Is Farnham, Surrey a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Farnham. 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 Farnham. 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	Farnham Bourne	30565
2	Farnham Hale and Heath End	28536
3	Farnham Firgrove	27670
4	Farnham Shortheath and Boundstone	26997
5	Crookham West and Ewshot	26666
6	Farnham Weybourne and Badshot Lea	26513
7	Farnham Wrecclesham and Rowledge	24792
8	Farnham Castle	22926
9	Farnham Moor Park	21553
10	Farnham Upper Hale	16764

Is Farnham a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Farnham, 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 Farnham 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	%
Hart	2.82
Waverley (Farnham)	3.2
East Hampshire	3.58
Rushmoor	3.75

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Farnham. 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 Farnham. 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	Farnham Bourne (Best)	31599
2	Crookham West and Ewshot	31384
3	Farnham Wrecclesham and Rowledge	28624
4	Farnham Hale and Heath End	28001
5	Farnham Shortheath and Boundstone	26960
6	Farnham Moor Park	26672
7	Farnham Firgrove	26612
8	Farnham Weybourne and Badshot Lea	25828
9	Farnham Upper Hale	23633
10	Farnham Castle (Worst)	23434

Is Farnham rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Farnham. 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	Farnham Bourne	32425
2	Crookham West and Ewshot	30434
3	Farnham Hale and Heath End	29682
4	Farnham Weybourne and Badshot Lea	29438
5	Farnham Wrecclesham and Rowledge	28996
6	Farnham Firgrove	28614
7	Farnham Shortheath and Boundstone	27410
8	Farnham Castle	26501
9	Farnham Moor Park	25678
10	Farnham Upper Hale	22267

How affordable are the rents in Farnham?

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

Beds	Waverley	Surrey
1	£800	£900
2	£1100	£1170
3	£1398	£1450
4	£2000	£2250

How much can I earn in Farnham per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Waverley (Farnham)	£881.70
2	Hart	£857.80
3	East Hampshire	£732.00
4	Rushmoor	£704.40

So, is Farnham a nice place to live?

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

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