Is Chatteris, Cambridgeshire a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Chatteris. 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 9 wards nearest to the centre of Chatteris. To pass this section, 7 out of 9 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5

#	Ward	Crime Rank
1	Sutton	27750
2	Doddington & Wimblington	25126
3	Benwick, Coates & Eastrea	22841
4	Warboys	20703
5	Ramsey	20132
6	The Mills	19940
7	Manea	19560
8	Wenneye	15016
9	Slade Lode	13039

Is Chatteris a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Chatteris, 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 Chatteris 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	%
East Cambridgeshire	4.14
Huntingdonshire	4.23
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	5.93
Fenland (Chatteris)	6.38

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Chatteris. 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 9 wards nearest to the centre of Chatteris. To pass this section, 7 out of 9 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5.

#	Ward	Health Rank
1	Sutton (Best)	28897
2	Warboys	22635
3	Wenneye	22186
4	Ramsey	19696
5	Manea	16480
6	Doddington & Wimblington	13959
7	The Mills	13470
8	Benwick, Coates & Eastrea	12553
9	Slade Lode	10631

Is Chatteris rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 9 wards in and around Chatteris. 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, 7 out of 9 wards must have a ranking higher than the English average of 16422.5

#	Ward	Deprivation Rank
1	Sutton	25495
2	Doddington & Wimblington	20637
3	Wenneye	19429
4	Ramsey	18422
5	Warboys	18086
6	The Mills	16757
7	Manea	16564
8	Benwick, Coates & Eastrea	14717
9	Slade Lode	12139

How affordable are the rents in Chatteris?

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

Beds	Fenland	Cambridgeshire
1	£500	£795
2	£650	£850
3	£750	£1050
4	£1000	£1500

How much can I earn in Chatteris per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Huntingdonshire	£705.60
2	East Cambridgeshire	£704.40
3	Fenland (Chatteris)	£679.00
4	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	£650.60

So, is Chatteris a nice place to live?

Chatteris has passed our core town assesment with a score of 3/5.

* Probably.