Fletching Street, Wealden, East Sussex

Fletching Street is classified by the ONS as Self-Sufficient Retirement. Fletching Street is in the lowest 10% of postcodes for crime (see map). The road has some of the lowest levels of deprivation in the country.

Geography

Fletching Street is located in the Mayfield & Five Ashes ward of the Wealden district in East Sussex.
Coordinates 51.020687, 0.262848
Grid Ref TQ588270
Suburb Mayfield and Five Ashes
Constituency Wealden

House Prices

We have no record of house sales in Fletching Street in the last 3 years. Therefore we cannot provide a house price analysis for this road.

Crime in Fletching Street, East Sussex

There were no street crime incidents recorded by Sussex Police in Fletching Street during June 2024.

Crime Deprivation

The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) government statistics have a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal crime. We have taken the lower super output area (LSOA) that includes Fletching Street and compared that to the average for the Mayfield & Five Ashes ward.

You are less likely to be a victim of personal crime in Fletching Street, when compared to the average EIMD rank for the Mayfield & Five Ashes ward

Social economic statistics for Fletching Street

These statistics are taken from the English Index of Multiple Deprivation's decile figures, with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. As these are decile figures, a score of 1 for example would mean Fletching Street is on the top 10% of most deprived LSOAs, conversely a score of 10 would mean Fletching Street is in the top 10% of least deprived LSOAs in the country.

Income Deprivation

The Income Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of the population in and around Fletching Street experiencing deprivation relating to low income.
Residents in around Fletching Street are in the top 30% least income deprived in the country.

Employment Deprivation

The Employment Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of working-age residents in and around Fletching Street involuntarily excluded from the labour market. This includes the unemployed, those who are sick or disabled, or have caring responsibilities.
Residents in Fletching Street are in the top 20% least employment deprived in the country

Health & Disability Deprivation

The Health Deprivation and Disability Domain measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health. This does not include aspects of behaviour or the environment that may be lead to predicted future health and disability problems.
Residents in Fletching Street are in the top 20% least health & disability deprived in the country

Index of Multiple Deprivation

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is an overall relative measure of deprivation constructed by combining seven measures of deprivation. It encapsulates a broad socio-economic view of Fletching Street, from outside living quality, housing quality, access to services and crime.
Residents in Fletching Street are in the top 10% least deprived in the country

2021 Census for Fletching Street

We chosen some choice data from the 2021 census, that will hopefully give you socio-economic a snapshot of Fletching Street.

Unemployment in Fletching Street

The census is now the only reliable source to find the proportion of residents that are unemployed or under-employed as the Department for Work and pensions no longer do so and haven't since the introduction of Universal Credit.
3.42% of Fletching Street residents were unemployed during the Covid 19 pandemic

Retirees (OAPs) in Fletching Street

The proportion of retirees in a road should give you an indication of the demographics of Fletching Street. The proportion of retirees on Fletching Street is 18.28% higher than the national average of 18.6%.
36.88% of Fletching Street residents were retired during the last census

Home ownership in Fletching Street

The proportion of home owners on Fletching Street is 7.66% higher than the national average of 62%. 18.62% of properties in Fletching Street are private rented and 11.72% are social rented.
69.66% of residents of Fletching Street own their home

Country of Birth of Fletching Street residents

The proportion if Fletching Street residents born in the UK is 5.09% higher than the England national average of 82.65%. 12.26% of Fletching Street residents were born outside the UK.
87.74% of Fletching Street residents were born in the UK

Fletching Street Summary

Fletching Street has a higher level of home ownership than the national average. This is an indicator that finding private rented accomodation in Fletching Street maybe difficult.

Fletching Street has very low levels of employment deprivation, suggesting that finding work in the local area maybe easier compared to the rest of the country.

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