Is Loughborough, Leicestershire a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Loughborough. 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 Loughborough. 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	Loughborough Nanpantan	31763
2	Loughborough Outwoods	22977
3	Loughborough Garendon	20623
4	Loughborough Ashby	18990
5	Loughborough Dishley and Hathern	18553
6	Loughborough Shelthorpe	14540
7	Loughborough Lemyngton	13167
8	Loughborough Storer	8730
9	Loughborough Southfields	8475
10	Loughborough Hastings	6256

Is Loughborough a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Loughborough, 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 Loughborough 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	%
Rushcliffe	3.87
Blaby	4.19
Charnwood (Loughborough)	4.22
Leicester	5.23

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Loughborough. 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 Loughborough. 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	Loughborough Nanpantan (Best)	30475
2	Loughborough Outwoods	26010
3	Loughborough Dishley and Hathern	22955
4	Loughborough Garendon	22220
5	Loughborough Shelthorpe	17594
6	Loughborough Southfields	15899
7	Loughborough Ashby	15777
8	Loughborough Storer	11239
9	Loughborough Lemyngton	11013
10	Loughborough Hastings (Worst)	10006

Is Loughborough rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Loughborough. 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	Loughborough Nanpantan	31962
2	Loughborough Outwoods	31067
3	Loughborough Garendon	24747
4	Loughborough Dishley and Hathern	24276
5	Loughborough Southfields	20288
6	Loughborough Ashby	17096
7	Loughborough Shelthorpe	15852
8	Loughborough Storer	14718
9	Loughborough Lemyngton	11628
10	Loughborough Hastings	8823

How affordable are the rents in Loughborough?

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

Beds	Charnwood	Leicestershire
1	£495	£495
2	£615	£625
3	£750	£750
4	£1050	£1100

How much can I earn in Loughborough per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Rushcliffe	£766.20
2	Blaby	£689.90
3	Charnwood (Loughborough)	£673.50
4	Leicester UA	£553.90

So, is Loughborough a nice place to live?

* Probably.