Is Steyning, West Sussex a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Steyning. 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 Steyning. 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	Buckingham	29992
2	West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington	28551
3	Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote	28468
4	Cokeham	26160
5	Steyning & Ashurst	25796
6	Henfield	25633
7	Manor	24838
8	Offington	23810
9	Peverel	22045
10	Mash Barn	17348

Is Steyning a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Steyning, 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 Steyning 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	%
Mid Sussex	3.5
Horsham (Steyning)	3.53
Worthing	5.24
Adur	5.57

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Steyning. 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 Steyning. 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	West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington (Best)	31160
2	Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote	28518
3	Steyning & Ashurst	28071
4	Offington	27311
5	Henfield	25455
6	Manor	22690
7	Buckingham	21533
8	Cokeham	16899
9	Peverel	15776
10	Mash Barn (Worst)	11650

Is Steyning rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Steyning. 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	Buckingham	29848
2	Offington	29735
3	West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington	28225
4	Steyning & Ashurst	27188
5	Henfield	25572
6	Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote	22644
7	Manor	22082
8	Cokeham	16345
9	Peverel	15329
10	Mash Barn	11336

How affordable are the rents in Steyning?

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, Steyning rents for each size property have to be less than 5% more than the median rent for West Sussex.

Beds	Horsham	West Sussex
1	£805	£725
2	£1025	£925
3	£1300	£1175
4	£1750	£1550

How much can I earn in Steyning per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Mid Sussex	£768.70
2	Horsham (Steyning)	£707.00
3	Worthing	£644.80
4	Adur	£590.50

So, is Steyning a nice place to live?

Steyning has passed our core town assesment with a score of 3/5.  However, Steyning does more pockets of deprivation than the average town.  However, the rents in Steyning are more expensive than other parts of West Sussex.

* Probably.