So you are thinking of moving to Portchester in Hampshire? 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 Portchester 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 Portchester the land of milk and honey or are Fareham, Gosport and Southwick a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Portchester
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of July 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Portchester. 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 |
|---|---|
| Cosham | 149 |
| Hardway | 141 |
| Highbury | 110 |
| Paulsgrove | 86 |
| Bridgemary | 57 |
| Wallington | 55 |
| Portchester | 39 |
| Tipner | 21 |
| Southwick | 5 |
| Boarhunt | 1 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Portchester. 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 Portchester. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Cosham (Best) | 12522/32845 |
| Bridgemary North | 13439/32845 |
| Hardway | 15178/32845 |
| Fareham East | 15985/32845 |
| Portchester East | 20304/32845 |
| Portchester West | 26645/32845 |
| Rowner and Holbrook | 6613/32845 |
| Paulsgrove | 8016/32845 |
| Bridgemary South | 9142/32845 |
| Hilsea (Worst) | 9689/32845 |
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Your Health in Portchester
If you are thinking of moving to Portchester, 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 Portchester 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth | 1.15% | 3.9% | 12.42% | 34.84% | 47.69% |
| Havant | 1.31% | 4.29% | 14.24% | 35.86% | 44.31% |
| Fareham (Portchester) | 0.9% | 3.13% | 12.22% | 35.21% | 48.55% |
| Gosport | 0.99% | 3.89% | 13.58% | 36.21% | 45.32% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Portchester. 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 Portchester. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Rowner and Holbrook (Best) | 10238/32845 |
| Bridgemary North | 12770/32845 |
| Hilsea | 13205/32845 |
| Cosham | 13486/32845 |
| Hardway | 21998/32845 |
| Portchester East | 24741/32845 |
| Fareham East | 25833/32845 |
| Portchester West | 28451/32845 |
| Bridgemary South | 8786/32845 |
| Paulsgrove (Worst) | 9437/32845 |
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Deprivation in Portchester
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 Portchester. 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 |
|---|---|
| Rowner and Holbrook (Best) | 10100/32845 |
| Bridgemary South | 10157/32845 |
| Bridgemary North | 12332/32845 |
| Hilsea | 12605/32845 |
| Cosham | 13102/32845 |
| Hardway | 21145/32845 |
| Fareham East | 22853/32845 |
| Portchester East | 24039/32845 |
| Portchester West | 27014/32845 |
| Paulsgrove (Worst) | 6062/32845 |
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