Is Crowborough, East Sussex a nice place to live?

Is Crowborough a nice place to live or is Crowborough 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, the good health of the residents, rent affordability and excellent wages. In this article we will see if Crowborough meets our criteria.

How likely are you to a victim of crime in Crowborough?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Crowborough. 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 9 wards nearest to the centre of Crowborough. To pass this section, 7 out of 9 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5

#	Ward	Crime Rank
1	Mayfield & Five Ashes	31318
2	Crowborough St Johns	30186
3	Crowborough South East	27894
4	Hadlow Down & Rotherfield	27595
5	Crowborough Central	26917
6	Withyham	26718
7	Crowborough Jarvis Brook	26207
8	Maresfield	24614
9	Crowborough North	23834

Is Crowborough a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Crowborough, 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 Crowborough 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	%
Tunbridge Wells	3.8
Crawley	4.33
Wealden (Crowborough)	4.42
Lewes	5.49

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Crowborough. 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 9 wards nearest to the centre of Crowborough. To pass this section, 7 out of 9 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5.

#	Ward	Health Rank
1	Withyham (Best)	32024
2	Crowborough North	31554
3	Maresfield	31318
4	Hadlow Down & Rotherfield	30905
5	Mayfield & Five Ashes	30327
6	Crowborough Central	28959
7	Crowborough South East	28938
8	Crowborough St Johns	28905
9	Crowborough Jarvis Brook	28510

Is Crowborough rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 9 wards in and around Crowborough. 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, 7 out of 9 wards must have a ranking higher than the English average of 16422.5

#	Ward	Deprivation Rank
1	Crowborough North	29325
2	Crowborough St Johns	27485
3	Crowborough Central	27345
4	Hadlow Down & Rotherfield	26398
5	Crowborough Jarvis Brook	25801
6	Crowborough South East	25323
7	Mayfield & Five Ashes	24910
8	Withyham	24203
9	Maresfield	20909

How affordable are the rents in Crowborough?

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, Crowborough rents for each size property have to be less than 5% more than the median rent for East Sussex.

Beds	Wealden	East Sussex
1	£725	£650
2	£900	£825
3	£1195	£1095
4	£1800	£1460

How much can I earn in Crowborough per week?

If you are thinking of moving to Crowborough, 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 Crowborough's local authority needs to be in first or second place compared to the three nearest local authorities.

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Tunbridge Wells	£766.30
2	Lewes	£690.50
3	Wealden (Crowborough)	£679.90
4	Crawley	£654.40

So, is Crowborough a nice place to live?

Crowborough has passed our core town assesment with a score of 3/5.  However, the rents in Crowborough are more expensive than other parts of East Sussex.

* Probably.