Is Broad Oak & the Hallingburys in Uttlesford a nice place to live?
So you are thinking of moving to Broad Oak & the Hallingburys in Uttlesford? 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 Broad Oak & the Hallingburys is on the up and 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 Broad Oak & the Hallingburys the land of milk and honey or a hell hole? Time to find out!
Nothing gives an accurate snapshop of an area quite like the Indices of Multiple Deprivation. These statistics are published every two years by the government and really give you an insight into what Broad Oak & the Hallingburys is really like. We use the traffic light system, so you can see at a glace how bad (or good) Broad Oak & the Hallingburys is. The decile scores we publish range from 1 to 10, where 1 is the worst and 10 the best. They represent the average of all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in Broad Oak & the Hallingburys.
| Deprivation Domain | |
|---|---|
| Income | 8 |
| Employment | 9 |
| Education, Skills & Training | 7 |
| Health & Disability | 10 |
| Crime | 7 |
| Outdoor Environment | 8 |
Crime in Broad Oak & the Hallingburys
If you are moving to Broad Oak & the Hallingburys you'll want to know if the area if a crime infested hell hole compared to the other wards in Uttlesford. We have you covered. No need to stake the place out at night to see if it turns into an anti-social nightmware at night!
We have taken the 'best fit' Policing area that includes Broad Oak & the Hallingburys and grabbed the crime incidents from data.police.uk The data is for incidents reported to the Police. In by far the majority of incidents, no further action is taken. The data is typically 3 months in arrears.
There were a total of 32 street level crime incidents in Broad Oak & the Hallingburys in February 2021. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson. Below are these incidents broken down by category.
Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Broad Oak & the Hallingburys, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary| Crime Category | Incidents |
|---|---|
| Violent Crime | 13 |
| Criminal Damage Arson | 4 |
| Public Order | 4 |
| Other Crime | 3 |
| Other Theft | 2 |
| Vehicle Crime | 2 |
| Drugs | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Possession Of Weapons | 1 |
| All Crime | 32 |
That's all very well, but you want to know if those crime incidents are happening in the road you are thinking of moving to, right? Here they are plotted on a map. You can see where the clusters are. To protect people's privacy, each road is broken down in to one or two clusters. So that could mean the incidents occur throughout the road or multiple incidents at one address,
The Indices of Multiple Deprivation has a breakdown of crime in the Broad Oak & the Hallingburys area down to Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) level. This is equivelent to a few roads. These statistics are a measure of how likley you are to be victim of 'personal or material crime', lovely! So in laymen's terms, how likely you are to be mugged or burgled. According to these statistics, here are the roads with the least crime and the most crime:
Roads with the most crime in Broad Oak & the Hallingburys
Banks Lane, Bayford Way, Bentley Drive, Birchanger Lane, Birchwood, Bishop's Stortford Bypass, Blake Mews, Bradley Common, Brook Cottages, Brook View, Carters Drive, Childs Lane, Churton, Dunmow Road, Felstead Crescent, Forest Hall Road, Gill Edge, Grey Close, Hampton Road, Harrisons, High View, Hillside End, Hudgell Road, Livings Way, Meredith, Miller Close, Morton Drive, Patmore Road, Pines Hill, Reed Lane, Reeve Road, Rochford Close, Shaw Close, Stansted Road, Stoney Common, Stoney Common Road, Stoney Place, Tucker Close, Walson Way, Watson Way, Wood LaneRoads with the least Crime in Broad Oak & the Hallingburys
Bacon End Road, Broadfield Road, Buckland Mews, Burgattes Road, Canfield Drive, Cawbeck Road, Champneys Way, Chapel Fields, Chapmans Close, Chestnut Way, Church End, Colemans Close, Cooper Smith Road, Cricket Lane, Cuckoo Lane, Dunmow Road, Elm Close, Farmer Close, Fleming Road, Foxwood Gardens, Garden Drive, Garrett Road, Gaynsford Place, Godfrey Crescent, Goodwins Close, Great Canfield Road, Green Street, Hampton Road, Harvest Fields, Hawthorn Close, Hubberd Road, Jack's Lane, Marsh Lane, Mountford Close, Newman Road, Orchid Close, Parish Way, Parker Way, Parsonage Road, Ramsey Drive, Roding Drive, Roseacres, Russell Frances Way, Saffron Way, Speller Way, Station Road, Sycamore Close, Takeley Park, The Pastures, Warren Close, Wintershull Close, Wintershutt RoadUniversal Credit (UC) Statistics in and around Broad Oak & the Hallingburys, Uttlesford
Although Universal Credit (UC) is a in and out of work benefit, it is a good indicator of the levels of unemployment and crucially as we move to a 'gig economy', under employment in Broad Oak & the Hallingburys. The Department for Work & Pensions typically publish UC count figures 6 months in arrears.Wages Statistics: How much can you expect to earn in Broad Oak & the Hallingburys?
Every year the Office of National Statitics (ONS) publishes its labour market survery. Amongst these statitics is how much gross weekly pay you can earn on average in any local district council area. Uttlesford is ranked 70/314 local district councils in England, from the highest down to the lowest average weekly gross pay.Your Wellbeing in Broad Oak & the Hallingburys
Each year the Office for National Statitics (ONS) conducts a wellbeing survey at the local district level. We've grabbed the results for Uttlesford so you can see what to expect in Broad Oak & the Hallingburys. Is it a soul destroying hellhole or quite the salubrious desireable place to live?Your Health in Broad Oak & the Hallingburys
If you are thinking of moving to Broad Oak & the Hallingburys, you'll 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 how Uttlesford compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
