Is Craven Arms, Shropshire a nice place to live?

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

How likely are you to a victim of crime in Craven Arms?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Craven Arms. 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 Craven Arms. 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	Clun	30700
2	Clee	30153
3	Corvedale	29749
4	Bishop's Castle	29643
5	Ludlow South	27590
6	Tenbury	24861
7	Church Stretton and Craven Arms	23459
8	Ludlow North	20931
9	Ludlow East	19241
10	Knighton	978

Is Craven Arms a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Craven Arms, 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 Craven Arms 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	%
Malvern Hills	5.02
Shropshire (Craven Arms)	5.08
Telford and Wrekin	6.12
Wyre Forest	6.14

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Craven Arms. 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 Craven Arms. 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	Clee (Best)	28175
2	Corvedale	26744
3	Clun	25835
4	Ludlow South	25096
5	Bishop's Castle	22833
6	Tenbury	22059
7	Church Stretton and Craven Arms	21952
8	Ludlow North	20205
9	Ludlow East	16518
10	Knighton (Worst)	1342

Is Craven Arms rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Craven Arms. 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	Ludlow South	17981
2	Church Stretton and Craven Arms	17152
3	Clee	16438
4	Tenbury	16244
5	Ludlow North	15985
6	Ludlow East	15973
7	Clun	13937
8	Bishop's Castle	12648
9	Corvedale	12263
10	Knighton	1289

How affordable are the rents in Craven Arms?

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

Beds	Shropshire
1	£475	£
2	£595	£
3	£725	£
4	£1075	£

How much can I earn in Craven Arms per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Malvern Hills	£736.00
2	Shropshire UA (Craven Arms)	£660.20
3	Telford and Wrekin UA	£658.70
4	Wyre Forest	£594.10

So, is Craven Arms a nice place to live?

Craven Arms has passed our core town assesment with a score of 3/5.  However, Craven Arms does more pockets of deprivation than the average town.  However, the rents in Craven Arms are more expensive than other parts of .

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