So you are thinking of moving to Weston super Mare 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 Weston super Mare 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 Weston super Mare the land of milk and honey or are Axbridge, Burnham on Sea and Clevedon a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Weston super Mare
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 Weston super Mare. 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 |
|---|---|
| Ashcombe Park | 171 |
| Uphill Manor | 81 |
| Milton | 70 |
| Kewstoke | 69 |
| Norton | 43 |
| Clarence Park | 35 |
| Uphill | 10 |
| Locking | 7 |
| Lower Canada | 4 |
| Sand Point | 3 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Weston super Mare. 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 Weston super Mare. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Weston-super-Mare Uphill (Best) | 10345/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare Milton | 12833/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke | 14652/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare South Worle | 16354/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke | 17340/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle | 19296/32845 |
| Hutton & Locking | 20709/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare South | 3264/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare Central | 4480/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare Hillside (Worst) | 8321/32845 |
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Your Health in Weston super Mare
If you are thinking of moving to Weston super Mare, 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 Weston super Mare 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | 1.6% | 4.84% | 12.14% | 31.05% | 50.37% |
| Newport | 1.76% | 5.6% | 14.09% | 32.81% | 45.75% |
| North Somerset (Weston super Mare) | 1.18% | 4.09% | 13.66% | 34.77% | 46.31% |
| The Vale of Glamorgan | 1.49% | 4.9% | 13.55% | 32.05% | 48.01% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Weston super Mare. 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 Weston super Mare. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Weston-super-Mare Milton (Best) | 14365/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare South Worle | 15490/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle | 16132/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke | 17289/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke | 17787/32845 |
| Hutton & Locking | 18999/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare Central | 4007/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare South | 5227/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare Hillside | 8164/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare Uphill (Worst) | 9198/32845 |
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Deprivation in Weston super Mare
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 Weston super Mare. 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 |
|---|---|
| Weston-super-Mare Hillside (Best) | 11160/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare Uphill | 11290/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare Milton | 13232/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke | 16062/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare South Worle | 17336/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle | 17739/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke | 19977/32845 |
| Hutton & Locking | 21244/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare South | 3416/32845 |
| Weston-super-Mare Central (Worst) | 4835/32845 |
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