Is Buckhurst Hill, Essex a nice place to live?

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

How likely are you to a victim of crime in Buckhurst Hill?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Buckhurst Hill. 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 Buckhurst Hill. 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	Monkhams	17291
2	Buckhurst Hill West	14422
3	Loughton Forest	14211
4	Bridge	13981
5	Hatch Lane	12952
6	Buckhurst Hill East	12306
7	Chigwell Village	11593
8	Loughton Roding	8362
9	Loughton Alderton	8196
10	Loughton St Mary's	7768

Is Buckhurst Hill a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Buckhurst Hill, 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 Buckhurst Hill 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	%
Redbridge	4.03
Epping Forest (Buckhurst Hill)	4.1
Waltham Forest	4.39
Enfield	4.88

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Buckhurst Hill. 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 Buckhurst Hill. 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	Loughton Forest (Best)	31233
2	Buckhurst Hill West	30475
3	Chigwell Village	30450
4	Monkhams	30234
5	Loughton Roding	27454
6	Loughton St Mary's	26556
7	Bridge	24750
8	Buckhurst Hill East	24344
9	Loughton Alderton	20277
10	Hatch Lane (Worst)	16867

Is Buckhurst Hill rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Buckhurst Hill. 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	Buckhurst Hill West	29985
2	Loughton Forest	29481
3	Monkhams	28059
4	Chigwell Village	24654
5	Buckhurst Hill East	22500
6	Loughton St Mary's	22440
7	Loughton Roding	21904
8	Bridge	17715
9	Hatch Lane	13697
10	Loughton Alderton	13561

How affordable are the rents in Buckhurst Hill?

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

Beds	Epping Forest	Essex
1	£900	£750
2	£1250	£900
3	£1495	£1150
4	£2100	£1500

How much can I earn in Buckhurst Hill per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Epping Forest (Buckhurst Hill)	£844.30
2	Redbridge	£766.60
3	Waltham Forest	£764.80
4	Enfield	£759.00

So, is Buckhurst Hill a nice place to live?

Buckhurst Hill has passed our core town assesment with a score of 3/5.  However, the rents in Buckhurst Hill are more expensive than other parts of Essex.  However, Buckhurst Hill does have a number of wards were crime is worse than the national average.

* Probably.