Is Bordon, Hampshire a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Bordon. 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 Bordon. 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	Grayshott	30540
2	Hindhead	30385
3	Haslemere Critchmere and Shottermill	26736
4	Lindford	22679
5	Headley	22365
6	Bramshott & Liphook	20858
7	Binsted, Bentley & Selborne	18724
8	Whitehill Hogmoor & Greatham	17825
9	Whitehill Pinewood	11308
10	Whitehill Castle	9052

Is Bordon a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Bordon, 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 Bordon 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	%
Hart	2.82
Waverley	3.2
East Hampshire (Bordon)	3.58
Basingstoke and Deane	3.69

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Bordon. 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 Bordon. 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	Lindford (Best)	28941
2	Binsted, Bentley & Selborne	28403
3	Headley	28052
4	Bramshott & Liphook	26298
5	Grayshott	24786
6	Whitehill Hogmoor & Greatham	24778
7	Haslemere Critchmere and Shottermill	23100
8	Whitehill Pinewood	21699
9	Hindhead	21587
10	Whitehill Castle (Worst)	19770

Is Bordon rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Bordon. 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	Hindhead	30151
2	Grayshott	27049
3	Haslemere Critchmere and Shottermill	26180
4	Bramshott & Liphook	25491
5	Headley	24972
6	Lindford	24009
7	Binsted, Bentley & Selborne	22506
8	Whitehill Hogmoor & Greatham	21733
9	Whitehill Pinewood	18995
10	Whitehill Castle	18362

How affordable are the rents in Bordon?

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

Beds	East Hampshire	Hampshire
1	£685	£700
2	£875	£850
3	£1150	£1100
4	£1625	£1550

How much can I earn in Bordon per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Waverley	£881.70
2	Hart	£857.80
3	Basingstoke and Deane	£761.00
4	East Hampshire (Bordon)	£732.00

So, is Bordon a nice place to live?

Bordon has passed our core town assesment with a score of 3/5.  However, the rents in Bordon are more expensive than other parts of Hampshire.

* Probably.