So you're asking yourself the question 'is Hedge End 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 Hedge End 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 Hedge End truly a nice place to live, or are Eastleigh, Hythe and Southampton a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Hedge End
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 Hedge End. 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 |
|---|---|
| Harefield | 145 |
| Netley Hill | 94 |
| Hatch Bottom | 54 |
| Boorley Green | 32 |
| Moorgreen | 27 |
| Long Common | 27 |
| Hedge End | 23 |
| Broadoak | 21 |
| Botley | 14 |
| Horton Heath | 9 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Hedge End. 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 Hedge End. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Hedge End North (Best) | 24545/32845 |
| Hedge End South | 20392/32845 |
| Botley | 19801/32845 |
| West End North | 18300/32845 |
| West End South | 10445/32845 |
| Sholing | 8743/32845 |
| Bursledon & Hound North | 7559/32845 |
| Peartree | 6303/32845 |
| Harefield | 4674/32845 |
| Bitterne (Worst) | 4166/32845 |
Southampton: The ex soviet bloc government funded retirement resort
Your Health in Hedge End
If you are thinking of moving to Hedge End, 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 Hedge End compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Town | Very Bad | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Southampton | 1.2% | 3.89% |
| Eastleigh (Hedge End) | 0.87% | 3.05% |
| Fareham | 0.9% | 3.13% |
| Gosport | 0.99% | 3.89% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Hedge End. 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 Hedge End. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Botley (Best) | 27508/32845 |
| Hedge End North | 26080/32845 |
| West End South | 24978/32845 |
| Hedge End South | 24470/32845 |
| West End North | 20808/32845 |
| Bursledon & Hound North | 19851/32845 |
| Sholing | 11235/32845 |
| Harefield | 8878/32845 |
| Peartree | 7473/32845 |
| Bitterne (Worst) | 5888/32845 |
Southampton - flawed pearl of the South
Deprivation in Hedge End
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 Hedge End. 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 |
|---|---|
| Botley (Best) | 26336/32845 |
| Hedge End North | 26117/32845 |
| Hedge End South | 25649/32845 |
| West End South | 23182/32845 |
| West End North | 22749/32845 |
| Bursledon & Hound North | 19104/32845 |
| Sholing | 13439/32845 |
| Peartree | 11069/32845 |
| Harefield | 10185/32845 |
| Bitterne (Worst) | 5537/32845 |
Average rent in Hedge End
Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These statistics for Hedge End 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 Hedge End.
Weekly Gross Pay and Hourly Pay in Hedge End
If you are thinking of moving to Hedge End, 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.
