Is St Neots, Cambridgeshire a nice place to live?

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

How likely are you to a victim of crime in St Neots?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for St Neots. 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 9 wards nearest to the centre of St Neots. To pass this section, 7 out of 9 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5

#	Ward	Crime Rank
1	Gamlingay	26834
2	Buckden	25376
3	Great Staughton	25260
4	St Neots Eatons	21534
5	Potton	21437
6	Great Paxton	21418
7	Sandy	21376
8	St Neots Priory Park & Little Paxton	19409
9	St Neots Eynesbury	16231

Is St Neots a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to St Neots, 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 St Neots 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	%
Cambridge	3.24
South Cambridgeshire	3.43
Huntingdonshire (St Neots)	4.23
Bedford	4.37

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for St Neots. 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 9 wards nearest to the centre of St Neots. To pass this section, 7 out of 9 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5.

#	Ward	Health Rank
1	Buckden (Best)	29689
2	Gamlingay	29137
3	Great Paxton	28131
4	Potton	27348
5	St Neots Priory Park & Little Paxton	26394
6	Great Staughton	25190
7	St Neots Eatons	23836
8	Sandy	22708
9	St Neots Eynesbury	20922

Is St Neots rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 9 wards in and around St Neots. 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, 7 out of 9 wards must have a ranking higher than the English average of 16422.5

#	Ward	Deprivation Rank
1	Buckden	27753
2	St Neots Priory Park & Little Paxton	25901
3	Gamlingay	24599
4	Great Staughton	24301
5	Potton	24120
6	St Neots Eatons	23377
7	Great Paxton	22815
8	Sandy	20946
9	St Neots Eynesbury	18845

How affordable are the rents in St Neots?

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, St Neots rents for each size property have to be less than 5% more than the median rent for Cambridgeshire.

Beds	Huntingdonshire	Cambridgeshire
1	£600	£795
2	£750	£850
3	£900	£1050
4	£1300	£1500

How much can I earn in St Neots per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	South Cambridgeshire	£811.80
2	Cambridge	£780.30
3	Bedford UA	£707.70
4	Huntingdonshire (St Neots)	£705.60

So, is St Neots a nice place to live?

St Neots has passed our core town assesment with a score of 4/5.

* Probably.