Is Syston, Leicestershire a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Syston. 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 Syston. 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	East Goscote	28224
2	Birstall Wanlip	21238
3	Barrow and Sileby West	20509
4	Sileby	18773
5	Syston West	17828
6	Thurmaston	17506
7	Syston East	17431
8	Birstall Watermead	17380
9	Troon	13097
10	Rushey Mead	12847

Is Syston a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Syston, 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 Syston 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	%
Blaby	4.19
Charnwood (Syston)	4.22
Oadby and Wigston	4.81
Leicester	5.23

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Syston. 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 Syston. 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	Birstall Wanlip (Best)	30240
2	Barrow and Sileby West	23968
3	Birstall Watermead	23621
4	Sileby	23323
5	East Goscote	22927
6	Syston West	19197
7	Thurmaston	19173
8	Syston East	18089
9	Rushey Mead	12092
10	Troon (Worst)	8844

Is Syston rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Syston. 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	Birstall Wanlip	29095
2	East Goscote	25974
3	Barrow and Sileby West	25640
4	Birstall Watermead	22748
5	Sileby	21201
6	Syston West	21154
7	Syston East	19559
8	Thurmaston	18812
9	Rushey Mead	10934
10	Troon	9947

How affordable are the rents in Syston?

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

Beds	Charnwood	Leicestershire
1	£495	£495
2	£615	£625
3	£750	£750
4	£1050	£1100

How much can I earn in Syston per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Blaby	£689.90
2	Charnwood (Syston)	£673.50
3	Oadby and Wigston	£574.90
4	Leicester UA	£553.90

So, is Syston a nice place to live?

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

* Probably.