Is Lydd, Kent a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Lydd. 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 Lydd. 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	Isle of Oxney	24057
2	Hythe Rural	24054
3	Brede & Udimore	21575
4	Park Farm South	20933
5	Saxon Shore	20657
6	Romney Marsh	20404
7	New Romney	19738
8	Walland & Denge Marsh	18202
9	Rye & Winchelsea	18090
10	Eastern Rother	16066

Is Lydd a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Lydd, 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 Lydd 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	%
Maidstone	4.26
Ashford	4.59
Folkestone and Hythe (Lydd)	6.49
Hastings	7.27

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Lydd. 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 Lydd. 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	Isle of Oxney (Best)	25902
2	Saxon Shore	25538
3	Park Farm South	24333
4	Brede & Udimore	18408
5	Hythe Rural	17536
6	Eastern Rother	17340
7	Rye & Winchelsea	16739
8	New Romney	14271
9	Walland & Denge Marsh	13171
10	Romney Marsh (Worst)	9593

Is Lydd rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Lydd. 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	Park Farm South	24237
2	Brede & Udimore	19801
3	Saxon Shore	17341
4	New Romney	15552
5	Hythe Rural	14886
6	Rye & Winchelsea	12203
7	Isle of Oxney	11493
8	Eastern Rother	9779
9	Romney Marsh	8956
10	Walland & Denge Marsh	8036

How affordable are the rents in Lydd?

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

Beds	Folkestone and Hythe	Kent
1	£525	£685
2	£720	£860
3	£895	£1050
4	£1100	£1498

How much can I earn in Lydd per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Folkestone and Hythe (Lydd)	£687.70
2	Maidstone	£668.70
3	Ashford	£662.40
4	Hastings	£655.80

So, is Lydd a nice place to live?

Lydd has passed our core town assesment with a score of 3/5.  However, Lydd does more pockets of deprivation than the average town.

* Probably.