So you are thinking of moving to Thorpe St Andrew 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 Thorpe St Andrew 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 Thorpe St Andrew the land of milk and honey or are Norwich, Rackheath and Wroxham a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Thorpe St Andrew
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 Thorpe St Andrew. 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 |
|---|---|
| New Catton | 286 |
| Norwich | 252 |
| New Sprowston | 168 |
| Lakenham | 148 |
| Sprowston | 124 |
| Old Catton | 109 |
| New Rackheath | 9 |
| Great Plumstead | 5 |
| Rackheath | 2 |
| Postwick | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Thorpe St Andrew. 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 Thorpe St Andrew. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Sewell (Best) | 10274/32845 |
| Catton Grove | 12705/32845 |
| Lakenham | 14697/32845 |
| Thorpe St Andrew South East | 26688/32845 |
| Thorpe St Andrew North West | 26761/32845 |
| Plumstead | 29820/32845 |
| Sprowston East | 30097/32845 |
| Mancroft | 6152/32845 |
| Thorpe Hamlet | 9041/32845 |
| Crome (Worst) | 9695/32845 |
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Your Health in Thorpe St Andrew
If you are thinking of moving to Thorpe St Andrew, 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 Thorpe St Andrew 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 | 1.39% | 4.77% | 17.15% | 37.77% | 38.92% |
| Broadland (Thorpe St Andrew) | 1.08% | 3.61% | 14.02% | 36.99% | 44.3% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Thorpe St Andrew. 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 Thorpe St Andrew. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Thorpe St Andrew North West (Best) | 19672/32845 |
| Thorpe St Andrew South East | 24745/32845 |
| Sprowston East | 25101/32845 |
| Plumstead | 27295/32845 |
| Mancroft | 2834/32845 |
| Lakenham | 5039/32845 |
| Crome | 5342/32845 |
| Sewell | 7312/32845 |
| Thorpe Hamlet | 7371/32845 |
| Catton Grove (Worst) | 9057/32845 |
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Deprivation in Thorpe St Andrew
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 Thorpe St Andrew. 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 |
|---|---|
| Catton Grove (Best) | 10525/32845 |
| Sewell | 11447/32845 |
| Thorpe Hamlet | 12422/32845 |
| Thorpe St Andrew North West | 21592/32845 |
| Plumstead | 23780/32845 |
| Thorpe St Andrew South East | 24554/32845 |
| Sprowston East | 26769/32845 |
| Mancroft | 6413/32845 |
| Crome | 7181/32845 |
| Lakenham (Worst) | 8362/32845 |
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