So you are thinking of moving to Worcester in Worcestershire? 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 Worcester 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 Worcester the land of milk and honey or are Droitwich Spa, Great Malvern and Malvern a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Worcester
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 Worcester. 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 |
|---|---|
| Brickfields | 145 |
| Tolladine | 145 |
| Rainbow Hill | 129 |
| Blackpole | 79 |
| St Johns | 37 |
| Northwick | 30 |
| Barbourne | 27 |
| Cherry Orchard | 23 |
| Claines | 16 |
| St Peter the Great | 9 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Worcester. 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 Worcester. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Arboretum (Best) | 10367/32845 |
| St John | 12654/32845 |
| Nunnery | 14998/32845 |
| St Stephen | 16856/32845 |
| Bedwardine | 22157/32845 |
| Battenhall | 22501/32845 |
| St Clement | 26118/32845 |
| Gorse Hill | 4548/32845 |
| Cathedral | 6029/32845 |
| Rainbow Hill (Worst) | 6883/32845 |
Evesham - most women wouldn't think twice about nicking your husband!
Your Health in Worcester
If you are thinking of moving to Worcester, 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 Worcester 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyre Forest | 1.36% | 4.64% | 15.19% | 35.19% | 43.61% |
| Wychavon | 0.98% | 3.71% | 13.35% | 35.61% | 46.36% |
| Malvern Hills | 1.36% | 3.94% | 14.06% | 35.07% | 45.57% |
| Worcester (Worcester) | 1.03% | 3.83% | 12.78% | 34.93% | 47.44% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Worcester. 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 Worcester. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Cathedral (Best) | 10195/32845 |
| Nunnery | 13237/32845 |
| St John | 14981/32845 |
| Arboretum | 16650/32845 |
| St Stephen | 17268/32845 |
| St Clement | 18346/32845 |
| Bedwardine | 22120/32845 |
| Battenhall | 22937/32845 |
| Rainbow Hill | 6436/32845 |
| Gorse Hill (Worst) | 6457/32845 |
Evesham, It's the worst of the worst no doubt about it.
Deprivation in Worcester
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 Worcester. 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 |
|---|---|
| St John (Best) | 13621/32845 |
| Nunnery | 13784/32845 |
| Arboretum | 14509/32845 |
| St Stephen | 19534/32845 |
| Bedwardine | 23108/32845 |
| St Clement | 23832/32845 |
| Battenhall | 24106/32845 |
| Gorse Hill | 4850/32845 |
| Rainbow Hill | 6154/32845 |
| Cathedral (Worst) | 9701/32845 |
Bromyard known by the locals as “bumrod”
Evesham – most women wouldn’t think twice about nicking your husband!
Evesham, It’s the worst of the worst no doubt about it.
Stourport-On-Severn: a hell hole of charity shops & old people’s homes
Kidderminster, I think all the country air is messing these people up
Hagley, a not so quiet village
Bewdley, there is a selection of giant douchebags who live here
Hagley, The Essex of the Midlands
Bewdley, Worcestershire