So you are thinking of moving to Woking in Surrey? 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 Woking 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 Woking the land of milk and honey or are Beltchingley, Chertsey and Weybridge a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Woking
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of July 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Woking. 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 |
|---|---|
| Maybury | 103 |
| Horsell | 71 |
| Sheerwater | 69 |
| Cartbridge | 50 |
| Horsell Birch | 47 |
| St Johns | 21 |
| Hook Heath | 21 |
| Mayford | 7 |
| Mimbridge | 3 |
| Stonehill | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Woking. 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 Woking. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Canalside (Best) | 12831/32845 |
| Hoe Valley | 14888/32845 |
| Knaphill | 18126/32845 |
| Woodham & Rowtown | 18395/32845 |
| Mount Hermon | 18487/32845 |
| Horsell | 20727/32845 |
| Byfleet and West Byfleet | 20958/32845 |
| St John's | 21983/32845 |
| Pyrford | 22554/32845 |
| Goldsworth Park (Worst) | 23686/32845 |
Guildford: What has become of you?
Your Health in Woking
If you are thinking of moving to Woking, 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 Woking 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guildford | 0.67% | 2.48% | 9.8% | 33.13% | 53.92% |
| Woking (Woking) | 0.77% | 2.62% | 10.27% | 34.57% | 51.78% |
| Surrey Heath | 0.74% | 2.49% | 10% | 33.3% | 53.47% |
| Runnymede | 0.75% | 2.94% | 10.89% | 34.1% | 51.32% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Woking. 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 Woking. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Goldsworth Park (Best) | 21502/32845 |
| Canalside | 21601/32845 |
| St John's | 23720/32845 |
| Hoe Valley | 23916/32845 |
| Knaphill | 24973/32845 |
| Byfleet and West Byfleet | 25009/32845 |
| Pyrford | 26772/32845 |
| Woodham & Rowtown | 27102/32845 |
| Horsell | 27692/32845 |
| Mount Hermon (Worst) | 29110/32845 |
Weybridge: a quaint commuter belt town, ruined!
Deprivation in Woking
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 Woking. 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 |
|---|---|
| Canalside (Best) | 18977/32845 |
| Hoe Valley | 21961/32845 |
| Goldsworth Park | 24174/32845 |
| Woodham & Rowtown | 25869/32845 |
| St John's | 25884/32845 |
| Byfleet and West Byfleet | 26378/32845 |
| Knaphill | 26405/32845 |
| Mount Hermon | 26662/32845 |
| Pyrford | 26775/32845 |
| Horsell (Worst) | 28530/32845 |
West Byfleet, a town dominated by rich middle class snobs
Weybridge: a quaint commuter belt town, ruined!
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