Is New Alresford, Hampshire a nice place to live?

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

How likely are you to a victim of crime in New Alresford?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for New Alresford. 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 New Alresford. 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	St Barnabas	28537
2	The Worthys	28088
3	Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery	26299
4	Four Marks & Medstead	25779
5	Alresford and Itchen Valley	25763
6	St Paul	21660
7	Upper Meon Valley	18395
8	St Luke	17643
9	St Michael	16573
10	St Bartholomew	15683

Is New Alresford a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to New Alresford, 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 New Alresford 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	%
Winchester (New Alresford)	3.43
Basingstoke and Deane	3.69
Eastleigh	3.79
Test Valley	3.85

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for New Alresford. 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 New Alresford. 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	Upper Meon Valley (Best)	32097
2	Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery	31401
3	Four Marks & Medstead	30842
4	Alresford and Itchen Valley	30370
5	The Worthys	29423
6	St Paul	27810
7	St Barnabas	27528
8	St Michael	24051
9	St Bartholomew	20644
10	St Luke (Worst)	16118

Is New Alresford rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around New Alresford. 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	Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery	31119
2	St Paul	29709
3	Four Marks & Medstead	27999
4	The Worthys	27481
5	St Barnabas	27294
6	Alresford and Itchen Valley	25380
7	St Michael	22407
8	Upper Meon Valley	21246
9	St Bartholomew	18662
10	St Luke	15945

How affordable are the rents in New Alresford?

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, New Alresford rents for each size property have to be less than 5% more than the median rent for Hampshire.

Beds	Winchester	Hampshire
1	£795	£700
2	£925	£850
3	£1200	£1100
4	£1800	£1550

How much can I earn in New Alresford per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Winchester (New Alresford)	£789.40
2	Basingstoke and Deane	£761.00
3	Test Valley	£721.20
4	Eastleigh	£712.70

So, is New Alresford a nice place to live?

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

* Probably.