So you are thinking of moving to Walton on Thames in Surrey? 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 Walton on Thames 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 Walton on Thames the land of milk and honey or are Esher, Kingston upon Thames and Weybridge a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Walton on Thames
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of November 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Walton on Thames. 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 |
|---|---|
| Walton-on-Thames | 54 |
| Ashley Park | 49 |
| Rydens | 46 |
| Field Common | 35 |
| Hersham | 28 |
| Oatlands Park | 25 |
| Upper Halliford | 20 |
| Shepperton | 18 |
| Shepperton Green | 18 |
| Lower Halliford | 16 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Walton on Thames. 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 Walton on Thames. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Halliford and Sunbury West (Best) | 12667/32845 |
| Walton North | 12913/32845 |
| Addlestone South | 14281/32845 |
| Walton Central | 14679/32845 |
| Walton South | 16858/32845 |
| Weybridge Riverside | 17119/32845 |
| Shepperton Town | 18881/32845 |
| Hersham Village | 19014/32845 |
| Sunbury East | 20007/32845 |
| Oatlands and Burwood Park (Worst) | 25584/32845 |
Hinchley Wood (Clarkson was right)
Your Health in Walton on Thames
If you are thinking of moving to Walton on Thames, 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 Walton on Thames 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond upon Thames | 0.75% | 2.47% | 8.91% | 30.53% | 57.34% |
| Kingston upon Thames | 0.79% | 2.77% | 10.26% | 33.49% | 52.69% |
| Elmbridge (Walton on Thames) | 0.66% | 2.46% | 9.44% | 30.99% | 56.45% |
| Spelthorne | 0.87% | 3.23% | 12.04% | 35.82% | 48.04% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Walton on Thames. 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 Walton on Thames. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Addlestone South (Best) | 23678/32845 |
| Halliford and Sunbury West | 25068/32845 |
| Walton North | 25227/32845 |
| Shepperton Town | 26182/32845 |
| Sunbury East | 28123/32845 |
| Hersham Village | 28457/32845 |
| Walton South | 29620/32845 |
| Weybridge Riverside | 29964/32845 |
| Oatlands and Burwood Park | 30707/32845 |
| Walton Central (Worst) | 31644/32845 |
Weybridge: a quaint commuter belt town, ruined!
Deprivation in Walton on Thames
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 Walton on Thames. 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 |
|---|---|
| Walton North (Best) | 19920/32845 |
| Addlestone South | 20201/32845 |
| Halliford and Sunbury West | 20610/32845 |
| Hersham Village | 24555/32845 |
| Shepperton Town | 25709/32845 |
| Walton South | 27816/32845 |
| Sunbury East | 28124/32845 |
| Oatlands and Burwood Park | 28608/32845 |
| Weybridge Riverside | 28629/32845 |
| Walton Central (Worst) | 28998/32845 |
Wallington, Surrey – full of ***** and betting shops
Redhill-I hate it
Epsom: the not-so-salubrious suburb
Woking: good train links to London apart from that it’s a sh*thole
West Byfleet, a town dominated by rich middle class snobs
Mitcham, 85% of businesses are fast food joints, kebab & fried chicken shops
Godalming – why?
Farnham – Surrey’s snootiest town
Hinchley Wood (Clarkson was right)