So you are thinking of moving to Hertford in Hertfordshire? 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 Hertford 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 Hertford the land of milk and honey or are Broxbourne, Hoddesdon and Ware a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Hertford
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 Hertford. 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 |
|---|---|
| Ware | 44 |
| Hartham | 32 |
| Bengeo | 30 |
| Hertford | 26 |
| Waterford | 15 |
| Broadoak End | 8 |
| Hertingfordbury | 6 |
| Rush Green | 3 |
| Great Amwell | 3 |
| Hertford Heath | 1 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Hertford. 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 Hertford. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Ware St Mary's (Best) | 26311/32845 |
| Great Amwell | 24141/32845 |
| Ware Chadwell | 22422/32845 |
| Ware Trinity | 21845/32845 |
| Hertford Bengeo | 21687/32845 |
| Ware Christchurch | 20612/32845 |
| Panshanger | 19358/32845 |
| Hertford Kingsmead | 17336/32845 |
| Hertford Castle | 17074/32845 |
| Hertford Sele (Worst) | 15046/32845 |
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Your Health in Hertford
If you are thinking of moving to Hertford, 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 Hertford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broxbourne | 1.04% | 3.59% | 12.33% | 35.33% | 47.71% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Hertford. 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 Hertford. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Ware St Mary's (Best) | 31103/32845 |
| Ware Chadwell | 30639/32845 |
| Hertford Kingsmead | 30545/32845 |
| Hertford Bengeo | 30032/32845 |
| Hertford Castle | 29408/32845 |
| Great Amwell | 29264/32845 |
| Ware Christchurch | 28053/32845 |
| Ware Trinity | 26564/32845 |
| Hertford Sele | 23721/32845 |
| Panshanger (Worst) | 19980/32845 |
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Deprivation in Hertford
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 Hertford. 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 |
|---|---|
| Ware Chadwell (Best) | 29561/32845 |
| Hertford Kingsmead | 29021/32845 |
| Ware St Mary's | 28972/32845 |
| Hertford Bengeo | 28490/32845 |
| Hertford Castle | 26277/32845 |
| Ware Christchurch | 25776/32845 |
| Great Amwell | 24348/32845 |
| Ware Trinity | 23971/32845 |
| Hertford Sele | 20545/32845 |
| Panshanger (Worst) | 20543/32845 |
