So you are thinking of moving to Wells in Somerset? 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 Wells 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 Wells the land of milk and honey or are Glastonbury, Shepton Mallet and Street a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Wells
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 Wells. 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 |
|---|---|
| Keward | 10 |
| Lower Milton | 4 |
| Burcott | 4 |
| Polsham | 1 |
| Green Ore | 1 |
| Callow Hill | 0 |
| Castle | 0 |
| Holly Brook | 0 |
| Dulcote | 0 |
| Croscombe | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Wells. 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 Wells. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Wedmore and Mark (Best) | 28794/32845 |
| Wells St Thomas' | 26391/32845 |
| St Cuthbert Out North | 26268/32845 |
| Wookey and St Cuthbert Out West | 24697/32845 |
| Croscombe and Pilton | 21857/32845 |
| Shepton West | 20089/32845 |
| Wells St Cuthbert's | 14152/32845 |
| Wells Central | 14076/32845 |
| Shepton East | 13334/32845 |
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Your Health in Wells
If you are thinking of moving to Wells, 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 Wells 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Somerset | 1.18% | 4.09% | 13.66% | 34.77% | 46.31% |
| South Somerset | 1.03% | 3.79% | 13.82% | 35.91% | 45.45% |
| Sedgemoor | 1.16% | 4.36% | 14.77% | 35.16% | 44.55% |
| Mendip (Wells) | 1.01% | 3.79% | 13.38% | 35.02% | 46.81% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Wells. 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 Wells. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Wedmore and Mark (Best) | 27309/32845 |
| St Cuthbert Out North | 25821/32845 |
| Croscombe and Pilton | 25557/32845 |
| Wookey and St Cuthbert Out West | 23095/32845 |
| Wells St Thomas' | 22023/32845 |
| Shepton West | 17825/32845 |
| Shepton East | 17172/32845 |
| Wells Central | 17114/32845 |
| Wells St Cuthbert's | 15201/32845 |
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Deprivation in Wells
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 Wells. 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 |
|---|---|
| Wells St Thomas' (Best) | 24957/32845 |
| Wedmore and Mark | 22486/32845 |
| St Cuthbert Out North | 20353/32845 |
| Croscombe and Pilton | 18850/32845 |
| Shepton West | 18777/32845 |
| Wookey and St Cuthbert Out West | 17756/32845 |
| Shepton East | 17079/32845 |
| Wells Central | 14716/32845 |
| Wells St Cuthbert's | 14466/32845 |
