Is Tetbury, Gloucestershire a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Tetbury. 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 Tetbury. 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	Sherston	31476
2	Grumbolds Ash with Avening	30909
3	Minchinhampton	30637
4	Tetbury Town	30585
5	Tetbury East & Rural	30563
6	Thrupp	28937
7	Minety	28367
8	Malmesbury	26737
9	Nailsworth	25992

Is Tetbury a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Tetbury, 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 Tetbury 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	%
Cotswold (Tetbury)	3.8
Stroud	4.15
Swindon	4.45
Gloucester	4.94

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Tetbury. 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 Tetbury. 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	Sherston (Best)	29954
2	Minety	29657
3	Grumbolds Ash with Avening	28865
4	Tetbury East & Rural	28218
5	Thrupp	25702
6	Tetbury Town	25557
7	Malmesbury	24858
8	Nailsworth	24614
9	Minchinhampton	24068

Is Tetbury rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 9 wards in and around Tetbury. 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	Minety	26855
2	Sherston	26473
3	Nailsworth	26399
4	Tetbury East & Rural	26139
5	Tetbury Town	25961
6	Malmesbury	25019
7	Minchinhampton	24481
8	Thrupp	23879
9	Grumbolds Ash with Avening	20818

How affordable are the rents in Tetbury?

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

Beds	Cotswold	Gloucestershire
1	£650	£585
2	£815	£725
3	£1050	£895
4	£1745	£1300

How much can I earn in Tetbury per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Swindon UA	£697.50
2	Cotswold (Tetbury)	£692.50
3	Stroud	£672.60
4	Gloucester	£613.60

So, is Tetbury a nice place to live?

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

* Probably.