Is Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire a nice place to live?

Is Leighton Buzzard a nice place to live or is Leighton Buzzard a bit rough? For us there are a number of factors that make any town a nice place to live, like a low crime rate, low levels of deprivation, good transport links, decent leisure facilities, great public open spaces and employment opportunities. In this article we will see if Leighton Buzzard meets our criteria or are Linslade, Woburn and Fenny Stratford a lot better?

How likely are you to a victim of crime in Leighton Buzzard?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Leighton Buzzard. 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. Naturally rural areas have less crime than urban areas, but for this part of our town assessment we've looked at the 10 wards nearest to the centre of Leighton Buzzard. To pass this section, 8 out of 10 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5

#	Ward	Crime Rank
1	Wingrave	26746
2	Aspley and Woburn	25882
3	Great Brickhill & Newton Longville	25159
4	Linslade	23665
5	Wing	23052
6	Danesborough & Walton	21609
7	Leighton Buzzard South	17804
8	Eaton Bray	16015
9	Leighton Buzzard North	14802
10	Dunstable-Northfields	7957

Is Leighton Buzzard a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Leighton Buzzard, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. For this section of the town assessment, we've examined government health statistics from the 2021 Census General Health question and the Indices of Multiple Deprivation's health element.The table below shows what percentage of Leighton Buzzard residents answered saying their health was either bad or very bad. To pass this section, the local authority has to have a percentage score less than or equal to 7%.

Local Authority	%
Central Bedfordshire (Leighton Buzzard)	3.82
Dacorum	3.89
Milton Keynes	4.15
Luton	4.74

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Leighton Buzzard. 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 LSOA rank for 10 wards nearest to the centre of Leighton Buzzard. To pass this section, 8 out of 10 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5.

#	Ward	Health Rank
1	Wingrave (Best)	29260
2	Great Brickhill & Newton Longville	28149
3	Wing	27508
4	Aspley and Woburn	26921
5	Linslade	25947
6	Eaton Bray	24188
7	Danesborough & Walton	23511
8	Leighton Buzzard South	23272
9	Leighton Buzzard North	22271
10	Dunstable-Northfields (Worst)	18051

Is Leighton Buzzard rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Leighton Buzzard. 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. To pass this section as the town assessment, 8 out of 10 wards must have a ranking higher than the English average of 16422.5

#	Ward	Deprivation Rank
1	Great Brickhill & Newton Longville	26715
2	Linslade	26388
3	Wing	25886
4	Wingrave	25412
5	Aspley and Woburn	25233
6	Leighton Buzzard South	23113
7	Danesborough & Walton	22806
8	Leighton Buzzard North	21059
9	Eaton Bray	18715
10	Dunstable-Northfields	12897

How affordable are the rents in Leighton Buzzard?

Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These market rental statistics are dated September 2023. We have used the median rental figure for this assessment as we believe this is a more realistic figure than the average (mean) that can be skewed by artificially low and high rents. To pass this section, Leighton Buzzard rents for each size property have to be less than 5% more than the median rent for .

Beds	Central Bedfordshire
1	£675	£
2	£850	£
3	£1100	£
4	£1425	£

How much can I earn in Leighton Buzzard per week?

If you are thinking of moving to Leighton Buzzard, you'll want to know how much you can earn in a job in the town. Every year the government publishes statistics on gross weekly pay, these figures are for September 2023. To pass this section Leighton Buzzard's local authority needs to be in first or second place compared to the three nearest local authorities.

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Central Bedfordshire UA (Leighton Buzzard)	£782.10
2	Dacorum	£759.10
3	Milton Keynes UA	£700.80
4	Luton UA	£618.10

So, is Leighton Buzzard a nice place to live?

Leighton Buzzard has passed our core town assesment with a score of 3/5.  However, the rents in Leighton Buzzard are more expensive than other parts of .  However, Leighton Buzzard does have a number of wards were crime is worse than the national average.

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