So you are thinking of moving to Laindon in Essex? 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 Laindon 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 Laindon the land of milk and honey or are Basildon, Corringham and Langdon Hills a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Laindon
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of July 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Laindon. 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 |
|---|---|
| Fryerns | 252 |
| Barstable | 243 |
| Pipps Hill | 232 |
| Laindon | 119 |
| Great Berry | 35 |
| Langdon Hills | 35 |
| Great Burstead | 11 |
| Dry Street | 8 |
| Crays Hill | 2 |
| Little Burstead | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Laindon. 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 Laindon. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Laindon Park (Best) | 13051/32845 |
| Herongate, Ingrave and West Horndon | 15358/32845 |
| St Martin's | 1662/32845 |
| Stanford East and Corringham Town | 17444/32845 |
| Langdon Hills | 18196/32845 |
| Burstead | 19659/32845 |
| Lee Chapel North | 2036/32845 |
| Vange | 2188/32845 |
| Fryerns | 7830/32845 |
| Nethermayne (Worst) | 8638/32845 |
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Your Health in Laindon
If you are thinking of moving to Laindon, 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 Laindon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Havering | 1.17% | 3.99% | 13.27% | 35.57% | 46% |
| Basildon (Laindon) | 1.32% | 4.21% | 13.26% | 34.95% | 46.25% |
| Thurrock | 1.03% | 3.73% | 12.29% | 34.74% | 48.2% |
| Brentwood | 0.88% | 3.13% | 11.64% | 33.34% | 51.02% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Laindon. 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 Laindon. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Lee Chapel North (Best) | 10074/32845 |
| Laindon Park | 11893/32845 |
| Fryerns | 12108/32845 |
| St Martin's | 12359/32845 |
| Stanford East and Corringham Town | 16396/32845 |
| Nethermayne | 18590/32845 |
| Langdon Hills | 22850/32845 |
| Burstead | 26611/32845 |
| Herongate, Ingrave and West Horndon | 31376/32845 |
| Vange (Worst) | 9450/32845 |
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Deprivation in Laindon
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 Laindon. 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 |
|---|---|
| Stanford East and Corringham Town (Best) | 14491/32845 |
| Nethermayne | 15601/32845 |
| Langdon Hills | 24307/32845 |
| Burstead | 26055/32845 |
| Herongate, Ingrave and West Horndon | 28039/32845 |
| Vange | 4713/32845 |
| St Martin's | 6301/32845 |
| Lee Chapel North | 6325/32845 |
| Fryerns | 7972/32845 |
| Laindon Park (Worst) | 9941/32845 |
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