So you are thinking of moving to New Romney in Kent? 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 New Romney 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 New Romney the land of milk and honey or are Rye, Hythe and Lydd a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in New Romney
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 New Romney. 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 |
|---|---|
| Littlestone-on-Sea | 20 |
| New Romney | 17 |
| St Mary’s Bay | 4 |
| Dymchurch | 2 |
| Brenzett Green | 2 |
| Brenzett | 2 |
| Greatstone-on-Sea | 1 |
| Lade | 1 |
| St Mary in the Marsh | 0 |
| Ivychurch | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for New Romney. 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 New Romney. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Walland & Denge Marsh (Best) | 18202/32845 |
| New Romney | 19738/32845 |
| Romney Marsh | 20404/32845 |
| Saxon Shore | 20657/32845 |
| Park Farm South | 20933/32845 |
| Park Farm North | 23358/32845 |
| Hythe Rural | 24054/32845 |
| Isle of Oxney | 24057/32845 |
| Hythe | 24220/32845 |
Battle nr Hastings: Gods Waiting room
Your Health in New Romney
If you are thinking of moving to New Romney, 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 New Romney 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepway (New Romney) | 1.49% | 4.93% | 15.25% | 36.12% | 42.21% |
| Hastings | 1.72% | 5.72% | 15.82% | 36.24% | 40.5% |
| Maidstone | 0.97% | 3.43% | 12.43% | 35.05% | 48.11% |
| Ashford | 1.06% | 3.53% | 12.74% | 35.09% | 47.58% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for New Romney. 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 New Romney. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Walland & Denge Marsh (Best) | 13171/32845 |
| New Romney | 14271/32845 |
| Hythe Rural | 17536/32845 |
| Hythe | 19034/32845 |
| Park Farm North | 23162/32845 |
| Park Farm South | 24333/32845 |
| Saxon Shore | 25538/32845 |
| Isle of Oxney | 25902/32845 |
| Romney Marsh | 9593/32845 |
Dymchurch, a geriatric landfill on the south-east coast of Kent
Deprivation in New Romney
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 New Romney. 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 |
|---|---|
| Isle of Oxney (Best) | 11493/32845 |
| Hythe Rural | 14886/32845 |
| New Romney | 15552/32845 |
| Saxon Shore | 17341/32845 |
| Hythe | 19818/32845 |
| Park Farm South | 24237/32845 |
| Park Farm North | 27233/32845 |
| Walland & Denge Marsh | 8036/32845 |
| Romney Marsh | 8956/32845 |
Ramsgate – the town of no hope
Dymchurch, a geriatric landfill on the south-east coast of Kent
Rochester should forget Dickens. He’s dead & the town should try a new trick
Chatham – Viva **** Vegas
Gillingham: a quaint little sh*tehouse situated on the river Medway
Maidstone – The biggest moving mistake of my life
Kent as a whole is ******* ****, Whitstable is merely ****
Twydall Estate, Gillingham: a delightful place to visit, but not on your own
Whitstable: get drunk, smell of fish and nearly get into 5 fights