Is Market Rasen, Lincolnshire a nice place to live?

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

How likely are you to a victim of crime in Market Rasen?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Market Rasen. 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 Market Rasen. 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	Sudbrooke	32693
2	Waddingham and Spital	31466
3	Tetford & Donington	31341
4	Nettleham	30894
5	Dunholme and Welton	29676
6	Wragby	27861
7	Fulstow	27843
8	Market Rasen	25193
9	Wold View	24404
10	Caistor and Yarborough	24381

Is Market Rasen a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Market Rasen, 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 Market Rasen 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	%
Lincoln	5.46
West Lindsey (Market Rasen)	5.6
North East Lincolnshire	6.5
East Lindsey	8.16

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Market Rasen. 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 Market Rasen. 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	Waddingham and Spital (Best)	25767
2	Nettleham	22000
3	Sudbrooke	20695
4	Tetford & Donington	20037
5	Caistor and Yarborough	19799
6	Dunholme and Welton	18224
7	Market Rasen	16229
8	Fulstow	14097
9	Wragby	13640
10	Wold View (Worst)	10541

Is Market Rasen rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Market Rasen. 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	Nettleham	28952
2	Sudbrooke	27102
3	Caistor and Yarborough	20847
4	Dunholme and Welton	20622
5	Waddingham and Spital	19065
6	Market Rasen	15956
7	Fulstow	14420
8	Tetford & Donington	11583
9	Wragby	10533
10	Wold View	9942

How affordable are the rents in Market Rasen?

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, Market Rasen rents for each size property have to be less than 5% more than the median rent for Lincolnshire.

Beds	West Lindsey	Lincolnshire
1	£385	£465
2	£495	£575
3	£575	£675
4	£810	£920

How much can I earn in Market Rasen per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	North East Lincolnshire UA	£663.40
2	West Lindsey (Market Rasen)	£643.60
3	Lincoln	£623.10
4	East Lindsey	£574.90

So, is Market Rasen a nice place to live?

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

* Probably.