Is Haslemere, Surrey a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Haslemere. 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 Haslemere. 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	Grayshott	30540
2	Hindhead	30385
3	Loxwood	29181
4	Fernhurst	26997
5	Haslemere East and Grayswood	26933
6	Haslemere Critchmere and Shottermill	26736
7	Chiddingfold and Dunsfold	25960
8	Headley	22365
9	Milford	20998
10	Bramshott & Liphook	20858

Is Haslemere a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Haslemere, 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 Haslemere 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 (Haslemere)	3.2
East Hampshire	3.58
Rushmoor	3.75

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Haslemere. 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 Haslemere. 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	Haslemere East and Grayswood (Best)	30019
2	Chiddingfold and Dunsfold	28232
3	Headley	28052
4	Loxwood	27785
5	Bramshott & Liphook	26298
6	Milford	25207
7	Fernhurst	24824
8	Grayshott	24786
9	Haslemere Critchmere and Shottermill	23100
10	Hindhead (Worst)	21587

Is Haslemere rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Haslemere. 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	Hindhead	30151
2	Haslemere East and Grayswood	29987
3	Milford	27069
4	Grayshott	27049
5	Chiddingfold and Dunsfold	26762
6	Haslemere Critchmere and Shottermill	26180
7	Bramshott & Liphook	25491
8	Headley	24972
9	Fernhurst	23611
10	Loxwood	20669

How affordable are the rents in Haslemere?

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, Haslemere 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 Haslemere per week?

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

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

So, is Haslemere a nice place to live?

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

* Probably.