So you're asking yourself the question 'is Waltham Abbey a nice place to live?'' 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 Waltham Abbey 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 Waltham Abbey truly a nice place to live, or are Chingford, Cheshunt and Waltham Cross a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Waltham Abbey
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 Waltham Abbey. 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.
| Policing Area | Voilent Crimes |
|---|---|
| Freezy Water | 149 |
| Holdbrook | 149 |
| Waltham Cross | 102 |
| Lea Navigation | 101 |
| Cheshunt | 67 |
| Waltham Abbey | 60 |
| Aimes Green | 18 |
| Lea (Lee) | 6 |
| Holyfield | 2 |
| Claverhambury | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Waltham Abbey. 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 Waltham Abbey. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Enfield Lock (Best) | 14237/32845 |
| Cheshunt North | 14036/32845 |
| Waltham Abbey North East | 13599/32845 |
| Waltham Abbey Honey Lane | 11922/32845 |
| Rosedale and Bury Green | 10905/32845 |
| Waltham Abbey Paternoster | 10129/32845 |
| Waltham Abbey South West | 10049/32845 |
| Turkey Street | 9131/32845 |
| Waltham Cross | 9044/32845 |
| Cheshunt South and Theobalds (Worst) | 8739/32845 |
Hertford: fetid with the haughty stench of smug self righteousness
Your Health in Waltham Abbey
If you are thinking of moving to Waltham Abbey, 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 Waltham Abbey compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Town | Very Bad | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Enfield | 1.34% | 4.11% |
| Redbridge | 1.15% | 3.76% |
| Epping Forest (Waltham Abbey) | 1.04% | 3.56% |
| Broxbourne | 1.04% | 3.59% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Waltham Abbey. 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 Waltham Abbey. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Cheshunt South and Theobalds (Best) | 25004/32845 |
| Cheshunt North | 24447/32845 |
| Waltham Abbey Honey Lane | 24413/32845 |
| Waltham Abbey South West | 21699/32845 |
| Enfield Lock | 21244/32845 |
| Waltham Abbey North East | 20271/32845 |
| Waltham Cross | 19901/32845 |
| Rosedale and Bury Green | 19725/32845 |
| Turkey Street | 19026/32845 |
| Waltham Abbey Paternoster (Worst) | 14936/32845 |
Harlow - Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter...
Deprivation in Waltham Abbey
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 Waltham Abbey. 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 |
|---|---|
| Cheshunt North (Best) | 16565/32845 |
| Waltham Abbey Honey Lane | 15926/32845 |
| Cheshunt South and Theobalds | 15698/32845 |
| Waltham Abbey North East | 14706/32845 |
| Waltham Abbey South West | 13343/32845 |
| Rosedale and Bury Green | 12690/32845 |
| Waltham Abbey Paternoster | 11999/32845 |
| Waltham Cross | 10910/32845 |
| Enfield Lock | 7511/32845 |
| Turkey Street (Worst) | 6276/32845 |
Average rent in Waltham Abbey
Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These statistics for Waltham Abbey are dated September 2021. They are split into three figures, the lower quartile, mean and upper quartile. If you recieve housing benefit or the housing benefit section of Universal Credit, the lower quartile is at the top limit of what would be affordable. The mean is the average you'd expect to pay for a rental property and the upper quartile is the average rental cost of the most expensive 25% of properties in Waltham Abbey.
Weekly Gross Pay and Hourly Pay in Waltham Abbey
If you are thinking of moving to Waltham Abbey, you'll want to know how much you can earn in a job in the town. The government publish regular statistics on gross weekly pay and pay per hour.
