Is The Deepings, Lincolnshire a nice place to live?

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

How likely are you to a victim of crime in The Deepings?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for The Deepings. 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 The Deepings. 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	Casewick	32059
2	Dole Wood	30873
3	Market & West Deeping	30776
4	Deeping St James	29897
5	Barnack	25677
6	Werrington	21955
7	Gunthorpe	13325
8	Eye, Thorney and Newborough	10457
9	Ravensthorpe	7307
10	Paston and Walton	6908

Is The Deepings a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to The Deepings, 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 The Deepings 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	%
South Kesteven (The Deepings)	4.76
Peterborough	5.11
South Holland	5.68

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for The Deepings. 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 The Deepings. 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	Dole Wood (Best)	30153
2	Casewick	27992
3	Deeping St James	25385
4	Barnack	23171
5	Market & West Deeping	21037
6	Werrington	14020
7	Gunthorpe	11782
8	Eye, Thorney and Newborough	11228
9	Ravensthorpe	9686
10	Paston and Walton (Worst)	7996

Is The Deepings rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around The Deepings. 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	Deeping St James	27876
2	Casewick	26981
3	Dole Wood	24685
4	Market & West Deeping	23491
5	Barnack	22379
6	Werrington	19188
7	Gunthorpe	14910
8	Eye, Thorney and Newborough	12593
9	Ravensthorpe	11338
10	Paston and Walton	8574

How affordable are the rents in The Deepings?

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

Beds	South Kesteven	Lincolnshire
1	£400	£465
2	£583	£575
3	£675	£675
4	£1000	£920

How much can I earn in The Deepings per week?

If you are thinking of moving to The Deepings, 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 The Deepings'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 Kesteven (The Deepings)	£658.50
3	South Holland	£635.90

So, is The Deepings a nice place to live?

* Probably.