Is Winchcombe a nice place to live or is Winchcombe rough? Forget local estate agents sales speil and local councillors who say that Winchcombe is on the up an up, it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Winchcombe truly a nice place to live, or are Cheltenham, Tewkesbury and Netherton a lot better? Time to find out.
What are the crime levels like in Winchcombe?
Using the latest Police street crime figures (typically from 3 months ago) we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Winchcombe. Naturally the more urban and more central areas will have a higher rate of crime, but often you can be surprised when that is not the case and that is the area you want to move to.| Policing Area | Voilent Crimes |
|---|---|
| Hailes | 0 |
| Postlip | 0 |
| Isbourne | 0 |
| Toddington | 0 |
| Langley | 0 |
| Frampton Court | 0 |
| Alderton Fields | 0 |
| Charlton Abbots | 0 |
| Alderton | 0 |
| Little Washbourne | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Winchcombe. These statistics are published by the government every 2-3 years. 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. We've taken the rank average for wards in and around Winchcombe and compared them. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Cleeve Grange (Best) | 29933/32845 |
| Cleeve Hill | 29006/32845 |
| Isbourne | 27875/32845 |
| Cleeve West | 27448/32845 |
| Cleeve St Michael's | 27113/32845 |
| Prestbury | 25778/32845 |
| Battledown | 24669/32845 |
| Winchcombe | 24324/32845 |
| Swindon Village | 19993/32845 |
| Oakley (Worst) | 15679/32845 |
Winchcombe: Where Pinot Grigio and Pitch Forks are de rigueur
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. We've taken the healh question from the latest census to find out and how Winchcombe compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Town | Very Bad | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Gloucester | 1.1% | 3.79% |
| Cheltenham | 0.85% | 3.14% |
| Tewkesbury (Winchcombe) | 0.99% | 3.3% |
| West Oxfordshire | 0.7% | 2.81% |
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 rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Winchcombe. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Cleeve Hill (Best) | 30947/32845 |
| Isbourne | 29337/32845 |
| Winchcombe | 28413/32845 |
| Cleeve St Michael's | 27613/32845 |
| Battledown | 26533/32845 |
| Cleeve West | 25704/32845 |
| Prestbury | 25552/32845 |
| Cleeve Grange | 23775/32845 |
| Swindon Village | 15410/32845 |
| Oakley (Worst) | 6062/32845 |
Churchdown - a final resting place
Is Winchcombe rough?
Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average Index of Multiple Deprivation rank of all the LSOAs in the 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.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Battledown (Best) | 30102/32845 |
| Prestbury | 29354/32845 |
| Cleeve Hill | 29321/32845 |
| Cleeve Grange | 27709/32845 |
| Cleeve West | 26745/32845 |
| Isbourne | 26277/32845 |
| Cleeve St Michael's | 26216/32845 |
| Winchcombe | 25900/32845 |
| Swindon Village | 18959/32845 |
| Oakley (Worst) | 6911/32845 |
What is the average rent in Winchcombe?
Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These statistics for Winchcombe are dated September 2023. They are split into three figures, the lower quartile, mean and upper quartile. If you recieve housing benefit or the housing benefit element of Universal Credit, the lower 25% figure is near the top limit of what would be affordable. The mean is the average you would expect to pay for a rental property in Winchcombe.
How much can I earn in Winchcombe?
If you are thinking of moving to Winchcombe, you'll want to know how much you can earn in a job in the town. The government publish regular statistics on gross weekly pay and pay per hour.
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