So you are thinking of moving to Southend on Sea 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 Southend on Sea 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 Southend on Sea the land of milk and honey or are Rochford, Southchurch and Westcliff on Sea a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Southend on Sea
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 Southend on Sea. 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 |
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Southend-on-Sea | 312 |
Southchurch | 98 |
North Shoebury | 74 |
Bournes Green | 60 |
Hockley | 22 |
Stonebridge | 19 |
Ashingdon | 14 |
Great Stambridge | 2 |
Ballards Gore | 2 |
Canewdon | 1 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Southend on Sea. 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 Southend on Sea. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
Ward | Average rank in England |
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Roche South (Best) | 10862/32845 |
St. Luke's | 11498/32845 |
Prittlewell | 13131/32845 |
Westborough | 13675/32845 |
Roche North and Rural | 14147/32845 |
St Laurence | 15881/32845 |
Blenheim Park | 18021/32845 |
Hawkwell East | 24728/32845 |
Hawkwell West | 26700/32845 |
Victoria (Worst) | 5458/32845 |
Southend-on-Sea, a sorry little grief hole on the Essex coast
Your Health in Southend on Sea
If you are thinking of moving to Southend on Sea, 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 Southend on Sea 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 |
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Southend-on-Sea | 1.26% | 4.48% | 14.06% | 35.09% | 45.11% |
Castle Point | 1.26% | 4.4% | 14.73% | 36.12% | 43.49% |
Rochford (Southend on Sea) | 0.94% | 3.38% | 13.01% | 34.92% | 47.76% |
Maldon | 1.08% | 3.67% | 13.42% | 35.63% | 46.2% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Southend on Sea. 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 Southend on Sea. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
Ward | Average rank in England |
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Westborough (Best) | 12635/32845 |
Blenheim Park | 15007/32845 |
St. Luke's | 15349/32845 |
St Laurence | 16615/32845 |
Prittlewell | 17259/32845 |
Roche South | 20882/32845 |
Roche North and Rural | 21656/32845 |
Hawkwell East | 27334/32845 |
Hawkwell West | 30061/32845 |
Victoria (Worst) | 6820/32845 |
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Deprivation in Southend on Sea
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 Southend on Sea. 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 |
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Westborough (Best) | 11972/32845 |
St. Luke's | 11998/32845 |
St Laurence | 14498/32845 |
Roche South | 15324/32845 |
Roche North and Rural | 16018/32845 |
Blenheim Park | 16546/32845 |
Prittlewell | 18276/32845 |
Hawkwell East | 25082/32845 |
Hawkwell West | 28004/32845 |
Victoria (Worst) | 5097/32845 |
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