Is Prettlewell, Essex a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Prettlewell. 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 Prettlewell. 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	Wickham Bishops and Woodham	25195
2	Hatfield Peverel & Terling	24373
3	Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park	23233
4	Boreham and The Leighs	20876
5	Springfield North	19061
6	Witham South	15964
7	Trinity	14159
8	Witham West	13845
9	Witham Central	13801
10	Witham North	11859

Is Prettlewell a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Prettlewell, 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 Prettlewell 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
Epping Forest	4.1
Colchester	4.18
Braintree (Prettlewell)	4.44

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Prettlewell. 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 Prettlewell. 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	Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park (Best)	29553
2	Wickham Bishops and Woodham	27302
3	Boreham and The Leighs	27205
4	Springfield North	27096
5	Hatfield Peverel & Terling	23045
6	Trinity	22899
7	Witham South	19970
8	Witham West	17528
9	Witham Central	16656
10	Witham North (Worst)	15919

Is Prettlewell rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Prettlewell. 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	Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park	25490
2	Springfield North	25455
3	Wickham Bishops and Woodham	25245
4	Trinity	23123
5	Hatfield Peverel & Terling	23022
6	Boreham and The Leighs	21160
7	Witham South	20945
8	Witham Central	18536
9	Witham West	16212
10	Witham North	15570

How affordable are the rents in Prettlewell?

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

Beds	Braintree	Essex
1	£675	£750
2	£810	£900
3	£1025	£1150
4	£1400	£1500

How much can I earn in Prettlewell per week?

If you are thinking of moving to Prettlewell, 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 Prettlewell'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	Colchester	£715.90
3	Braintree (Prettlewell)	£695.20
4	Chelmsford	£682.80

So, is Prettlewell a nice place to live?

Prettlewell has passed our core town assesment with a score of 3/5.  However, Prettlewell does have a number of wards were crime is worse than the national average.

* Probably.