Is Ripley, Derbyshire a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Ripley. 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 Ripley. 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	Heage and Ambergate	30731
2	Swanwick	30517
3	Wingfield	28700
4	Belper East	28603
5	Codnor and Waingroves	26489
6	Ripley and Marehay	25911
7	Heanor and Loscoe	23958
8	Somercotes	21553
9	Ripley	21337
10	Ironville and Riddings	19636

Is Ripley a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Ripley, 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 Ripley 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	%
Broxtowe	5.16
Amber Valley (Ripley)	5.63
North East Derbyshire	6.48
Ashfield	7.09

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Ripley. 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 Ripley. 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	Wingfield (Best)	21573
2	Heage and Ambergate	20690
3	Belper East	19647
4	Swanwick	19332
5	Codnor and Waingroves	13725
6	Heanor and Loscoe	13650
7	Ironville and Riddings	12492
8	Ripley and Marehay	12415
9	Ripley	11682
10	Somercotes (Worst)	5853

Is Ripley rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Ripley. 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	Belper East	26133
2	Swanwick	24624
3	Wingfield	22911
4	Heage and Ambergate	20694
5	Ripley and Marehay	17689
6	Codnor and Waingroves	17243
7	Ripley	15073
8	Ironville and Riddings	14865
9	Heanor and Loscoe	14520
10	Somercotes	7195

How affordable are the rents in Ripley?

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

Beds	Amber Valley	Derbyshire
1	£440	£450
2	£550	£575
3	£650	£650
4	£895	£950

How much can I earn in Ripley per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Broxtowe	£666.10
2	Amber Valley (Ripley)	£662.90
3	North East Derbyshire	£653.20
4	Ashfield	£605.80

So, is Ripley a nice place to live?

* Probably.