So you are thinking of moving to Lymington in Hampshire? 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 Lymington 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 Lymington the land of milk and honey or are Lyndhurst, New Milton and Yarmouth a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Lymington
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 Lymington. 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 |
|---|---|
| Buckland | 46 |
| Lower Buckland | 36 |
| Portmore | 21 |
| Pennington | 20 |
| Boldre | 10 |
| Battramsley Cross | 8 |
| Pilley Bailey | 2 |
| Pilley | 2 |
| Bull Hill | 2 |
| Waterford | 1 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Lymington. 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 Lymington. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Pennington (Best) | 13153/32845 |
| Milton | 15407/32845 |
| Lymington Town | 16788/32845 |
| Becton | 18343/32845 |
| Fernhill | 19606/32845 |
| Totland | 22096/32845 |
| Buckland | 22867/32845 |
| Boldre and Sway | 27086/32845 |
| Milford | 27614/32845 |
| Hordle (Worst) | 29609/32845 |
Portsmouth - Chav heaven
Your Health in Lymington
If you are thinking of moving to Lymington, 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 Lymington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton | 1.2% | 3.89% | 12.36% | 34.99% | 47.56% |
| Isle of Wight | 1.47% | 5.01% | 16.18% | 36.53% | 40.81% |
| New Forest (Lymington) | 1.08% | 3.81% | 14.09% | 35.87% | 45.15% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Lymington. 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 Lymington. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Totland (Best) | 16824/32845 |
| Milton | 18796/32845 |
| Fernhill | 18866/32845 |
| Pennington | 22010/32845 |
| Buckland | 24080/32845 |
| Becton | 24132/32845 |
| Hordle | 26803/32845 |
| Lymington Town | 27425/32845 |
| Boldre and Sway | 29302/32845 |
| Milford (Worst) | 29384/32845 |
Bartley (New Forest) between the chav capital of Totton, and the posh man's village Lyndhurst
Deprivation in Lymington
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 Lymington. 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 |
|---|---|
| Totland (Best) | 16221/32845 |
| Milton | 16491/32845 |
| Fernhill | 16639/32845 |
| Pennington | 19841/32845 |
| Buckland | 21142/32845 |
| Becton | 21961/32845 |
| Hordle | 27425/32845 |
| Lymington Town | 27479/32845 |
| Boldre and Sway | 27611/32845 |
| Milford (Worst) | 28361/32845 |
Gosport – godsport my a*rse
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Lee-On-The-Solent, as it’s known by the egotistical posh people
Headley Down, show me a town where teenagers don’t try and bum **** off you
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