Is Cheadle, Staffordshire a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Cheadle. 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 Cheadle. 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	Ipstones	31720
2	Alton	30772
3	Checkley	28651
4	Abbey	27348
5	Cheadle West	25613
6	Churnet	25039
7	Cheadle North East	24547
8	Forsbrook	24197
9	Cheadle South East	20606
10	Caverswall	10665

Is Cheadle a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Cheadle, 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 Cheadle 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 Staffordshire	4.83
Stafford	4.9
Staffordshire Moorlands (Cheadle)	5.64
Stoke-on-Trent	7.36

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Cheadle. 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 Cheadle. 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	Alton (Best)	26201
2	Abbey	25911
3	Ipstones	24741
4	Forsbrook	22836
5	Churnet	21939
6	Checkley	21909
7	Cheadle West	18851
8	Caverswall	18340
9	Cheadle South East	15905
10	Cheadle North East (Worst)	11791

Is Cheadle rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Cheadle. 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	Alton	28506
2	Forsbrook	25779
3	Checkley	22834
4	Cheadle West	21704
5	Abbey	19589
6	Cheadle South East	19338
7	Ipstones	18394
8	Caverswall	17616
9	Churnet	17376
10	Cheadle North East	14107

How affordable are the rents in Cheadle?

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

Beds	Staffordshire Moorlands	Staffordshire
1	£380	£495
2	£525	£614
3	£650	£750
4	£690	£1040

How much can I earn in Cheadle per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Stafford	£728.30
2	Staffordshire Moorlands (Cheadle)	£702.60
3	East Staffordshire	£669.60
4	Stoke-on-Trent UA	£587.80

So, is Cheadle a nice place to live?

Cheadle has passed our core town assesment with flying colours with a score of 5/5. It doesn't get any better than that!

* Probably.