Is Coalville, Leicestershire a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Coalville. 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 9 wards nearest to the centre of Coalville. To pass this section, 7 out of 9 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5

#	Ward	Crime Rank
1	Coalville East	21074
2	Thornborough	19902
3	Hermitage	19143
4	Holly Hayes	19143
5	Snibston North	17819
6	Snibston South	17282
7	Hugglescote St John's	16464
8	Coalville West	16022
9	Hugglescote St Mary's	14952

Is Coalville a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Coalville, 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 Coalville 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	%
Rushcliffe	3.87
Blaby	4.19
Charnwood	4.22
North West Leicestershire (Coalville)	4.81

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Coalville. 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 9 wards nearest to the centre of Coalville. To pass this section, 7 out of 9 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5.

#	Ward	Health Rank
1	Hermitage (Best)	19046
2	Holly Hayes	19046
3	Thornborough	18367
4	Snibston South	16699
5	Snibston North	16116
6	Hugglescote St Mary's	15117
7	Coalville East	14001
8	Hugglescote St John's	13778
9	Coalville West	10940

Is Coalville rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 9 wards in and around Coalville. 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, 7 out of 9 wards must have a ranking higher than the English average of 16422.5

#	Ward	Deprivation Rank
1	Hermitage	22157
2	Holly Hayes	22157
3	Thornborough	21989
4	Hugglescote St John's	20932
5	Hugglescote St Mary's	18648
6	Coalville East	18431
7	Snibston South	17147
8	Snibston North	16003
9	Coalville West	14292

How affordable are the rents in Coalville?

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

Beds	North West Leicestershire	Leicestershire
1	£475	£495
2	£595	£625
3	£714	£750
4	£1100	£1100

How much can I earn in Coalville per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Rushcliffe	£766.20
2	North West Leicestershire (Coalville)	£690.00
3	Blaby	£689.90
4	Charnwood	£673.50

So, is Coalville a nice place to live?

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

* Probably.