Chiswick Area Profile

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Chiswick: ‘At a glance’

Figure 1: Map of borough Source: Community Plan 2003-7

Chiswick area comprises of Turnham Green, Chiswick Riverside and Chiswick Homefields wards. Chiswick is the smallest of the five areas of the borough and is situated immediately on the fringe of inner London.

Chiswick varies widely in character, between a Georgian riverside retreat to vibrant cosmopolitan urban area. 48% of residents chose Chiswick as a place to live due to its proximity to parks and open spaces and over 80% of residents uses these at least once a month, higher than anywhere else in the borough (2006 BMG residents survey). The River Thames runs along the southern edge of this part of the borough, and there are a number of historic houses, important landscapes, community open spaces, conservation areas and parks. The birthplace of the English Landscape Garden, Chiswick house Grounds contain areas of great historical interest, displaying the work of the famous garden designers Kent, Bridgeman and Samuel Lappidge. The ground are considered to be the most important historical landscape gardens in England and Wales,

Chiswick: the people

• The total population of Chiswick is 31,409 (2001 ONS Census). • Chiswick has a high proportion of people of white ethnicity (85%).

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Ethnicity in Chiswick

White ethnicity 5% 4% 6% Asian etnicity Black ethnicity

85% Chinese and other ethnicity

Figure 2: Ethnicity in Chiswick Area Source: 2001 ONS Census

• 85% of residents feel that Chiswick is an area where residents respect the ethnic differences between people. This is significantly higher than the borough average of 61% (BMG Residents panel June 2005). • Chiswick has the lowest proportion (19.4%) of young people (0-19 yrs) in the borough (2001 ONS Census) and the highest proportion of single people without children (27%).

Community Safety

All Basket of 10 LAA Priority Crimes Monthly Trend Analysis for Chiswick Area Committee

270

250

230

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Number of Crimes 190

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150 April May June July August September October November December January February March Month

2004/05 2005/06

Figure 3: Basket of 10 LAA priority crimes Source: Metropolitan Police Statistics

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• The overall trend in number of crimes in Chiswick over the Local Area Agreement ten priority crimes1 has fallen in 2005/6.

• Of these 10 priority crimes, theft from a motor vehicle accounts for 30%.

Breakdown of Chiswick Area Committee basket of 10 LAA Priority Crimes 2005/06

4% 8% 16%

18%

3% 30% 8% 1%

Burglary in a Dwelling Theft/Taking of Motor Vehicle Theft From Motor Vehicle Motor Vehicle Interference & Tampering Theft/Taking of Pedal Cycles Robbery Criminal Damage Wounding Common Assault Theft from Person

Figure 4: Breakdown of Chiswick area committee basket of 10 LAA priority crimes 2005/6 Source: Metropolitan Police Statistics

• 90% of Chiswick residents feel safe in the day time. However this figure drops to 44% during the night.

Community initiatives in Chiswick

Residents in Chiswick have transformed a rundown area close to Chiswick Common during a weekend cleaning blitz that took place on September 8-10 2006 which was organised by Hounslow Community Safety Partnership, a collaboration of organisations, including Hounslow Council and Hounslow Police.. Specific work included graffiti removal from an alleyway and car park in Bond Street, and the re-painting of a children’s playground in Clifton Gardens. Members of Chiswick Soka Gakkai International, a lay Buddhist organisation, removed graffiti from a mural at the playground and restored it to its former state. Cllr Phil Andrews, lead member for community safety, took part in the Chiswick clean-up commenting that the residents of Chiswick ‘made a small but significant difference to their community’

Source: News release 19/09/06 www.hounslow.gov.uk

1 The Local Area Agreement 10 priority crimes referred to as the basket of 10 are as follows; burglary in a dwelling, theft/taking of a motor vehicle, theft from a motor vehicle, motor vehicle interferences and tampering, theft/taking of pedal cycles, robbery, criminal damage, wounding, common assault, theft from person.

3 Document B Street crime, particularly where violence or the threat of violence forms part of the offence, is treated extremely seriously by the police. Witness appeal boards, house to house enquiries and crime prevention signs have been used in Chiswick as the borough Robbery Squad and Safer Neighbourhoods Teams have made a concerted attempt to combat and prevent these crimes and arrests have been made. Covert and overt CCTV cameras have been deployed in crime hotspots and PCSOs have been patrolling school routes on cycles. The Met-wide operation ‘Safer Streets’ has been extended which will mean more officers on the streets, both in uniform and plain clothes.

