So you are thinking of moving to Maldon 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 Maldon 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 Maldon the land of milk and honey or are Heybridge, Prettlewell and Witham a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Maldon
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 Maldon. 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 |
|---|---|
| Heybridge | 45 |
| Broad Street Green | 32 |
| Maldon | 30 |
| Heybridge Basin | 5 |
| Beacon Hill | 2 |
| Great Totham | 1 |
| Curling Tye Green | 1 |
| Rudley Green | 1 |
| Langford | 1 |
| Little Totham | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Maldon. 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 Maldon. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Maldon West (Best) | 30301/32845 |
| Heybridge East | 29191/32845 |
| Maldon South | 26818/32845 |
| Wickham Bishops and Woodham | 25195/32845 |
| Heybridge West | 23452/32845 |
| Althorne | 23442/32845 |
| Purleigh | 22073/32845 |
| Maldon North | 18252/32845 |
| Witham South | 15964/32845 |
| Maldon East (Worst) | 14158/32845 |
Silver End, that was then, this is now...
Your Health in Maldon
If you are thinking of moving to Maldon, 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 Maldon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colchester | 0.96% | 3.29% | 12.09% | 34.83% | 48.83% |
| Chelmsford | 0.81% | 2.84% | 11.44% | 34.72% | 50.19% |
| Rochford | 0.94% | 3.38% | 13.01% | 34.92% | 47.76% |
| Maldon (Maldon) | 1.08% | 3.67% | 13.42% | 35.63% | 46.2% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Maldon. 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 Maldon. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Purleigh (Best) | 27565/32845 |
| Wickham Bishops and Woodham | 27302/32845 |
| Maldon West | 25448/32845 |
| Maldon South | 22087/32845 |
| Heybridge East | 21598/32845 |
| Althorne | 20989/32845 |
| Witham South | 19970/32845 |
| Heybridge West | 19256/32845 |
| Maldon North | 15550/32845 |
| Maldon East (Worst) | 15256/32845 |
Deprivation in Maldon
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 Maldon. 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 |
|---|---|
| Wickham Bishops and Woodham (Best) | 25245/32845 |
| Maldon West | 24693/32845 |
| Maldon South | 22900/32845 |
| Heybridge East | 22318/32845 |
| Witham South | 20945/32845 |
| Althorne | 19783/32845 |
| Purleigh | 19017/32845 |
| Heybridge West | 16059/32845 |
| Maldon North | 16037/32845 |
| Maldon East (Worst) | 9591/32845 |
