So you are thinking of moving to Wickham in Hampshire? 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 Wickham 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 Wickham the land of milk and honey or are Fareham, Portchester and Southwick a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Wickham
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 Wickham. 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 |
|---|---|
| Funtley | 35 |
| Waltham Chase | 7 |
| Crockerhill | 7 |
| Tapnage | 4 |
| Shirrell Heath | 2 |
| Boarhunt | 2 |
| Row Ash | 1 |
| Curdridge | 1 |
| Turkey Island | 0 |
| Shedfield | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Wickham. 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 Wickham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Fareham South (Best) | 14349/32845 |
| Fareham East | 15985/32845 |
| Southwick and Wickham | 17503/32845 |
| Fareham North-West | 21578/32845 |
| Central Meon Valley | 23586/32845 |
| Sarisbury | 23826/32845 |
| Fareham North | 25362/32845 |
| Portchester West | 26645/32845 |
| Whiteley and Shedfield | 27494/32845 |
| Fareham West (Worst) | 27968/32845 |
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Your Health in Wickham
If you are thinking of moving to Wickham, 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 Wickham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth | 1.15% | 3.9% | 12.42% | 34.84% | 47.69% |
| Fareham | 0.9% | 3.13% | 12.22% | 35.21% | 48.55% |
| Winchester (Wickham) | 0.74% | 2.69% | 10.6% | 32.78% | 53.2% |
| Gosport | 0.99% | 3.89% | 13.58% | 36.21% | 45.32% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Wickham. 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 Wickham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Fareham South (Best) | 17082/32845 |
| Fareham North-West | 19841/32845 |
| Fareham North | 25300/32845 |
| Southwick and Wickham | 25789/32845 |
| Fareham East | 25833/32845 |
| Fareham West | 27791/32845 |
| Portchester West | 28451/32845 |
| Whiteley and Shedfield | 29960/32845 |
| Central Meon Valley | 30694/32845 |
| Sarisbury (Worst) | 30927/32845 |
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Deprivation in Wickham
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 Wickham. 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 |
|---|---|
| Fareham South (Best) | 14406/32845 |
| Southwick and Wickham | 15675/32845 |
| Fareham North-West | 21301/32845 |
| Fareham East | 22853/32845 |
| Whiteley and Shedfield | 26553/32845 |
| Fareham North | 27003/32845 |
| Portchester West | 27014/32845 |
| Central Meon Valley | 27568/32845 |
| Sarisbury | 29793/32845 |
| Fareham West (Worst) | 29979/32845 |
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