Is Horley, Surrey a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Horley. 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 Horley. 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	Copthorne and Worth	21867
2	Horley East & Salfords	21797
3	Pound Hill South & Worth	20904
4	Pound Hill North & Forge Wood	18916
5	Horley Central & South	18427
6	Langley Green & Tushmore	18349
7	Horley West & Sidlow	18106
8	Ifield	17265
9	Charlwood	16718
10	Burstow, Horne and Outwood	12100

Is Horley a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Horley, 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 Horley 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	%
Epsom and Ewell	3.06
Reigate and Banstead (Horley)	3.4
Tandridge	3.77
Crawley	4.33

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Horley. 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 Horley. 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	Copthorne and Worth (Best)	30685
2	Horley East & Salfords	27223
3	Charlwood	25648
4	Pound Hill North & Forge Wood	24519
5	Pound Hill South & Worth	23240
6	Horley West & Sidlow	22578
7	Horley Central & South	21451
8	Burstow, Horne and Outwood	18454
9	Langley Green & Tushmore	14147
10	Ifield (Worst)	12953

Is Horley rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Horley. 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	Copthorne and Worth	30492
2	Horley East & Salfords	23951
3	Pound Hill South & Worth	23669
4	Pound Hill North & Forge Wood	23247
5	Horley West & Sidlow	21256
6	Horley Central & South	21027
7	Burstow, Horne and Outwood	16215
8	Charlwood	15112
9	Ifield	14810
10	Langley Green & Tushmore	13048

How affordable are the rents in Horley?

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

Beds	Reigate and Banstead	Surrey
1	£875	£900
2	£1105	£1170
3	£1400	£1450
4	£2080	£2250

How much can I earn in Horley per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Epsom and Ewell	£850.00
2	Reigate and Banstead (Horley)	£800.00
3	Tandridge	£718.10
4	Crawley	£654.40

So, is Horley a nice place to live?

Horley has passed our core town assesment with a score of 3/5.  However, Horley does more pockets of deprivation than the average town.  However, the rents in Horley are more expensive than other parts of Surrey.

* Probably.