Is Honiton, Devon a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Honiton. 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 Honiton. 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	Feniton	31521
2	Tale Vale	31405
3	Dunkeswell & Otterhead	31006
4	Upper Culm	30663
5	Coly Valley	29639
6	Honiton St Michael's	28567
7	Sidmouth Sidford	28013
8	Sidmouth Rural	26597
9	Beer & Branscombe	26102
10	Honiton St Paul's	25338

Is Honiton a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Honiton, 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 Honiton 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	%
Exeter	4.6
Mid Devon	4.77
East Devon (Honiton)	4.85
Somerset West and Taunton	5.2

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Honiton. 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 Honiton. 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	Upper Culm (Best)	29811
2	Sidmouth Rural	28720
3	Tale Vale	28524
4	Dunkeswell & Otterhead	28357
5	Feniton	28255
6	Coly Valley	26564
7	Sidmouth Sidford	23476
8	Honiton St Michael's	21030
9	Beer & Branscombe	20615
10	Honiton St Paul's (Worst)	17485

Is Honiton rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Honiton. 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	Sidmouth Rural	26767
2	Feniton	24791
3	Sidmouth Sidford	23859
4	Honiton St Michael's	22588
5	Beer & Branscombe	22264
6	Tale Vale	21527
7	Upper Culm	21107
8	Coly Valley	20558
9	Honiton St Paul's	17467
10	Dunkeswell & Otterhead	16959

How affordable are the rents in Honiton?

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

Beds	East Devon	Devon
1	£560	£550
2	£725	£680
3	£875	£850
4	£1195	£1300

How much can I earn in Honiton per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	East Devon (Honiton)	£682.40
2	Exeter	£657.20
3	Mid Devon	£636.90

So, is Honiton a nice place to live?

Honiton has passed our core town assesment with a score of 4/5.  However, the rents in Honiton are more expensive than other parts of Devon.

* Probably.