So you are thinking of moving to Penzance in Cornwall? 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 Penzance 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 Penzance the land of milk and honey or are Marazion, Newlyn and St Just a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Penzance
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 Penzance. 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 |
|---|---|
| Trythogga | 53 |
| Heamoor | 51 |
| Chyandour | 50 |
| Longrock | 11 |
| Madron | 11 |
| Newlyn | 5 |
| Paul | 5 |
| Crowlas | 1 |
| Castle Gate | 0 |
| Marazion | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Penzance. 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 Penzance. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Penzance Central (Best) | 12153/32845 |
| Penzance East | 12801/32845 |
| Penzance Promenade | 20019/32845 |
| Gulval and Heamoor | 20257/32845 |
| St Ives West | 24431/32845 |
| Marazion and Perranuthnoe | 26019/32845 |
| Ludgvan | 26962/32845 |
| Newlyn and Mousehole | 27336/32845 |
| St Buryan | 27692/32845 |
| Lelant and Carbis Bay (Worst) | 31543/32845 |
Your Health in Penzance
If you are thinking of moving to Penzance, 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 Penzance 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall (Penzance) | 1.43% | 4.87% | 14.88% | 33.59% | 45.23% |
| Plymouth | 1.44% | 5.08% | 13.95% | 33.53% | 46.02% |
| South Hams | 1.11% | 3.8% | 13.32% | 34.37% | 47.41% |
| Isles of Scilly | 0.59% | 2.41% | 11.26% | 34.23% | 51.52% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Penzance. 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 Penzance. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Penzance Promenade (Best) | 11170/32845 |
| Newlyn and Mousehole | 15026/32845 |
| St Ives West | 15816/32845 |
| Ludgvan | 16371/32845 |
| Marazion and Perranuthnoe | 18822/32845 |
| St Buryan | 19327/32845 |
| Lelant and Carbis Bay | 20360/32845 |
| Penzance East | 7049/32845 |
| Penzance Central | 7925/32845 |
| Gulval and Heamoor (Worst) | 8948/32845 |
Deprivation in Penzance
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 Penzance. 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 |
|---|---|
| Ludgvan (Best) | 10113/32845 |
| St Buryan | 10417/32845 |
| Newlyn and Mousehole | 10855/32845 |
| Marazion and Perranuthnoe | 11481/32845 |
| St Ives West | 13167/32845 |
| Lelant and Carbis Bay | 18839/32845 |
| Penzance East | 5548/32845 |
| Penzance Central | 6196/32845 |
| Gulval and Heamoor | 6499/32845 |
| Penzance Promenade (Worst) | 8709/32845 |
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