So you are thinking of moving to Rochester in Kent? 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 Rochester 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 Rochester the land of milk and honey or are Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Rochester
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 Rochester. 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 |
|---|---|
| Brompton | 498 |
| Gillingham | 413 |
| Frindsbury | 195 |
| Grange | 190 |
| Chatham | 115 |
| Wayfield | 107 |
| Borstal | 71 |
| Chattenden | 25 |
| Lower Upnor | 15 |
| Higham | 11 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Rochester. 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 Rochester. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Strood North (Best) | 12046/32845 |
| Rochester South and Horsted | 12266/32845 |
| Strood Rural | 14361/32845 |
| Chatham Central | 2313/32845 |
| Gillingham North | 3097/32845 |
| Luton and Wayfield | 3300/32845 |
| Rochester West | 5062/32845 |
| Rochester East | 5339/32845 |
| River | 7986/32845 |
| Strood South (Worst) | 8500/32845 |
Sheerness: industrial eyesore & the ‘crapital’ of the Isle of Sheppey
Your Health in Rochester
If you are thinking of moving to Rochester, 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 Rochester 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medway (Rochester) | 1.09% | 3.94% | 13% | 36.25% | 45.72% |
| Gravesham | 1.1% | 4.03% | 13.4% | 34.97% | 46.5% |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 0.86% | 3.09% | 11.81% | 34.33% | 49.92% |
| Dartford | 1.03% | 3.4% | 12.16% | 34.86% | 48.55% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Rochester. 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 Rochester. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| River (Best) | 11043/32845 |
| Strood South | 13571/32845 |
| Rochester East | 13775/32845 |
| Strood North | 16679/32845 |
| Rochester West | 18250/32845 |
| Strood Rural | 19044/32845 |
| Rochester South and Horsted | 19230/32845 |
| Chatham Central | 8025/32845 |
| Luton and Wayfield | 8421/32845 |
| Gillingham North (Worst) | 9879/32845 |
Maidstone - The town that progress forgot
Deprivation in Rochester
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 Rochester. 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 |
|---|---|
| River (Best) | 10527/32845 |
| Rochester East | 10889/32845 |
| Rochester West | 15081/32845 |
| Strood North | 15505/32845 |
| Strood Rural | 19603/32845 |
| Rochester South and Horsted | 19775/32845 |
| Chatham Central | 4752/32845 |
| Luton and Wayfield | 5326/32845 |
| Gillingham North | 5730/32845 |
| Strood South (Worst) | 9583/32845 |
Rochester should forget Dickens. He’s dead & the town should try a new trick
Hoo, if you smoke weed then there’s one dealer for every 3 people
Strood, Rochester, Kent
Sheerness: industrial eyesore & the ‘crapital’ of the Isle of Sheppey
Gillingham- The Bane of my Life
Chatham, Kent, aka Chavham
Gillingham: a quaint little sh*tehouse situated on the river Medway
Gillingham – Lively Rubbish Bin of the South East
Maidstone – The town that progress forgot