So you are thinking of moving to South Woodham Ferrers 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 South Woodham Ferrers 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 South Woodham Ferrers the land of milk and honey or are Hockley, Leigh on Sea and Rayleigh a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in South Woodham Ferrers
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 South Woodham Ferrers. 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 |
|---|---|
| South Woodham Ferrers | 30 |
| Battlesbridge | 13 |
| Mill Hill | 4 |
| Rettendon | 2 |
| South Fambridge | 2 |
| Cock Clarks | 2 |
| Farther Howegreen | 2 |
| Cold Norton | 2 |
| Rawreth | 1 |
| Chapel Row | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for South Woodham Ferrers. 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 South Woodham Ferrers. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Hockley (Best) | 28993/32845 |
| Sweyne Park and Grange | 28181/32845 |
| South Woodham-Chetwood and Collingwood | 27350/32845 |
| Trinity | 27300/32845 |
| Downhall and Rawreth | 26990/32845 |
| South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville | 26760/32845 |
| Hullbridge | 24771/32845 |
| Purleigh | 22073/32845 |
| Wheatley | 18335/32845 |
| Rettendon and Runwell (Worst) | 12251/32845 |
All this talk of Golborne in Wigan is making me feel ill...
Your Health in South Woodham Ferrers
If you are thinking of moving to South Woodham Ferrers, 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 South Woodham Ferrers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southend-on-Sea | 1.26% | 4.48% | 14.06% | 35.09% | 45.11% |
| Chelmsford (South Woodham Ferrers) | 0.81% | 2.84% | 11.44% | 34.72% | 50.19% |
| Castle Point | 1.26% | 4.4% | 14.73% | 36.12% | 43.49% |
| Rochford | 0.94% | 3.38% | 13.01% | 34.92% | 47.76% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for South Woodham Ferrers. 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 South Woodham Ferrers. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville (Best) | 30595/32845 |
| Hockley | 29502/32845 |
| Wheatley | 28695/32845 |
| Trinity | 28591/32845 |
| Downhall and Rawreth | 28275/32845 |
| Sweyne Park and Grange | 27778/32845 |
| Purleigh | 27565/32845 |
| Rettendon and Runwell | 27061/32845 |
| South Woodham-Chetwood and Collingwood | 26895/32845 |
| Hullbridge (Worst) | 26638/32845 |
Southend-on-sea: Face to face with the missing link
Deprivation in South Woodham Ferrers
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 South Woodham Ferrers. 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 |
|---|---|
| Hockley (Best) | 29503/32845 |
| South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville | 29358/32845 |
| Trinity | 28200/32845 |
| South Woodham-Chetwood and Collingwood | 26452/32845 |
| Wheatley | 25949/32845 |
| Sweyne Park and Grange | 25595/32845 |
| Downhall and Rawreth | 25559/32845 |
| Hullbridge | 24397/32845 |
| Purleigh | 19017/32845 |
| Rettendon and Runwell (Worst) | 18068/32845 |
