So you are thinking of moving to Stalham in Norfolk? 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 Stalham 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 Stalham the land of milk and honey or are North Walsham, Rackheath and Wroxham a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Stalham
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 Stalham. 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 |
|---|---|
| Stalham | 13 |
| Stalham Green | 9 |
| Hickling Heath | 3 |
| Chapel Field | 2 |
| Hickling Green | 2 |
| Hickling | 2 |
| Ingham | 1 |
| Ingham Corner | 1 |
| Hempstead | 1 |
| Eccles on Sea | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Stalham. 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 Stalham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| West Flegg (Best) | 23747/32845 |
| North Walsham Market Cross | 25610/32845 |
| Stalham | 25813/32845 |
| North Walsham East | 26911/32845 |
| Happisburgh | 27481/32845 |
| North Walsham West | 28770/32845 |
| Hickling | 29205/32845 |
| Blofield with South Walsham | 30023/32845 |
| St. Benet's | 30251/32845 |
| Hoveton & Tunstead (Worst) | 31266/32845 |
Your Health in Stalham
If you are thinking of moving to Stalham, 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 Stalham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich | 1.24% | 4.42% | 14.05% | 35.42% | 44.87% |
| Great Yarmouth | 1.63% | 5.48% | 16.58% | 36.01% | 40.3% |
| North Norfolk (Stalham) | 1.39% | 4.77% | 17.15% | 37.77% | 38.92% |
| Broadland | 1.08% | 3.61% | 14.02% | 36.99% | 44.3% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Stalham. 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 Stalham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| North Walsham East (Best) | 12361/32845 |
| North Walsham Market Cross | 13528/32845 |
| North Walsham West | 13618/32845 |
| Stalham | 15286/32845 |
| West Flegg | 15950/32845 |
| Happisburgh | 16173/32845 |
| Hoveton & Tunstead | 16881/32845 |
| Hickling | 17243/32845 |
| St. Benet's | 18597/32845 |
| Blofield with South Walsham (Worst) | 25666/32845 |
Deprivation in Stalham
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 Stalham. 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 |
|---|---|
| Stalham (Best) | 13449/32845 |
| Hickling | 13664/32845 |
| West Flegg | 13988/32845 |
| Hoveton & Tunstead | 14049/32845 |
| St. Benet's | 14460/32845 |
| North Walsham Market Cross | 14652/32845 |
| North Walsham East | 14956/32845 |
| North Walsham West | 15362/32845 |
| Blofield with South Walsham | 24667/32845 |
| Happisburgh (Worst) | 7961/32845 |
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