So you are thinking of moving to Strood in Kent? 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 Strood 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 Strood the land of milk and honey or are Rye, Cranbrook and Tenterden a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Strood
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 Strood. 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 |
|---|---|
| Tenterden | 10 |
| St Michaels | 8 |
| Durrant Green | 5 |
| London Beach | 5 |
| Broad Tenterden | 3 |
| Biddenden | 2 |
| Curteis’ Corner | 1 |
| Newenden | 0 |
| Beacon Hill | 0 |
| Benenden | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Strood. 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 Strood. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Northern Rother (Best) | 26781/32845 |
| Tenterden St Michael's | 24504/32845 |
| Tenterden North | 21939/32845 |
| Biddenden | 20458/32845 |
| Rolvenden & Tenterden West | 19867/32845 |
| Benenden and Cranbrook | 19601/32845 |
| Frittenden and Sissinghurst | 18828/32845 |
| Tenterden South | 17989/32845 |
| Weald North | 16655/32845 |
| Eastern Rother (Worst) | 16066/32845 |
Chatham: the dog sh*t splattered patio of the Garden of England
Your Health in Strood
If you are thinking of moving to Strood, 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 Strood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings | 1.72% | 5.72% | 15.82% | 36.24% | 40.5% |
| Maidstone | 0.97% | 3.43% | 12.43% | 35.05% | 48.11% |
| Ashford (Strood) | 1.06% | 3.53% | 12.74% | 35.09% | 47.58% |
| Tunbridge Wells | 0.78% | 3.09% | 11.12% | 33.6% | 51.42% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Strood. 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 Strood. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Frittenden and Sissinghurst (Best) | 32295/32845 |
| Weald North | 26763/32845 |
| Benenden and Cranbrook | 26168/32845 |
| Tenterden St Michael's | 25439/32845 |
| Rolvenden & Tenterden West | 24620/32845 |
| Tenterden North | 24520/32845 |
| Biddenden | 23902/32845 |
| Tenterden South | 23014/32845 |
| Northern Rother | 21815/32845 |
| Eastern Rother (Worst) | 17340/32845 |
Chatham, Kent, aka Chavham
Deprivation in Strood
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 Strood. 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 |
|---|---|
| Tenterden St Michael's (Best) | 24722/32845 |
| Tenterden North | 22812/32845 |
| Frittenden and Sissinghurst | 22743/32845 |
| Benenden and Cranbrook | 20029/32845 |
| Tenterden South | 19154/32845 |
| Weald North | 18010/32845 |
| Rolvenden & Tenterden West | 17948/32845 |
| Northern Rother | 17501/32845 |
| Biddenden | 15507/32845 |
| Eastern Rother (Worst) | 9779/32845 |
