So you are thinking of moving to Walton on the Naze in Essex? 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 the Naze 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 the Naze the land of milk and honey or are Frinton on Sea, Holland on Sea and Thorpe Bay a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Walton on the Naze
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 the Naze. 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 |
|---|---|
| Burrsville Park | 55 |
| Upper Dovercourt | 32 |
| Walton-on-the-Naze | 24 |
| Holland-on-Sea | 21 |
| Cook’s Green | 18 |
| Great Holland | 7 |
| Little Oakley | 6 |
| Frinton-On-Sea | 5 |
| Beaumont-cum-Moze | 2 |
| Great Oakley | 1 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Walton on the Naze. 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 the Naze. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Walton (Best) | 11898/32845 |
| Dovercourt All Saints | 12022/32845 |
| Eastcliff | 15342/32845 |
| Thorpe, Beaumont & Great Holland | 17734/32845 |
| Homelands | 22274/32845 |
| Little Clacton | 22509/32845 |
| Frinton | 23983/32845 |
| St Bartholomew's | 24206/32845 |
| Kirby Cross | 24994/32845 |
| Kirby-le-Soken & Hamford (Worst) | 26225/32845 |
Your Health in Walton on the Naze
If you are thinking of moving to Walton on the Naze, 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 the Naze 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tendring (Walton on the Naze) | 1.78% | 5.83% | 18.15% | 35.82% | 38.42% |
| Ipswich | 1.14% | 3.92% | 13.53% | 35.84% | 45.56% |
| Mid Suffolk | 0.83% | 3.12% | 12.85% | 35.31% | 47.88% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Walton on the Naze. 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 the Naze. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Frinton (Best) | 10611/32845 |
| Thorpe, Beaumont & Great Holland | 11410/32845 |
| Kirby-le-Soken & Hamford | 11665/32845 |
| Kirby Cross | 12909/32845 |
| Walton | 5191/32845 |
| Eastcliff | 6328/32845 |
| Homelands | 7377/32845 |
| St Bartholomew's | 8144/32845 |
| Dovercourt All Saints | 9075/32845 |
| Little Clacton (Worst) | 9165/32845 |
Deprivation in Walton on the Naze
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 the Naze. 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 |
|---|---|
| Eastcliff (Best) | 10418/32845 |
| Dovercourt All Saints | 12004/32845 |
| Little Clacton | 12196/32845 |
| St Bartholomew's | 13051/32845 |
| Thorpe, Beaumont & Great Holland | 13930/32845 |
| Kirby Cross | 15951/32845 |
| Kirby-le-Soken & Hamford | 16410/32845 |
| Frinton | 16643/32845 |
| Walton | 5727/32845 |
| Homelands (Worst) | 9071/32845 |
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