So you are thinking of moving to Willington Quay in Tyne and Wear? 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 Willington Quay 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 Willington Quay the land of milk and honey or are Howdon, Jarrow and Wallsend a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Willington Quay
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 Willington Quay. 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 |
|---|---|
| North Shields | 138 |
| Holy Cross | 124 |
| Chirton | 123 |
| Tyne Dock | 91 |
| Mill Dam | 78 |
| Hebburn Colliery | 78 |
| Billy Mill | 72 |
| Hebburn | 71 |
| Battle Hill | 54 |
| Jarrow | 44 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Willington Quay. 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 Willington Quay. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Primrose (Best) | 10430/32845 |
| Monkton | 11056/32845 |
| Hebburn North | 12639/32845 |
| Battle Hill | 14597/32845 |
| Wallsend | 2864/32845 |
| Chirton | 3626/32845 |
| Riverside | 4433/32845 |
| Walkergate | 6565/32845 |
| Bede | 7817/32845 |
| Howdon (Worst) | 8480/32845 |
Hedworth or 'Badwaff' as the Jarrow locals call it
Your Health in Willington Quay
If you are thinking of moving to Willington Quay, 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 Willington Quay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland | 1.99% | 6.59% | 15.95% | 32.87% | 42.6% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 1.55% | 5.28% | 13.57% | 31.8% | 47.8% |
| North Tyneside (Willington Quay) | 1.5% | 5.3% | 15.02% | 33.34% | 44.84% |
| South Tyneside | 1.91% | 6.34% | 16% | 32.99% | 42.76% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Willington Quay. 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 Willington Quay. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Battle Hill (Best) | 11068/32845 |
| Bede | 3155/32845 |
| Chirton | 3609/32845 |
| Walkergate | 3854/32845 |
| Primrose | 4180/32845 |
| Riverside | 4308/32845 |
| Hebburn North | 4510/32845 |
| Monkton | 4547/32845 |
| Howdon | 5210/32845 |
| Wallsend (Worst) | 6320/32845 |
North Shields - Shield yourself at all costs
Deprivation in Willington Quay
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 Willington Quay. 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 |
|---|---|
| Battle Hill (Best) | 15247/32845 |
| Chirton | 3845/32845 |
| Bede | 4255/32845 |
| Primrose | 5374/32845 |
| Riverside | 5949/32845 |
| Howdon | 6372/32845 |
| Walkergate | 6668/32845 |
| Wallsend | 7063/32845 |
| Monkton | 7672/32845 |
| Hebburn North (Worst) | 9682/32845 |
