Is East Grinstead, West Sussex a nice place to live?

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

How likely are you to a victim of crime in East Grinstead?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for East Grinstead. 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 East Grinstead. 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	East Grinstead Herontye	27433
2	East Grinstead Imberhorne	25364
3	Ashurst Wood	22826
4	Hartfield	22009
5	Forest Row	21619
6	East Grinstead Ashplats	21194
7	Dormansland and Felcourt	20738
8	East Grinstead Baldwins	18730
9	East Grinstead Town	14857
10	Lingfield and Crowhurst	6509

Is East Grinstead a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to East Grinstead, 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 East Grinstead 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	%
Mid Sussex (East Grinstead)	3.5
Tandridge	3.77
Tunbridge Wells	3.8
Crawley	4.33

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for East Grinstead. 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 East Grinstead. 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	East Grinstead Imberhorne (Best)	31704
2	Ashurst Wood	31429
3	Forest Row	31407
4	Hartfield	31285
5	East Grinstead Baldwins	30933
6	East Grinstead Herontye	30721
7	Dormansland and Felcourt	28863
8	East Grinstead Ashplats	27955
9	East Grinstead Town	27019
10	Lingfield and Crowhurst (Worst)	21775

Is East Grinstead rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around East Grinstead. 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	East Grinstead Imberhorne	32147
2	East Grinstead Herontye	31468
3	Ashurst Wood	30723
4	East Grinstead Baldwins	27655
5	Dormansland and Felcourt	26456
6	East Grinstead Ashplats	26016
7	East Grinstead Town	24748
8	Forest Row	24030
9	Hartfield	21543
10	Lingfield and Crowhurst	19354

How affordable are the rents in East Grinstead?

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, East Grinstead rents for each size property have to be less than 5% more than the median rent for West Sussex.

Beds	Mid Sussex	West Sussex
1	£775	£725
2	£975	£925
3	£1285	£1175
4	£1650	£1550

How much can I earn in East Grinstead per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Mid Sussex (East Grinstead)	£768.70
2	Tunbridge Wells	£766.30
3	Tandridge	£718.10
4	Crawley	£654.40

So, is East Grinstead a nice place to live?

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

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