So you are thinking of moving to Trowbridge in Wiltshire? 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 Trowbridge 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 Trowbridge the land of milk and honey or are Bradford on Avon, Melksham and Westbury a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Trowbridge
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 Trowbridge. 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 |
|---|---|
| Lower Studley | 82 |
| Longfield | 82 |
| Biss | 55 |
| Drynham | 25 |
| Holt | 10 |
| Ham Green | 8 |
| Cold Harbour | 6 |
| Ashton Common | 2 |
| Bleet | 2 |
| Bullenhill | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Trowbridge. 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 Trowbridge. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Bradford-on-Avon North (Best) | 25270/32845 |
| Winsley and Westwood | 25107/32845 |
| Hilperton | 22013/32845 |
| Trowbridge Paxcroft | 17805/32845 |
| Trowbridge Lambrok | 17098/32845 |
| Trowbridge Grove | 16577/32845 |
| Trowbridge Drynham | 14656/32845 |
| Trowbridge Adcroft | 11895/32845 |
| Trowbridge Park | 10313/32845 |
| Trowbridge Central (Worst) | 8724/32845 |
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Your Health in Trowbridge
If you are thinking of moving to Trowbridge, 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 Trowbridge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiltshire (Trowbridge) | 0.87% | 3.18% | 12.15% | 34.05% | 49.75% |
| South Gloucestershire | 0.93% | 3.26% | 11.77% | 34.89% | 49.15% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 0.91% | 3.31% | 11.85% | 33.43% | 50.5% |
| Mendip | 1.01% | 3.79% | 13.38% | 35.02% | 46.81% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Trowbridge. 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 Trowbridge. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Trowbridge Paxcroft (Best) | 28706/32845 |
| Hilperton | 27550/32845 |
| Bradford-on-Avon North | 27288/32845 |
| Winsley and Westwood | 27267/32845 |
| Trowbridge Park | 22166/32845 |
| Trowbridge Adcroft | 21482/32845 |
| Trowbridge Drynham | 20420/32845 |
| Trowbridge Lambrok | 20007/32845 |
| Trowbridge Grove | 19887/32845 |
| Trowbridge Central (Worst) | 18804/32845 |
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Deprivation in Trowbridge
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 Trowbridge. 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 |
|---|---|
| Bradford-on-Avon North (Best) | 27658/32845 |
| Winsley and Westwood | 26314/32845 |
| Hilperton | 23820/32845 |
| Trowbridge Paxcroft | 21641/32845 |
| Trowbridge Grove | 19283/32845 |
| Trowbridge Lambrok | 18168/32845 |
| Trowbridge Drynham | 17283/32845 |
| Trowbridge Adcroft | 15830/32845 |
| Trowbridge Park | 15280/32845 |
| Trowbridge Central (Worst) | 13811/32845 |
