Is Ingatestone, Essex a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Ingatestone. 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 Ingatestone. 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	Billericay West	27006
2	Billericay East	23755
3	Hutton South	22723
4	Hutton Central	22079
5	Burstead	19659
6	Hutton East	19360
7	Shenfield	18910
8	Hutton North	18442
9	Ingatestone, Fryerning and Mountnessing	15060
10	South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting	12558

Is Ingatestone a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Ingatestone, 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 Ingatestone 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	%
Chelmsford	3.59
Brentwood (Ingatestone)	3.77
Epping Forest	4.1
Basildon	5.03

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Ingatestone. 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 Ingatestone. 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	Shenfield (Best)	32261
2	Hutton South	31765
3	South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting	31374
4	Ingatestone, Fryerning and Mountnessing	30262
5	Hutton Central	28741
6	Billericay East	27939
7	Hutton East	27559
8	Burstead	26611
9	Billericay West	25284
10	Hutton North (Worst)	23280

Is Ingatestone rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Ingatestone. 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	Shenfield	32279
2	Hutton South	29449
3	Billericay East	28855
4	Billericay West	28565
5	Burstead	26055
6	Ingatestone, Fryerning and Mountnessing	25301
7	Hutton Central	24737
8	Hutton North	24322
9	Hutton East	23559
10	South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting	19483

How affordable are the rents in Ingatestone?

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

Beds	Brentwood	Essex
1	£895	£750
2	£1150	£900
3	£1450	£1150
4	£2000	£1500

How much can I earn in Ingatestone per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Brentwood (Ingatestone)	£941.40
2	Epping Forest	£844.30
3	Basildon	£693.90
4	Chelmsford	£682.80

So, is Ingatestone a nice place to live?

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

* Probably.