So you are thinking of moving to Leatherhead in Surrey? 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 Leatherhead 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 Leatherhead the land of milk and honey or are Dorking, Epsom and Great Brookham a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Leatherhead
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of November 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Leatherhead. 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 |
|---|---|
| Lower Ashtead | 30 |
| Leatherhead | 26 |
| Leatherhead Common | 24 |
| Ashtead | 17 |
| Great Bookham | 14 |
| Pachesham Park | 11 |
| Fetcham | 9 |
| Mole | 7 |
| Tyrell’s Wood | 4 |
| Malden Rushett | 2 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Leatherhead. 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 Leatherhead. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Stamford (Best) | 15381/32845 |
| Bookham North | 21444/32845 |
| Leatherhead South | 22318/32845 |
| Bookham South | 22834/32845 |
| Leatherhead North | 24327/32845 |
| Ashtead Common | 25626/32845 |
| Ashtead Park | 26423/32845 |
| Ashtead Village | 26928/32845 |
| Fetcham West | 28099/32845 |
| Fetcham East (Worst) | 28466/32845 |
Epsom: the not-so-salubrious suburb
Your Health in Leatherhead
If you are thinking of moving to Leatherhead, 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 Leatherhead 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmbridge | 0.66% | 2.46% | 9.44% | 30.99% | 56.45% |
| Spelthorne | 0.87% | 3.23% | 12.04% | 35.82% | 48.04% |
| Mole Valley (Leatherhead) | 0.71% | 2.85% | 11.25% | 33.73% | 51.45% |
| Epsom and Ewell | 0.71% | 2.68% | 10.64% | 33.76% | 52.21% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Leatherhead. 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 Leatherhead. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Leatherhead North (Best) | 19336/32845 |
| Bookham North | 26314/32845 |
| Bookham South | 26330/32845 |
| Fetcham East | 26693/32845 |
| Ashtead Common | 27026/32845 |
| Leatherhead South | 27183/32845 |
| Ashtead Village | 27634/32845 |
| Ashtead Park | 29529/32845 |
| Stamford | 30349/32845 |
| Fetcham West (Worst) | 32010/32845 |
Guildford: What has become of you?
Deprivation in Leatherhead
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 Leatherhead. 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 |
|---|---|
| Leatherhead North (Best) | 19648/32845 |
| Stamford | 25862/32845 |
| Bookham North | 26232/32845 |
| Leatherhead South | 27120/32845 |
| Bookham South | 27209/32845 |
| Ashtead Common | 28994/32845 |
| Fetcham East | 29613/32845 |
| Ashtead Park | 30812/32845 |
| Ashtead Village | 31031/32845 |
| Fetcham West (Worst) | 32038/32845 |
Woking: good train links to London apart from that it’s a sh*thole
Epsom: the not-so-salubrious suburb
Guildford: What has become of you?
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Redhill-I hate it
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Stoneleigh: residents ought to be stoned!