So you are thinking of moving to Salisbury in Wiltshire? 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 Salisbury 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 Salisbury the land of milk and honey or are Fordingbridge, Amesbury and Wilton a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Salisbury
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 Salisbury. 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 |
|---|---|
| Salisbury | 56 |
| Laverstock | 50 |
| Bishopdown | 43 |
| Milford | 36 |
| Bemerton Heath | 36 |
| Stratford Sub Castle | 34 |
| Bemerton | 22 |
| Churchfields | 16 |
| Fugglestone St Peter | 6 |
| Harnham | 1 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Salisbury. 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 Salisbury. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Salisbury Bemerton (Best) | 10598/32845 |
| Salisbury St Martin's and Cathedral | 14716/32845 |
| Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton Village | 19743/32845 |
| Laverstock, Ford and Old Sarum | 19893/32845 |
| Salisbury St Paul's | 20027/32845 |
| Salisbury St Francis and Stratford | 22224/32845 |
| Salisbury St Mark's and Bishopdown | 23906/32845 |
| Fovant and Chalke Valley | 24057/32845 |
| Bourne and Woodford Valley | 24775/32845 |
| Salisbury St Edmund and Milford (Worst) | 9980/32845 |
Salisbury: hole of Wiltshire
Your Health in Salisbury
If you are thinking of moving to Salisbury, 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 Salisbury 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 (Salisbury) | 0.87% | 3.18% | 12.15% | 34.05% | 49.75% |
| Southampton | 1.2% | 3.89% | 12.36% | 34.99% | 47.56% |
| New Forest | 1.08% | 3.81% | 14.09% | 35.87% | 45.15% |
| Eastleigh | 0.87% | 3.05% | 11.61% | 35.3% | 49.17% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Salisbury. 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 Salisbury. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Salisbury Bemerton (Best) | 13420/32845 |
| Salisbury St Edmund and Milford | 13876/32845 |
| Salisbury St Martin's and Cathedral | 20619/32845 |
| Salisbury St Paul's | 21697/32845 |
| Salisbury St Mark's and Bishopdown | 21926/32845 |
| Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton Village | 22197/32845 |
| Bourne and Woodford Valley | 23506/32845 |
| Salisbury St Francis and Stratford | 24700/32845 |
| Laverstock, Ford and Old Sarum | 27906/32845 |
| Fovant and Chalke Valley (Worst) | 28676/32845 |
Salisbury: I spy with my 3rd eye
Deprivation in Salisbury
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 Salisbury. 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 |
|---|---|
| Salisbury St Edmund and Milford (Best) | 14966/32845 |
| Fovant and Chalke Valley | 17314/32845 |
| Salisbury St Martin's and Cathedral | 21140/32845 |
| Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton Village | 21812/32845 |
| Laverstock, Ford and Old Sarum | 23925/32845 |
| Salisbury St Mark's and Bishopdown | 24043/32845 |
| Salisbury St Paul's | 24312/32845 |
| Bourne and Woodford Valley | 24420/32845 |
| Salisbury St Francis and Stratford | 25626/32845 |
| Salisbury Bemerton (Worst) | 9769/32845 |
Salisbury: hole of Wiltshire
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