So you are thinking of moving to Saffron Walden in Essex? 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 Saffron Walden 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 Saffron Walden the land of milk and honey or are Fulbourn, Thaxted and Haverhill a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Saffron Walden
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 Saffron Walden. 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 |
|---|---|
| Saffron Walden | 18 |
| Newport | 5 |
| Littlebury | 3 |
| Springwell | 3 |
| Little Chesterford | 3 |
| Little Walden | 1 |
| Great Chesterford | 1 |
| Maple End | 1 |
| Audley End | 0 |
| Ashdon | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Saffron Walden. 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 Saffron Walden. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Newport (Best) | 18196/32845 |
| Saffron Walden Castle | 21861/32845 |
| Clavering | 22367/32845 |
| Littlebury, Chesterford & Wenden Lofts | 23822/32845 |
| Elsenham & Henham | 23875/32845 |
| Ashdon | 24877/32845 |
| Saffron Walden Audley | 26785/32845 |
| Saffron Walden Shire | 27121/32845 |
| Stort Valley | 27735/32845 |
| Debden & Wimbish (Worst) | 30826/32845 |
Haverhill, you would think it would be a nicer town
Your Health in Saffron Walden
If you are thinking of moving to Saffron Walden, 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 Saffron Walden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braintree | 0.93% | 3.43% | 12.44% | 35.69% | 47.51% |
| Harlow | 1.21% | 4.15% | 13.67% | 35.85% | 45.11% |
| Cambridge | 0.78% | 2.85% | 9.7% | 31.97% | 54.69% |
| Uttlesford (Saffron Walden) | 0.66% | 2.6% | 10.85% | 33.34% | 52.55% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Saffron Walden. 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 Saffron Walden. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Saffron Walden Castle (Best) | 27523/32845 |
| Newport | 29585/32845 |
| Saffron Walden Shire | 29935/32845 |
| Saffron Walden Audley | 30113/32845 |
| Stort Valley | 31289/32845 |
| Ashdon | 31305/32845 |
| Littlebury, Chesterford & Wenden Lofts | 31504/32845 |
| Elsenham & Henham | 31693/32845 |
| Clavering | 32259/32845 |
| Debden & Wimbish (Worst) | 32431/32845 |
Deprivation in Saffron Walden
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 Saffron Walden. 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 |
|---|---|
| Saffron Walden Castle (Best) | 24438/32845 |
| Clavering | 24538/32845 |
| Ashdon | 24968/32845 |
| Littlebury, Chesterford & Wenden Lofts | 25094/32845 |
| Stort Valley | 25382/32845 |
| Newport | 27607/32845 |
| Saffron Walden Shire | 28701/32845 |
| Debden & Wimbish | 29390/32845 |
| Saffron Walden Audley | 29480/32845 |
| Elsenham & Henham (Worst) | 30274/32845 |
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