Source: News release 11/10/6 www.hounslow.gov.uk

Health

• Male life expectancy is high in all wards in Chiswick. Males in Turnham Green can expect to live an average of 77.6 years, while males in Chiswick Homefields and Chiswick Riverside have an average life expectancy of 78.4 and 78.6 years respectively.. • Female life expectancy in Chiswick is also high. Females born in 2000- 2004 in Chiswick Homefields ward can expect to live an average of 81.2 years, Chiswick Riverside 81.3 years whilst in Turnham Green Ward the average life expectancy is 83.2 years.

Figure 5: Male life expectancy at birth, by electoral ward, Hounslow. 2000-2004 Source: Office for National Statistics and Greater London Assembly; Analyses by London Health Observatory

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Figure 6: Female life expectancy at birth, by electoral ward, Hounslow, 2000-2004 Source: Office for National Statistics and Greater London Assembly; Analyses by London Health Observatory

• Chiswick has a lower rate of incidence of limiting long term illness than the borough (borough rate 12.7% of adults aged 18-64), in particular in the Chiswick Homefields ward which has a rate of 8.3% of adults aged 18 to 64 years.

Area Deaths from selected causes (SMRs with 95% confidence intervals) aged under 75 by area Cancer Coronary Stroke Injury and Respiratory Heart Poisoning Disease Disease (includes Accidents & Suicide) Chiswick 88 59 82 92 108 Area (75-94) (44-63) (51-87) (60-97) (75-115) Hounslow 103 110 116 95 138 (96-109) (102-117) (101-124) (82-101) (123-147)

• Chiswick Area has the lowest mortality (SMR) from circulatory disease, coronary heart disease and stroke in the borough.

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Standardised Mortality Ratios (SMRs): compare death rates in an area to an average death rate for a standard population. They are calculated so that differences between areas cannot be attributed to different age structures of the populations. The SMR is the ratio of the number of observed deaths in an area to the number of expected deaths in an area for the age of the population (estimated based on the rate in a standard population e.g England), multiplied by 100. Areas with an SMR greater than 100 have a higher death rate than the standard population, and areas with an SMR less than 100 have a lower death rate.

Confidence intervals: are a means for stating numerically the level of confidence about a result. A 95% confidence interval means there is a 95% probability that the true value will lie between these limits.

Figure 8: Teenage conceptions per 1,000 girls aged 15-17, 2001-2003 Source: ONS and Teenage Pregnancy Unit

• Teenage pregnancy rates are mixed in Chiswick. Chiswick Riverside depicts rates in the lowest quintile for the borough over the period 2001-2003 this is contrasted to Turnham Green which demonstrates the highest rate of all wards in the borough over the same period.

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Transport

• The vast majority of Chiswick residents are regular pedestrians (2006 BMG Residents Survey). • Over half of all residents use public transport on a regular basis, 57% use the bus network regularly (2006 BMG Residents Survey). • Over half of residents in Chiswick cite traffic as a major problem in their area (2006 BMG Residents Survey).

Children and Young people

• Chiswick has the lowest percentage of young people aged 16-19 in employment

Percentage of people aged 16-19 in employment by area committee

7.00%

5.80% 6.00%

5.00% 4.30% 4.10% 4.00% 3.80% 4.00%

3.00% percentage 2.00% 1.60%

1.00%

0.00% Central Hounslow Chiswick Area Heston and Cranford Isleworth and West Area Hounslow Area Area Brentford Area area

Figure 9: Percentage of people aged 16-19 in employment by area committee Source: 2001 Census

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• Chiswick has the highest percentage of young people aged 18-25 in higher eduction- 52.30% (enrolled on under graduate or post graduate courses in England).

60.00%

50.00%

40.00% 30.00%

percentage 20.00%

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0.00% Central Chiswick Heston and Isleworth and West Area Hounslow Hounslow Area Cranford Brentford Area Area Area area Figur e 10: Percentage of young people aged 18-25 years in higher education Source: Neighbourhood statistics- data from HE statistical agency student records 2001/2

• The area has shown a steady increase in GCSE attainment achieving a 15% increase in the percentage of 5 or more A*-C grades achieved between 2004-2005.

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Economic information

• Chiswick has a low unemployment rate 2.9%. This is below the borough average of 3.3%.

% of people unemployed (aged 16-74)

4.5 4 3.5 3 % of people 2.5 2 unemployed (aged 16- 1.5 74)

Percentage 1 0.5 0 West Area Area Chiswick Area Area Hounslow Borough Heston and Cranford Central Hounslow Area Isleworth and Brentford Are a

Figure 11: Percentage of people aged 16-74 unemployed 2001 Source: 2001 Census

• Chiswick has the least number of households with an annual gross income lower than £10,000 in the borough (2003 CACI Paycheck model).