So you are thinking of moving to West Tilbury 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 Tilbury 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 Tilbury the land of milk and honey or are Grays, Tilbury and Gravesend a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in West Tilbury
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of July 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around West Tilbury. 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 |
|---|---|
| Milton | 220 |
| Gravesend | 220 |
| Tilbury | 109 |
| Little Thurrock | 102 |
| Biggin | 98 |
| Grays | 76 |
| Balstonia | 49 |
| Baker Street | 15 |
| Southfields | 2 |
| Horndon-on-the-Hill | 2 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for West Tilbury. 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 Tilbury. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Chadwell St Mary (Best) | 10978/32845 |
| Little Thurrock Blackshots | 13110/32845 |
| East Tilbury | 13190/32845 |
| Stifford Clays | 16361/32845 |
| Little Thurrock Rectory | 17140/32845 |
| Riverside | 2053/32845 |
| Pelham | 2769/32845 |
| Central | 3401/32845 |
| Tilbury St Chads | 5444/32845 |
| Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park (Worst) | 8753/32845 |
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Your Health in West Tilbury
If you are thinking of moving to West Tilbury, 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 Tilbury 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medway | 1.09% | 3.94% | 13% | 36.25% | 45.72% |
| Thurrock (West Tilbury) | 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 Tilbury. 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 Tilbury. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Tilbury St Chads (Best) | 10705/32845 |
| Chadwell St Mary | 13443/32845 |
| Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park | 13867/32845 |
| Riverside | 14047/32845 |
| Pelham | 15554/32845 |
| Stifford Clays | 16765/32845 |
| Central | 17465/32845 |
| Little Thurrock Blackshots | 21506/32845 |
| East Tilbury | 22208/32845 |
| Little Thurrock Rectory (Worst) | 24653/32845 |
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Deprivation in West Tilbury
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 Tilbury. 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 |
|---|---|
| Chadwell St Mary (Best) | 10139/32845 |
| Pelham | 12449/32845 |
| East Tilbury | 14330/32845 |
| Central | 15924/32845 |
| Stifford Clays | 16109/32845 |
| Little Thurrock Blackshots | 18395/32845 |
| Little Thurrock Rectory | 23408/32845 |
| Tilbury St Chads | 5253/32845 |
| Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park | 7198/32845 |
| Riverside (Worst) | 7605/32845 |
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