So you are thinking of moving to Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire? 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 Whittlesey 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 Whittlesey the land of milk and honey or are Peterborough, Ramsey and Crowland a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Whittlesey
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 Whittlesey. 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 |
|---|---|
| Fengate | 118 |
| Newark | 81 |
| Eye | 32 |
| North Side | 11 |
| Eye Green | 8 |
| Farcet | 7 |
| Coates | 7 |
| Turves | 1 |
| Pondersbridge | 0 |
| Ramsey Mereside | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Whittlesey. 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 Whittlesey. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Eye, Thorney and Newborough (Best) | 10457/32845 |
| Stanground South | 12905/32845 |
| Lattersey | 15774/32845 |
| Bassenhally | 17798/32845 |
| Yaxley | 18556/32845 |
| St Andrews | 19327/32845 |
| Ramsey | 20132/32845 |
| East | 6546/32845 |
| Fletton and Stanground | 7080/32845 |
Peterborough - you shouldn't be that close to your cousin
Your Health in Whittlesey
If you are thinking of moving to Whittlesey, 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 Whittlesey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peterborough | 1.13% | 4.04% | 13.27% | 37.3% | 44.26% |
| Fenland (Whittlesey) | 1.36% | 4.82% | 16.54% | 37.83% | 39.45% |
| South Holland | 1.38% | 4.72% | 15.82% | 37.55% | 40.52% |
| East Cambridgeshire | 0.85% | 3.12% | 12.09% | 35.18% | 48.77% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Whittlesey. 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 Whittlesey. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Fletton and Stanground (Best) | 10550/32845 |
| Eye, Thorney and Newborough | 11228/32845 |
| St Andrews | 11269/32845 |
| Lattersey | 11837/32845 |
| Bassenhally | 13436/32845 |
| Ramsey | 19696/32845 |
| Yaxley | 23293/32845 |
| East | 8393/32845 |
| Stanground South | 9763/32845 |
Whittlesey: Carnival of the Damned
Deprivation in Whittlesey
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 Whittlesey. 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 |
|---|---|
| Fletton and Stanground (Best) | 11030/32845 |
| Stanground South | 12543/32845 |
| Eye, Thorney and Newborough | 12593/32845 |
| Lattersey | 15329/32845 |
| Bassenhally | 16869/32845 |
| St Andrews | 18307/32845 |
| Ramsey | 18422/32845 |
| Yaxley | 19959/32845 |
| East | 6723/32845 |
Whittlesey: Carnival of the Damned
Peterborough – there is no culture
Peterborough, I’d advise acquiring shares in Sports Direct, Tesco & Poundland
Peterborough – you shouldn’t be that close to your cousin
Wisbech, knows as Wizzybekhistan by the locals
Wisbech, I came pretty close to sliding into depression
Peterborough: oh for a nuclear bomb (or a really big bulldozer)
St Neots, Cambridgeshire, sounds a bit posh, in reality it’s far from it!
Peterborough, I am forced into living the ‘ch4v’ life