So you are thinking of moving to Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire? 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 Princes Risborough 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 Princes Risborough the land of milk and honey or are Aylesbury, Wendover and Thame a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Princes Risborough
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 Princes Risborough. 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 |
|---|---|
| Monks Risborough | 18 |
| Alscot | 18 |
| Lower Cadsden | 16 |
| Green Hailey | 15 |
| Askett | 5 |
| Great Kimble | 4 |
| Horsenden | 2 |
| Meadle | 1 |
| Wardrobes | 1 |
| Parslow’s Hillock | 1 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Princes Risborough. 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 Princes Risborough. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Walton Court & Hawkslade (Best) | 18539/32845 |
| Aston Clinton & Stoke Mandeville | 24677/32845 |
| Stokenchurch and Radnage | 25350/32845 |
| Downley and Plomer Hill | 25840/32845 |
| Wendover & Halton | 26999/32845 |
| Icknield | 27548/32845 |
| The Risboroughs | 28163/32845 |
| Haddenham & Stone | 29440/32845 |
| Bledlow and Bradenham | 31610/32845 |
| Lacey Green, Speen and the Hampdens (Worst) | 31879/32845 |
Aylesbury: eyesore concrete jungle
Your Health in Princes Risborough
If you are thinking of moving to Princes Risborough, 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 Princes Risborough 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aylesbury Vale | 0.78% | 2.68% | 10.95% | 34.19% | 51.4% |
| Wycombe (Princes Risborough) | 0.78% | 2.71% | 10.75% | 34.21% | 51.55% |
| South Oxfordshire | 0.73% | 2.62% | 10.73% | 33.35% | 52.56% |
| Chiltern | 0.7% | 2.52% | 10.18% | 32.78% | 53.81% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Princes Risborough. 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 Princes Risborough. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Walton Court & Hawkslade (Best) | 19259/32845 |
| Stokenchurch and Radnage | 27617/32845 |
| The Risboroughs | 27956/32845 |
| Haddenham & Stone | 28312/32845 |
| Aston Clinton & Stoke Mandeville | 28652/32845 |
| Wendover & Halton | 29598/32845 |
| Icknield | 30230/32845 |
| Downley and Plomer Hill | 30283/32845 |
| Lacey Green, Speen and the Hampdens | 32020/32845 |
| Bledlow and Bradenham (Worst) | 32682/32845 |
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Deprivation in Princes Risborough
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 Princes Risborough. 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 |
|---|---|
| Walton Court & Hawkslade (Best) | 17889/32845 |
| Stokenchurch and Radnage | 25134/32845 |
| Bledlow and Bradenham | 25873/32845 |
| The Risboroughs | 26129/32845 |
| Icknield | 26755/32845 |
| Haddenham & Stone | 28100/32845 |
| Aston Clinton & Stoke Mandeville | 29093/32845 |
| Wendover & Halton | 29164/32845 |
| Lacey Green, Speen and the Hampdens | 30790/32845 |
| Downley and Plomer Hill (Worst) | 31113/32845 |
Princes Risborough, if you find yourself there just keep driving
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