So you are thinking of moving to Witney in Oxfordshire? 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 Witney 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 Witney the land of milk and honey or are Burford, Carterton and Charlbury a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Witney
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of August 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Witney. 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 |
|---|---|
| Newland | 37 |
| Crawley | 35 |
| Cogges | 27 |
| Hailey | 8 |
| Poffley End | 8 |
| Shores Green | 7 |
| High Cogges | 7 |
| North Leigh | 5 |
| Ducklington | 2 |
| Curbridge | 2 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Witney. 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 Witney. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Witney South (Best) | 22567/32845 |
| Witney Central | 24533/32845 |
| Brize Norton and Shilton | 26233/32845 |
| Ducklington | 27599/32845 |
| Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield | 28175/32845 |
| Witney North | 29538/32845 |
| Eynsham and Cassington | 29888/32845 |
| Witney East | 30502/32845 |
| North Leigh | 30897/32845 |
| Witney West (Worst) | 30907/32845 |
Witney - a truly godforsaken Oxfordshire Sh*thole
Your Health in Witney
If you are thinking of moving to Witney, 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 Witney 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford | 0.85% | 2.76% | 9.43% | 31.73% | 55.23% |
| West Berkshire | 0.68% | 2.48% | 10.7% | 34.5% | 51.64% |
| Vale of White Horse | 0.75% | 2.61% | 10.8% | 33.98% | 51.85% |
| West Oxfordshire (Witney) | 0.7% | 2.81% | 11.15% | 33.82% | 51.52% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Witney. 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 Witney. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Witney South (Best) | 24087/32845 |
| Witney Central | 24533/32845 |
| Eynsham and Cassington | 25306/32845 |
| Witney East | 26799/32845 |
| Witney North | 27495/32845 |
| Witney West | 28129/32845 |
| North Leigh | 28278/32845 |
| Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield | 29491/32845 |
| Brize Norton and Shilton | 29601/32845 |
| Ducklington (Worst) | 31007/32845 |
Deprivation in Witney
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 Witney. 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 |
|---|---|
| Witney Central (Best) | 20977/32845 |
| Witney South | 23812/32845 |
| Brize Norton and Shilton | 25059/32845 |
| Ducklington | 25532/32845 |
| Eynsham and Cassington | 25700/32845 |
| Witney North | 25858/32845 |
| Witney East | 26531/32845 |
| Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield | 27426/32845 |
| Witney West | 28451/32845 |
| North Leigh (Worst) | 29206/32845 |
Witney – a truly godforsaken Oxfordshire Sh*thole
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