Is Egham, Surrey a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Egham. 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 Egham. 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	Riverside and Laleham	23504
2	Virginia Water	22612
3	Old Windsor	20544
4	Englefield Green East	19737
5	Thorpe	19527
6	Egham Hythe	19483
7	Egham Town	18544
8	Staines South	18093
9	Englefield Green West	13691
10	Staines	12993

Is Egham a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Egham, 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 Egham 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	%
Woking	3.41
Runnymede (Egham)	3.59
Slough	3.75
Spelthorne	3.85

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Egham. 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 Egham. 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	Virginia Water (Best)	31226
2	Englefield Green East	30022
3	Old Windsor	29809
4	Riverside and Laleham	28427
5	Thorpe	27772
6	Staines	24872
7	Egham Town	24790
8	Englefield Green West	23362
9	Egham Hythe	21816
10	Staines South (Worst)	21510

Is Egham rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Egham. 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	Virginia Water	28626
2	Old Windsor	28033
3	Englefield Green East	27813
4	Riverside and Laleham	26626
5	Egham Town	23400
6	Thorpe	23394
7	Egham Hythe	19844
8	Englefield Green West	19782
9	Staines	19052
10	Staines South	17263

How affordable are the rents in Egham?

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

Beds	Runnymede	Surrey
1	£895	£900
2	£1200	£1170
3	£1350	£1450
4	£1800	£2250

How much can I earn in Egham per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Runnymede (Egham)	£824.70
2	Woking	£797.90
3	Spelthorne	£728.60
4	Slough UA	£720.60

So, is Egham a nice place to live?

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

* Probably.