Is Alnwick, Northumberland a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Alnwick. 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 Alnwick. 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	Shilbottle	29914
2	Longhoughton	29635
3	Wooler	28829
4	Bamburgh	28566
5	Norham and Islandshires	28417
6	Amble West with Warkworth	20879
7	Alnwick	17932
8	Druridge Bay	17824
9	Lynemouth	12235
10	Amble	11595

Is Alnwick a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Alnwick, 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 Alnwick 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	%
Northumberland (Alnwick)	6.22
North Tyneside	6.22
Newcastle upon Tyne	6.33
South Tyneside	7.66

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Alnwick. 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 Alnwick. 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	Longhoughton (Best)	24035
2	Wooler	22476
3	Amble West with Warkworth	20190
4	Shilbottle	20106
5	Norham and Islandshires	19327
6	Bamburgh	19167
7	Alnwick	18812
8	Lynemouth	9144
9	Druridge Bay	8646
10	Amble (Worst)	7754

Is Alnwick rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Alnwick. 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	Amble West with Warkworth	22138
2	Shilbottle	21083
3	Alnwick	20587
4	Longhoughton	20345
5	Bamburgh	14129
6	Wooler	13648
7	Lynemouth	12538
8	Druridge Bay	12012
9	Norham and Islandshires	10073
10	Amble	9136

How affordable are the rents in Alnwick?

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

Beds	Northumberland
1	£375	£
2	£450	£
3	£553	£
4	£850	£

How much can I earn in Alnwick per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	North Tyneside	£652.40
2	Northumberland UA (Alnwick)	£652.10
3	Newcastle upon Tyne	£635.00
4	South Tyneside	£600.00

So, is Alnwick a nice place to live?

* Probably.