Is Ashby Woulds, Leicestershire a nice place to live?

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

How likely are you to a victim of crime in Ashby Woulds?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Ashby Woulds. 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 Ashby Woulds. 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	Seales	24507
2	Swadlincote	23327
3	Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe	21783
4	Ashby Willesley	21667
5	Linton	21418
6	Church Gresley	21368
7	Ashby Ivanhoe	20800
8	Blackfordby	20718
9	Ashby Holywell	20670
10	Ashby Woulds	19634

Is Ashby Woulds a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Ashby Woulds, 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 Ashby Woulds 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	%
South Derbyshire	4.6
North West Leicestershire (Ashby Woulds)	4.81
East Staffordshire	4.83
Tamworth	5.72

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Ashby Woulds. 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 Ashby Woulds. 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	Ashby Ivanhoe (Best)	23507
2	Ashby Holywell	21237
3	Ashby Willesley	21107
4	Linton	17007
5	Seales	16793
6	Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe	16684
7	Ashby Woulds	15880
8	Blackfordby	15581
9	Swadlincote	13256
10	Church Gresley (Worst)	10992

Is Ashby Woulds rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Ashby Woulds. 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	Ashby Ivanhoe	25597
2	Ashby Willesley	24693
3	Ashby Holywell	23083
4	Seales	18806
5	Linton	18643
6	Blackfordby	18238
7	Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe	17575
8	Ashby Woulds	17500
9	Swadlincote	17244
10	Church Gresley	15083

How affordable are the rents in Ashby Woulds?

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

Beds	North West Leicestershire	Leicestershire
1	£475	£495
2	£595	£625
3	£714	£750
4	£1100	£1100

How much can I earn in Ashby Woulds per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	South Derbyshire	£706.90
2	North West Leicestershire (Ashby Woulds)	£690.00
3	East Staffordshire	£669.60
4	Tamworth	£650.10

So, is Ashby Woulds a nice place to live?

Ashby Woulds has passed our core town assesment with a score of 3/5.  However, the rents in Ashby Woulds are more expensive than other parts of Leicestershire.

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