Is Winchcombe, Gloucestershire a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Winchcombe. 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 Winchcombe. 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	Cleeve Grange	29933
2	Cleeve Hill	29006
3	Isbourne	27875
4	Cleeve West	27448
5	Cleeve St Michael's	27113
6	Prestbury	25778
7	Battledown	24669
8	Winchcombe	24324
9	Swindon Village	19993
10	Oakley	15679

Is Winchcombe a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Winchcombe, 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 Winchcombe 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
Tewkesbury (Winchcombe)	3.93
Cheltenham	4.03
Gloucester	4.94

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Winchcombe. 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 Winchcombe. 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	Cleeve Hill (Best)	30947
2	Isbourne	29337
3	Winchcombe	28413
4	Cleeve St Michael's	27613
5	Battledown	26533
6	Cleeve West	25704
7	Prestbury	25552
8	Cleeve Grange	23775
9	Swindon Village	15410
10	Oakley (Worst)	6062

Is Winchcombe rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Winchcombe. 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	Battledown	30102
2	Prestbury	29354
3	Cleeve Hill	29321
4	Cleeve Grange	27709
5	Cleeve West	26745
6	Isbourne	26277
7	Cleeve St Michael's	26216
8	Winchcombe	25900
9	Swindon Village	18959
10	Oakley	6911

How affordable are the rents in Winchcombe?

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

Beds	Tewkesbury	Gloucestershire
1	£545	£585
2	£700	£725
3	£898	£895
4	£1313	£1300

How much can I earn in Winchcombe per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Cheltenham	£689.80
2	West Oxfordshire	£688.40
3	Tewkesbury (Winchcombe)	£651.00
4	Gloucester	£613.60

So, is Winchcombe a nice place to live?

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

* Probably.