So you are thinking of moving to Faringdon in Oxfordshire? 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 Faringdon 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 Faringdon the land of milk and honey or are Lechlade, Carterton and Highworth a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Faringdon
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 Faringdon. 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 |
|---|---|
| Faringdon | 15 |
| Fernham | 6 |
| Little Coxwell | 5 |
| Littleworth | 2 |
| Bow | 1 |
| Carswell Marsh | 1 |
| Buckland Marsh | 0 |
| Shellingford | 0 |
| Radcot | 0 |
| Clanfield | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Faringdon. 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 Faringdon. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Blunsdon and Highworth (Best) | 21902/32845 |
| Faringdon | 23723/32845 |
| Brize Norton and Shilton | 26233/32845 |
| Ducklington | 27599/32845 |
| Lechlade, Kempsford & Fairford South | 28420/32845 |
| Alvescot and Filkins | 28669/32845 |
| Ridgeway | 28757/32845 |
| Stanford | 29585/32845 |
| Bampton and Clanfield | 30509/32845 |
| Watchfield & Shrivenham (Worst) | 30631/32845 |
Your Health in Faringdon
If you are thinking of moving to Faringdon, 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 Faringdon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swindon | 0.97% | 3.61% | 11.98% | 35.18% | 48.26% |
| Oxford | 0.85% | 2.76% | 9.43% | 31.73% | 55.23% |
| West Berkshire | 0.68% | 2.48% | 10.7% | 34.5% | 51.64% |
| Vale of White Horse (Faringdon) | 0.75% | 2.61% | 10.8% | 33.98% | 51.85% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Faringdon. 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 Faringdon. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Blunsdon and Highworth (Best) | 21597/32845 |
| Faringdon | 25976/32845 |
| Lechlade, Kempsford & Fairford South | 26298/32845 |
| Bampton and Clanfield | 27041/32845 |
| Ridgeway | 29118/32845 |
| Brize Norton and Shilton | 29601/32845 |
| Watchfield & Shrivenham | 30452/32845 |
| Stanford | 30457/32845 |
| Alvescot and Filkins | 30941/32845 |
| Ducklington (Worst) | 31007/32845 |
Deprivation in Faringdon
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 Faringdon. 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 |
|---|---|
| Alvescot and Filkins (Best) | 18421/32845 |
| Ridgeway | 22134/32845 |
| Blunsdon and Highworth | 23341/32845 |
| Faringdon | 23516/32845 |
| Stanford | 24057/32845 |
| Brize Norton and Shilton | 25059/32845 |
| Ducklington | 25532/32845 |
| Lechlade, Kempsford & Fairford South | 26765/32845 |
| Bampton and Clanfield | 27284/32845 |
| Watchfield & Shrivenham (Worst) | 27936/32845 |
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