So you are thinking of moving to Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire? 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 Tenbury Wells 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 Tenbury Wells the land of milk and honey or are Hatfield, Cleobury Mortimer and Ludlow a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Tenbury Wells
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of July 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Tenbury Wells. 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 |
|---|---|
| Spurtree | 5 |
| Boraston | 4 |
| Knighton on Teme | 3 |
| Tenbury Wells | 2 |
| Kyrewood | 2 |
| Burford | 1 |
| Teme | 1 |
| Boraston Dale | 1 |
| Newnham Bridge | 1 |
| St Michaels | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Tenbury Wells. 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 Tenbury Wells. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Leominster East (Best) | 12080/32845 |
| Ludlow East | 19241/32845 |
| Leominster North & Rural | 20083/32845 |
| Ludlow North | 20931/32845 |
| Tenbury | 24861/32845 |
| Teme Valley | 27245/32845 |
| Ludlow South | 27590/32845 |
| Bircher | 28478/32845 |
| Lindridge | 29937/32845 |
| Clee (Worst) | 30153/32845 |
Hertford: fetid with the haughty stench of smug self righteousness
Your Health in Tenbury Wells
If you are thinking of moving to Tenbury Wells, 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 Tenbury Wells 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Staffordshire | 1.27% | 4.1% | 13.78% | 35.5% | 45.34% |
| Wyre Forest | 1.36% | 4.64% | 15.19% | 35.19% | 43.61% |
| Malvern Hills (Tenbury Wells) | 1.36% | 3.94% | 14.06% | 35.07% | 45.57% |
| Worcester | 1.03% | 3.83% | 12.78% | 34.93% | 47.44% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Tenbury Wells. 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 Tenbury Wells. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Leominster East (Best) | 12370/32845 |
| Ludlow East | 16518/32845 |
| Leominster North & Rural | 17831/32845 |
| Ludlow North | 20205/32845 |
| Tenbury | 22059/32845 |
| Bircher | 23405/32845 |
| Ludlow South | 25096/32845 |
| Clee | 28175/32845 |
| Lindridge | 28857/32845 |
| Teme Valley (Worst) | 29564/32845 |
Hatfield, take the average new town. Kick it about a bit & remove all the leisure amenities
Deprivation in Tenbury Wells
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 Tenbury Wells. 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 |
|---|---|
| Leominster North & Rural (Best) | 11875/32845 |
| Lindridge | 15351/32845 |
| Teme Valley | 15925/32845 |
| Ludlow East | 15973/32845 |
| Ludlow North | 15985/32845 |
| Tenbury | 16244/32845 |
| Clee | 16438/32845 |
| Ludlow South | 17981/32845 |
| Bircher | 18585/32845 |
| Leominster East (Worst) | 9756/32845 |
Bewdley, Worcestershire
Evesham – most women wouldn’t think twice about nicking your husband!
Hagley, The Essex of the Midlands
Kidderminster, I think all the country air is messing these people up
Hagley, a not so quiet village
Bewdley, there is a selection of giant douchebags who live here
Stourport-On-Severn: a hell hole of charity shops & old people’s homes