So you are thinking of moving to Pershore in Worcestershire? 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 Pershore 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 Pershore the land of milk and honey or are Netherton, Evesham and Upton upon Severn a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Pershore
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 Pershore. 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 |
|---|---|
| Pinvin | 6 |
| Drakes Broughton | 2 |
| Lower Moor | 2 |
| Birlingham | 1 |
| Stonebow | 1 |
| Besford | 0 |
| Ramsden | 0 |
| Bricklehampton | 0 |
| Little Comberton | 0 |
| Great Comberton | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Pershore. 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 Pershore. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Harvington and Norton (Best) | 11514/32845 |
| Evesham North | 11850/32845 |
| Great Hampton | 13369/32845 |
| Drakes Broughton | 21825/32845 |
| Pinvin | 22978/32845 |
| Pershore | 23023/32845 |
| Fladbury | 23196/32845 |
| Eckington | 23243/32845 |
| Elmley Castle and Somerville | 26075/32845 |
| Upton Snodsbury (Worst) | 26494/32845 |
Evesham, It's the worst of the worst no doubt about it.
Your Health in Pershore
If you are thinking of moving to Pershore, 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 Pershore 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wychavon (Pershore) | 0.98% | 3.71% | 13.35% | 35.61% | 46.36% |
| Redditch | 1.23% | 4.18% | 12.96% | 34.86% | 46.77% |
| Worcester | 1.03% | 3.83% | 12.78% | 34.93% | 47.44% |
| Cheltenham | 0.85% | 3.14% | 11.78% | 34.32% | 49.91% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Pershore. 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 Pershore. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Evesham North (Best) | 16666/32845 |
| Great Hampton | 19877/32845 |
| Harvington and Norton | 20079/32845 |
| Pinvin | 20819/32845 |
| Pershore | 20894/32845 |
| Drakes Broughton | 22688/32845 |
| Elmley Castle and Somerville | 24402/32845 |
| Fladbury | 26075/32845 |
| Eckington | 26538/32845 |
| Upton Snodsbury (Worst) | 28173/32845 |
Evesham - most women wouldn't think twice about nicking your husband!
Deprivation in Pershore
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 Pershore. 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 |
|---|---|
| Evesham North (Best) | 14373/32845 |
| Harvington and Norton | 15323/32845 |
| Great Hampton | 15559/32845 |
| Pershore | 17903/32845 |
| Elmley Castle and Somerville | 18208/32845 |
| Upton Snodsbury | 18561/32845 |
| Pinvin | 19089/32845 |
| Fladbury | 19920/32845 |
| Drakes Broughton | 20261/32845 |
| Eckington (Worst) | 20869/32845 |
Bewdley, there is a selection of giant douchebags who live here
Hagley, a not so quiet village
Stourport-On-Severn: a hell hole of charity shops & old people’s homes
Bewdley, Worcestershire
Kidderminster, I think all the country air is messing these people up
Hagley, The Essex of the Midlands
Evesham – most women wouldn’t think twice about nicking your husband!