Is Caistor, Lincolnshire a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Caistor. 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 Caistor. 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	Kelsey Wold	32431
2	Waddingham and Spital	31466
3	Fulstow	27843
4	Waltham	27355
5	Scartho	25435
6	Wold View	24404
7	Caistor and Yarborough	24381
8	Immingham	20805
9	Yarborough	11990
10	South	2473

Is Caistor a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Caistor, 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 Caistor 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 Lindsey (Caistor)	5.6
North East Lincolnshire	6.5
Kingston upon Hull, City of	6.83
East Lindsey	8.16

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Caistor. 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 Caistor. 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	Waddingham and Spital (Best)	25767
2	Kelsey Wold	23462
3	Caistor and Yarborough	19799
4	Scartho	19067
5	Waltham	17687
6	Fulstow	14097
7	Yarborough	13163
8	Immingham	12311
9	Wold View	10541
10	South (Worst)	4674

Is Caistor rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Caistor. 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	Waltham	24021
2	Scartho	24020
3	Caistor and Yarborough	20847
4	Waddingham and Spital	19065
5	Kelsey Wold	17359
6	Fulstow	14420
7	Immingham	12702
8	Yarborough	12639
9	Wold View	9942
10	South	3291

How affordable are the rents in Caistor?

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

Beds	West Lindsey	Lincolnshire
1	£385	£465
2	£495	£575
3	£575	£675
4	£810	£920

How much can I earn in Caistor per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	North East Lincolnshire UA	£663.40
2	West Lindsey (Caistor)	£643.60
3	East Lindsey	£574.90
4	Kingston upon Hull UA	£574.70

So, is Caistor a nice place to live?

Caistor has passed our core town assesment with a score of 3/5.  However, Caistor does more pockets of deprivation than the average town.

* Probably.