Is Great Dunmow, Essex a nice place to live?

Is Great Dunmow a nice place to live or is Great Dunmow 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 Great Dunmow meets our criteria.

How likely are you to a victim of crime in Great Dunmow?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Great Dunmow. 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 Great Dunmow. 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	Rayne	28297
2	High Easter & the Rodings	26529
3	Flitch Green & Little Dunmow	26250
4	Great Notley & Black Notley	25559
5	Thaxted & the Eastons	24826
6	Felsted & Stebbing	24371
7	Great Dunmow North	22815
8	Great Dunmow South & Barnston	21907
9	Takeley	20785
10	Broad Oak & the Hallingburys	19255

Is Great Dunmow a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Great Dunmow, 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 Great Dunmow 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	%
Uttlesford (Great Dunmow)	3.22
Chelmsford	3.59
Epping Forest	4.1
Harlow	5.09

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Great Dunmow. 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 Great Dunmow. 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	Flitch Green & Little Dunmow (Best)	31368
2	Felsted & Stebbing	31273
3	High Easter & the Rodings	30507
4	Thaxted & the Eastons	30318
5	Broad Oak & the Hallingburys	30022
6	Takeley	29935
7	Great Dunmow North	28005
8	Great Dunmow South & Barnston	27855
9	Rayne	27846
10	Great Notley & Black Notley (Worst)	27625

Is Great Dunmow rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Great Dunmow. 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 Notley & Black Notley	28573
2	Flitch Green & Little Dunmow	27660
3	Felsted & Stebbing	24128
4	Great Dunmow South & Barnston	23698
5	Broad Oak & the Hallingburys	23482
6	Great Dunmow North	23414
7	Takeley	22918
8	Thaxted & the Eastons	22080
9	Rayne	21166
10	High Easter & the Rodings	18788

How affordable are the rents in Great Dunmow?

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, Great Dunmow rents for each size property have to be less than 5% more than the median rent for Essex.

Beds	Uttlesford	Essex
1	£750	£750
2	£925	£900
3	£1200	£1150
4	£1450	£1500

How much can I earn in Great Dunmow per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Epping Forest	£844.30
2	Uttlesford (Great Dunmow)	£791.50
3	Chelmsford	£682.80
4	Harlow	£646.30

So, is Great Dunmow a nice place to live?

Great Dunmow has passed our core town assesment with a score of 4/5.  However, the rents in Great Dunmow are more expensive than other parts of Essex.

* Probably.