So you are thinking of moving to Godmanchester in Cambridgeshire? 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 Godmanchester 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 Godmanchester the land of milk and honey or are Huntingdon, St Ives and St Neots a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Godmanchester
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 Godmanchester. 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 |
|---|---|
| Hartford | 61 |
| Great Ouse | 3 |
| Hemingford Grey | 3 |
| Green End | 1 |
| Great Stukeley | 0 |
| Offord Cluny | 0 |
| Hemingford Abbots | 0 |
| Offord D’Arcy | 0 |
| Graveley | 0 |
| Duck End | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Godmanchester. 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 Godmanchester. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Huntingdon North (Best) | 15791/32845 |
| Huntingdon East | 16582/32845 |
| St Ives West | 19535/32845 |
| Great Paxton | 21418/32845 |
| Fenstanton | 22564/32845 |
| Godmanchester & Hemingford Abbots | 24272/32845 |
| Hemingford Grey & Houghton | 24533/32845 |
| Brampton | 24829/32845 |
| Buckden | 25376/32845 |
| The Stukeleys (Worst) | 26840/32845 |
Peterborough - there is no culture
Your Health in Godmanchester
If you are thinking of moving to Godmanchester, 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 Godmanchester 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntingdonshire (Godmanchester) | 0.85% | 3.09% | 11.61% | 35.67% | 48.77% |
| Fenland | 1.36% | 4.82% | 16.54% | 37.83% | 39.45% |
| South Cambridgeshire | 0.7% | 2.51% | 10.62% | 33.71% | 52.46% |
| Cambridge | 0.78% | 2.85% | 9.7% | 31.97% | 54.69% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Godmanchester. 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 Godmanchester. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Huntingdon North (Best) | 15012/32845 |
| Huntingdon East | 17401/32845 |
| The Stukeleys | 23536/32845 |
| Godmanchester & Hemingford Abbots | 24460/32845 |
| Brampton | 25179/32845 |
| St Ives West | 25278/32845 |
| Fenstanton | 26171/32845 |
| Great Paxton | 28131/32845 |
| Hemingford Grey & Houghton | 28577/32845 |
| Buckden (Worst) | 29689/32845 |
Peterborough - you shouldn't be that close to your cousin
Deprivation in Godmanchester
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 Godmanchester. 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 |
|---|---|
| Huntingdon North (Best) | 13333/32845 |
| Huntingdon East | 15186/32845 |
| Great Paxton | 22815/32845 |
| St Ives West | 23802/32845 |
| The Stukeleys | 24977/32845 |
| Godmanchester & Hemingford Abbots | 25326/32845 |
| Brampton | 25733/32845 |
| Fenstanton | 27335/32845 |
| Hemingford Grey & Houghton | 27415/32845 |
| Buckden (Worst) | 27753/32845 |
Histon, Cambridge: you will never meet a duller bunch of **** candles
Peterborough – there is no culture
Peterborough: oh for a nuclear bomb (or a really big bulldozer)
Wisbech, I came pretty close to sliding into depression
Whittlesey: Carnival of the Damned
Wisbech, knows as Wizzybekhistan by the locals
Bar Hill, near Cambridge, Inbredsville
St Neots, Cambridgeshire, sounds a bit posh, in reality it’s far from it!
Peterborough – you shouldn’t be that close to your cousin