Is Spalding, Lincolnshire a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Spalding. 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 Spalding. 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	Donington, Quadring and Gosberton	29226
2	Moulton, Weston and Cowbit	27758
3	Pinchbeck and Surfleet	27410
4	Spalding Monks House	26973
5	Spalding St Mary's	23782
6	Spalding Wygate	23018
7	Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas	21944
8	Spalding St John's	20647
9	Spalding St Paul's	19148
10	Spalding Castle	14646

Is Spalding a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Spalding, 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 Spalding 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	%
Peterborough	5.11
South Holland (Spalding)	5.68
Boston	5.8

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Spalding. 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 Spalding. 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	Spalding Monks House (Best)	23920
2	Spalding Wygate	23642
3	Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas	22160
4	Spalding St Mary's	21301
5	Spalding St John's	21249
6	Pinchbeck and Surfleet	20738
7	Spalding Castle	20738
8	Spalding St Paul's	20188
9	Moulton, Weston and Cowbit	20062
10	Donington, Quadring and Gosberton (Worst)	18425

Is Spalding rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Spalding. 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	Spalding Monks House	22571
2	Spalding Wygate	22489
3	Spalding St Mary's	20376
4	Spalding Castle	18954
5	Spalding St John's	18317
6	Moulton, Weston and Cowbit	18014
7	Spalding St Paul's	17217
8	Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas	17163
9	Pinchbeck and Surfleet	17075
10	Donington, Quadring and Gosberton	16882

How affordable are the rents in Spalding?

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

Beds	South Holland	Lincolnshire
1	£520	£465
2	£650	£575
3	£750	£675
4	£900	£920

How much can I earn in Spalding per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Peterborough UA	£667.70
2	South Holland (Spalding)	£635.90
3	Boston	£582.40

So, is Spalding a nice place to live?

Spalding has passed our core town assesment with a score of 4/5.  However, the rents in Spalding are more expensive than other parts of Lincolnshire.

* Probably.