So you are thinking of moving to Radstock in Somerset? 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 Radstock 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 Radstock the land of milk and honey or are Frome, Midsomer Norton and Norton Radstock a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Radstock
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of February 2021 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Radstock. 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 |
|---|---|
| Clandown | 18 |
| Radstock | 18 |
| Tyning | 11 |
| New Buildings | 7 |
| Peasedown St John | 7 |
| Green Parlour | 6 |
| Shoscombe Vale | 5 |
| Ashgrove | 4 |
| Foxcote | 2 |
| Camerton | 1 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Radstock. 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 Radstock. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Radstock (Best) | 15972/32845 |
| Paulton | 18157/32845 |
| Midsomer Norton Redfield | 20263/32845 |
| Westfield | 21182/32845 |
| Coleford and Holcombe | 22239/32845 |
| Midsomer Norton North | 24362/32845 |
| Chewton Mendip and Ston Easton | 24613/32845 |
| Peasedown | 25303/32845 |
| High Littleton | 27155/32845 |
| Timsbury (Worst) | 29030/32845 |
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Your Health in Radstock
If you are thinking of moving to Radstock, 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 Radstock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiltshire | 0.87% | 3.18% | 12.15% | 34.05% | 49.75% |
| South Gloucestershire | 0.93% | 3.26% | 11.77% | 34.89% | 49.15% |
| Bath and North East Somerset (Radstock) | 0.91% | 3.31% | 11.85% | 33.43% | 50.5% |
| Mendip | 1.01% | 3.79% | 13.38% | 35.02% | 46.81% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Radstock. 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 Radstock. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Radstock (Best) | 18001/32845 |
| Coleford and Holcombe | 18852/32845 |
| Westfield | 21237/32845 |
| Paulton | 21896/32845 |
| Midsomer Norton Redfield | 22457/32845 |
| Peasedown | 23697/32845 |
| Timsbury | 23970/32845 |
| High Littleton | 26079/32845 |
| Chewton Mendip and Ston Easton | 26089/32845 |
| Midsomer Norton North (Worst) | 26264/32845 |
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Deprivation in Radstock
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 Radstock. 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 |
|---|---|
| Radstock (Best) | 15783/32845 |
| Coleford and Holcombe | 18103/32845 |
| Chewton Mendip and Ston Easton | 19937/32845 |
| Westfield | 20345/32845 |
| Peasedown | 21261/32845 |
| Midsomer Norton Redfield | 23032/32845 |
| Paulton | 23989/32845 |
| Timsbury | 25448/32845 |
| Midsomer Norton North | 26975/32845 |
| High Littleton (Worst) | 27867/32845 |
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