| Lingfield and Crowhurst | 19354/32845 |
| Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone | 19901/32845 |
| Edenbridge North and East | 20726/32845 |
| Oxted South | 21564/32845 |
| Westerham and Crockham Hill | 22204/32845 |
| Leigh and Chiddingstone Causeway | 24594/32845 |
| East Grinstead Ashplats | 26016/32845 |
| Dormansland and Felcourt (Worst) | 26456/32845 |
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