Is Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Fulbourn. 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 Fulbourn. 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	Duxford	27414
2	Shelford	24881
3	Queen Edith's	23368
4	Cherry Hinton	20448
5	Fen Ditton & Fulbourn	20153
6	Trumpington	18322
7	Romsey	14476
8	Coleridge	14171
9	Petersfield	13572
10	Abbey	7606

Is Fulbourn a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Fulbourn, 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 Fulbourn 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	%
Uttlesford	3.22
Cambridge	3.24
South Cambridgeshire (Fulbourn)	3.43
Braintree	4.44

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Fulbourn. 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 Fulbourn. 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	Shelford (Best)	30878
2	Duxford	30713
3	Queen Edith's	27596
4	Fen Ditton & Fulbourn	27531
5	Trumpington	26683
6	Petersfield	22876
7	Cherry Hinton	19162
8	Romsey	18290
9	Coleridge	17987
10	Abbey (Worst)	12423

Is Fulbourn rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Fulbourn. 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	Shelford	29216
2	Duxford	27901
3	Queen Edith's	27435
4	Fen Ditton & Fulbourn	23762
5	Petersfield	22478
6	Cherry Hinton	21806
7	Romsey	21021
8	Coleridge	20570
9	Trumpington	19844
10	Abbey	10105

How affordable are the rents in Fulbourn?

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

Beds	South Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire
1	£825	£795
2	£965	£850
3	£1100	£1050
4	£1495	£1500

How much can I earn in Fulbourn per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	South Cambridgeshire (Fulbourn)	£811.80
2	Uttlesford	£791.50
3	Cambridge	£780.30
4	Braintree	£695.20

So, is Fulbourn a nice place to live?

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

* Probably.