So you are thinking of moving to Wivenhoe in Essex? 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 Wivenhoe 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 Wivenhoe the land of milk and honey or are Brightlingsea, Colchester and Romford a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Wivenhoe
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 Wivenhoe. 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 |
|---|---|
| Parson’s Heath | 144 |
| Greenstead | 135 |
| Crockleford Hill | 59 |
| Keelars Tye | 10 |
| Crockleford Heath | 8 |
| Frating | 5 |
| Rowhedge | 3 |
| Fingringhoe | 3 |
| Alresford | 1 |
| South Green | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Wivenhoe. 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 Wivenhoe. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Old Heath and The Hythe (Best) | 10748/32845 |
| New Town and Christ Church | 11623/32845 |
| The Bentleys & Frating | 16738/32845 |
| St Anne's and St John's | 18739/32845 |
| Highwoods | 21802/32845 |
| Alresford & Elmstead | 24674/32845 |
| Mersea and Pyefleet | 25578/32845 |
| Wivenhoe | 26510/32845 |
| Greenstead | 8582/32845 |
| Berechurch (Worst) | 8599/32845 |
Clacton-On-Sea: a pure warning!
Your Health in Wivenhoe
If you are thinking of moving to Wivenhoe, 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 Wivenhoe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tendring | 1.78% | 5.83% | 18.15% | 35.82% | 38.42% |
| Colchester (Wivenhoe) | 0.96% | 3.29% | 12.09% | 34.83% | 48.83% |
| Ipswich | 1.14% | 3.92% | 13.53% | 35.84% | 45.56% |
| Maldon | 1.08% | 3.67% | 13.42% | 35.63% | 46.2% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Wivenhoe. 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 Wivenhoe. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Greenstead (Best) | 10614/32845 |
| The Bentleys & Frating | 10626/32845 |
| Berechurch | 11546/32845 |
| Alresford & Elmstead | 11850/32845 |
| St Anne's and St John's | 13332/32845 |
| Old Heath and The Hythe | 13991/32845 |
| Highwoods | 15004/32845 |
| New Town and Christ Church | 17375/32845 |
| Mersea and Pyefleet | 18363/32845 |
| Wivenhoe (Worst) | 25471/32845 |
Colchester, omg innt whateva geez, we iz fik!
Deprivation in Wivenhoe
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 Wivenhoe. 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 |
|---|---|
| Berechurch (Best) | 10617/32845 |
| Old Heath and The Hythe | 13494/32845 |
| The Bentleys & Frating | 14448/32845 |
| St Anne's and St John's | 17400/32845 |
| New Town and Christ Church | 17477/32845 |
| Alresford & Elmstead | 17637/32845 |
| Highwoods | 19433/32845 |
| Mersea and Pyefleet | 21819/32845 |
| Wivenhoe | 26637/32845 |
| Greenstead (Worst) | 8999/32845 |
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