Is Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire a nice place to live?

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

How likely are you to a victim of crime in Chipping Campden?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Chipping Campden. 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 Chipping Campden. 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	Blockley	30706
2	Kingham, Rollright and Enstone	29867
3	Campden & Vale	29074
4	Quinton	28446
5	Moreton East	28197
6	Moreton West	28197
7	Bretforton and Offenham	27306
8	Shipston South	27276
9	Broadway and Wickhamford	25846
10	The Littletons	20262

Is Chipping Campden a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Chipping Campden, 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 Chipping Campden 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	%
West Oxfordshire	3.57
Cotswold (Chipping Campden)	3.8
Cheltenham	4.03
Wychavon	4.61

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Chipping Campden. 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 Chipping Campden. 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	Kingham, Rollright and Enstone (Best)	28300
2	Campden & Vale	27718
3	Blockley	27567
4	Quinton	26331
5	Broadway and Wickhamford	26204
6	Bretforton and Offenham	24750
7	Moreton East	24005
8	Moreton West	24005
9	Shipston South	23203
10	The Littletons (Worst)	12311

Is Chipping Campden rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Chipping Campden. 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	Campden & Vale	25524
2	Quinton	24161
3	Bretforton and Offenham	23503
4	Shipston South	23360
5	Broadway and Wickhamford	22234
6	Kingham, Rollright and Enstone	22078
7	Blockley	21936
8	Moreton East	21165
9	Moreton West	21165
10	The Littletons	13070

How affordable are the rents in Chipping Campden?

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, Chipping Campden rents for each size property have to be less than 5% more than the median rent for Gloucestershire.

Beds	Cotswold	Gloucestershire
1	£650	£585
2	£815	£725
3	£1050	£895
4	£1745	£1300

How much can I earn in Chipping Campden per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Cotswold (Chipping Campden)	£692.50
2	Cheltenham	£689.80
3	West Oxfordshire	£688.40
4	Wychavon	£631.10

So, is Chipping Campden a nice place to live?

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

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