Is Cheriton in Folkestone and Hythe a nice place to live?
Is Cheriton in Folkestone and Hythe a nice place to live or is it a bit rough? 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 Cheriton 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 Cheriton 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 Cheriton is really like. We use the traffic light system, so you can see at a glace how bad (or good) Cheriton 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 Cheriton.
| Deprivation Domain | |
|---|---|
| Income | 5 |
| Employment | 5 |
| Education, Skills & Training | 5 |
| Health & Disability | 6 |
| Crime | 6 |
| Outdoor Environment | 8 |
Crime in Cheriton
If you are moving to Cheriton you'll want to know if the area if a crime infested hell hole compared to the other wards in Folkestone and Hythe. 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 Cheriton 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 27 street level crime incidents in Cheriton in February 2021. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime. Below are these incidents broken down by category.
| Crime Category | Incidents |
|---|---|
| Anti Social Behaviour | 10 |
| Violent Crime | 9 |
| Criminal Damage Arson | 4 |
| Other Theft | 2 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Vehicle Crime | 1 |
| All Crime | 27 |
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 Cheriton 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 Cheriton
Appledore Crescent, Biggins Wood Road, Charles Crescent, Cheriton Wood House, Crete Road West, Danton Lane, Firs Lane, Langdon Road, Shaftesbury Avenue, South Perimeter Road, Star Lane, Tudor Road, Weymouth Close, Weymouth Road, Wood Cottage Lane, Woodfield AvenueRoads with the least Crime in Cheriton
Broomfield Crescent, Broomfield Road, Cheriton High Street, Cheriton Road, Darlinghurst Road, Dunnett Road, Geraldine Road, Grange Road, Ilex Road, Laurel Close, Marler Road, Narrabeen Road, Park Road, Phillip Road, Postling Road, Quested Road, Risborough Lane, St Hilda Road, St. Winifred Road, Stoddart Road, Surrenden Road, Wells RoadUniversal Credit (UC) Statistics in and around Cheriton, Folkestone and Hythe
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 Cheriton. The Department for Work & Pensions typically publish UC count figures 6 months in arrears.Wages Statistics: How much can you expect to earn in Cheriton?
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. Folkestone and Hythe is ranked 176/314 local district councils in England, from the highest down to the lowest average weekly gross pay.Your Wellbeing in Cheriton
Each year the Office for National Statitics (ONS) conducts a wellbeing survey at the local district level. We've grabbed the results for Folkestone and Hythe so you can see what to expect in Cheriton. Is it a soul destroying hellhole or quite the salubrious desireable place to live?Your Health in Cheriton
If you are thinking of moving to Cheriton, 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 Folkestone and Hythe compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
