So you are thinking of moving to West Thurrock 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 West Thurrock 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 West Thurrock the land of milk and honey or are Chafford Hundred, Grays and Swanscombe and Greenhithe a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in West Thurrock
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 West Thurrock. 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 |
|---|---|
| Temple Hill | 149 |
| Stone | 120 |
| South Stifford | 86 |
| South Ockendon | 80 |
| Lakeside | 75 |
| Knockhall | 68 |
| Grays | 66 |
| North Stifford | 59 |
| Greenhithe | 46 |
| Aveley | 24 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for West Thurrock. 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 West Thurrock. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Grays Thurrock (Best) | 14762/32845 |
| South Chafford | 22254/32845 |
| Chafford and North Stifford | 23516/32845 |
| Greenhithe & Knockhall | 5462/32845 |
| Belhus | 5913/32845 |
| Aveley and Uplands | 6071/32845 |
| Grays Riverside | 8573/32845 |
| West Thurrock and South Stifford | 9150/32845 |
| Stone Castle | 9730/32845 |
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Your Health in West Thurrock
If you are thinking of moving to West Thurrock, 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 West Thurrock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bexley | 1.09% | 3.74% | 12.51% | 34.68% | 47.98% |
| Thurrock (West Thurrock) | 1.03% | 3.73% | 12.29% | 34.74% | 48.2% |
| Gravesham | 1.1% | 4.03% | 13.4% | 34.97% | 46.5% |
| Dartford | 1.03% | 3.4% | 12.16% | 34.86% | 48.55% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for West Thurrock. 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 West Thurrock. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Belhus (Best) | 13879/32845 |
| Stone Castle | 16547/32845 |
| Aveley and Uplands | 16977/32845 |
| Grays Thurrock | 17886/32845 |
| West Thurrock and South Stifford | 18880/32845 |
| Grays Riverside | 19120/32845 |
| Greenhithe & Knockhall | 23045/32845 |
| Chafford and North Stifford | 25508/32845 |
| South Chafford | 27140/32845 |
Tilbury, a God-forsaken town of disgruntled, rancorous d*ckheads
Deprivation in West Thurrock
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 West Thurrock. 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 |
|---|---|
| Aveley and Uplands (Best) | 10722/32845 |
| West Thurrock and South Stifford | 11894/32845 |
| Grays Riverside | 13618/32845 |
| Stone Castle | 14606/32845 |
| Grays Thurrock | 15409/32845 |
| Greenhithe & Knockhall | 18965/32845 |
| Chafford and North Stifford | 25246/32845 |
| South Chafford | 27515/32845 |
| Belhus | 8059/32845 |
Tilbury, a God-forsaken town of disgruntled, rancorous d*ckheads
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