So you are thinking of moving to Highbridge in Somerset? 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 Highbridge 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 Highbridge the land of milk and honey or are Axbridge, Bridgwater and Burnham on Sea a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Highbridge
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 Highbridge. 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 |
|---|---|
| Edithmead | 33 |
| Highbridge | 28 |
| Burnham-on-Sea | 23 |
| Walrow | 17 |
| Alstone | 11 |
| Brent Knoll | 2 |
| Bason Bridge | 1 |
| Watchfield | 0 |
| Hackness | 0 |
| Northwick | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Highbridge. 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 Highbridge. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Burnham North (Best) | 25638/32845 |
| West Polden | 24631/32845 |
| Knoll | 23208/32845 |
| Burnham Central | 23104/32845 |
| King's Isle | 21900/32845 |
| Puriton and Woolavington | 20652/32845 |
| Huntspill and Pawlett | 19795/32845 |
| Bridgwater Fairfax | 16420/32845 |
| Highbridge and Burnham Marine | 11945/32845 |
| Berrow (Worst) | 3459/32845 |
Bridgwater, take your time driving through (with the doors locked)
Your Health in Highbridge
If you are thinking of moving to Highbridge, 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 Highbridge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | 1.6% | 4.84% | 12.14% | 31.05% | 50.37% |
| North Somerset | 1.18% | 4.09% | 13.66% | 34.77% | 46.31% |
| The Vale of Glamorgan | 1.49% | 4.9% | 13.55% | 32.05% | 48.01% |
| Sedgemoor (Highbridge) | 1.16% | 4.36% | 14.77% | 35.16% | 44.55% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Highbridge. 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 Highbridge. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| West Polden (Best) | 23388/32845 |
| Knoll | 23301/32845 |
| Huntspill and Pawlett | 22562/32845 |
| King's Isle | 20085/32845 |
| Puriton and Woolavington | 19594/32845 |
| Burnham North | 17543/32845 |
| Burnham Central | 15223/32845 |
| Berrow | 14058/32845 |
| Highbridge and Burnham Marine | 13289/32845 |
| Bridgwater Fairfax (Worst) | 12208/32845 |
"I hate life and Watchet" - said a poignant piece of graffiti
Deprivation in Highbridge
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 Highbridge. 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 |
|---|---|
| Burnham North (Best) | 21324/32845 |
| Puriton and Woolavington | 18484/32845 |
| West Polden | 17923/32845 |
| Knoll | 17811/32845 |
| Burnham Central | 17681/32845 |
| King's Isle | 16010/32845 |
| Huntspill and Pawlett | 14818/32845 |
| Highbridge and Burnham Marine | 10684/32845 |
| Bridgwater Fairfax | 10563/32845 |
| Berrow (Worst) | 10217/32845 |
