So you are thinking of moving to Peterlee in Durham? 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 Peterlee 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 Peterlee the land of milk and honey or are Hartlepool, Seaham and Hetton a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Peterlee
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 Peterlee. 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 |
|---|---|
| Horden | 84 |
| Little Thorpe | 58 |
| Blackhall Colliery | 45 |
| Easington Colliery | 41 |
| Shotton Colliery | 25 |
| Shotton | 20 |
| High Hesleden | 17 |
| Easington | 4 |
| Eden Vale | 2 |
| Hesleden | 2 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Peterlee. 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 Peterlee. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Dawdon (Best) | 10263/32845 |
| Peterlee East | 1177/32845 |
| Passfield | 15195/32845 |
| Horden | 3072/32845 |
| Blackhalls | 3855/32845 |
| Trimdon and Thornley | 4343/32845 |
| Wingate | 5557/32845 |
| Peterlee West | 5986/32845 |
| Easington | 6064/32845 |
| Murton (Worst) | 6074/32845 |
Darlington: Town of Brass Bands and Despair
Your Health in Peterlee
If you are thinking of moving to Peterlee, 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 Peterlee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham (Peterlee) | 1.82% | 6.35% | 16.06% | 33.43% | 42.35% |
| Sunderland | 1.99% | 6.59% | 15.95% | 32.87% | 42.6% |
| Middlesbrough | 1.84% | 5.78% | 14.25% | 32.72% | 45.41% |
| Hartlepool | 1.85% | 6.29% | 15.87% | 32.73% | 43.27% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Peterlee. 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 Peterlee. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Horden (Best) | 1243/32845 |
| Peterlee East | 1476/32845 |
| Blackhalls | 2880/32845 |
| Trimdon and Thornley | 4064/32845 |
| Peterlee West | 4322/32845 |
| Dawdon | 4495/32845 |
| Easington | 5791/32845 |
| Wingate | 5886/32845 |
| Murton | 6133/32845 |
| Passfield (Worst) | 7603/32845 |
Blackhall Colliery - I honestly wish I had never set foot in the place
Deprivation in Peterlee
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 Peterlee. 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 |
|---|---|
| Passfield (Best) | 12709/32845 |
| Peterlee East | 2488/32845 |
| Horden | 2747/32845 |
| Blackhalls | 5601/32845 |
| Peterlee West | 6019/32845 |
| Trimdon and Thornley | 6036/32845 |
| Dawdon | 8409/32845 |
| Wingate | 8555/32845 |
| Murton | 9034/32845 |
| Easington (Worst) | 9414/32845 |
Words fail me when it comes to describe Peterlee
Blackhall Colliery – I honestly wish I had never set foot in the place
Horden: Never make the same mistake as I did
Sacriston known as ‘Segga’ by the locals or ‘Smakriston’
Darlington, full of old men who still think they’re 20 but are closer to 50
Darlington: Town of Brass Bands and Despair
Willington & Sunnybrow, bleak sh*tholes somewhere in County Durham
Consett, the ****** pissy-mattress furnished capital of the North
Ferryhill: full of ****** jobless drugged up muppets