So you are thinking of moving to Willesden in London? 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 Willesden 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 Willesden the land of milk and honey or are Acton, Hendon and Wembley a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Willesden
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 Willesden. 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 |
|---|---|
| Kensal Rise | 239 |
| Kilburn | 239 |
| Neasden | 230 |
| Dudden Hill | 228 |
| Harlesden | 209 |
| Brondesbury | 205 |
| Brondesbury Park | 191 |
| Cricklewood | 175 |
| Dollis Hill | 155 |
| Child’s Hill | 131 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Willesden. 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 Willesden. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Queens Park (Best) | 10713/32845 |
| Welsh Harp | 10978/32845 |
| College Park and Old Oak | 12132/32845 |
| Stonebridge | 5454/32845 |
| Harlesden | 5590/32845 |
| Dudden Hill | 7108/32845 |
| Kensal Green | 8094/32845 |
| Mapesbury | 8277/32845 |
| Brondesbury Park | 8351/32845 |
| Willesden Green (Worst) | 8478/32845 |
West Hendon - A greyer shade of grey
Your Health in Willesden
If you are thinking of moving to Willesden, 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 Willesden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent (Willesden) | 1.38% | 3.96% | 11.8% | 34.76% | 48.1% |
| Ealing | 1.22% | 3.79% | 11.35% | 34.48% | 49.16% |
| Harrow | 1.1% | 3.47% | 11.85% | 36% | 47.58% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 1.3% | 3.58% | 9.42% | 29.25% | 56.46% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Willesden. 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 Willesden. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Stonebridge (Best) | 12767/32845 |
| Harlesden | 17023/32845 |
| Kensal Green | 18832/32845 |
| Willesden Green | 19222/32845 |
| Mapesbury | 19493/32845 |
| Welsh Harp | 21120/32845 |
| Brondesbury Park | 22121/32845 |
| Dudden Hill | 22486/32845 |
| Queens Park | 25163/32845 |
| College Park and Old Oak (Worst) | 8742/32845 |
Northolt: The place that decency and cleanliness forgot
Deprivation in Willesden
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 Willesden. 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 |
|---|---|
| Welsh Harp (Best) | 10761/32845 |
| Mapesbury | 11921/32845 |
| Brondesbury Park | 14003/32845 |
| Queens Park | 15806/32845 |
| Stonebridge | 3118/32845 |
| Harlesden | 4821/32845 |
| College Park and Old Oak | 7099/32845 |
| Willesden Green | 8607/32845 |
| Kensal Green | 9247/32845 |
| Dudden Hill (Worst) | 9987/32845 |
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