Is Tring, Hertfordshire a nice place to live?

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

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

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Tring. 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 Tring. 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	Pitstone & Cheddington	28665
2	Cholesbury, The Lee and Bellingdon	26615
3	Berkhamsted Castle	25950
4	Tring West and Rural	25435
5	Aston Clinton & Stoke Mandeville	24677
6	Berkhamsted West	24154
7	Aldbury and Wigginton	22816
8	Tring East	21583
9	Tring Central	20115
10	Northchurch	20013

Is Tring a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Tring, 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 Tring 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	%
Central Bedfordshire	3.82
Dacorum (Tring)	3.89

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Tring. 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 Tring. 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	Cholesbury, The Lee and Bellingdon (Best)	32767
2	Aldbury and Wigginton	32304
3	Berkhamsted Castle	31866
4	Tring East	31749
5	Pitstone & Cheddington	29944
6	Tring West and Rural	29773
7	Aston Clinton & Stoke Mandeville	28652
8	Tring Central	28326
9	Northchurch	28068
10	Berkhamsted West (Worst)	27996

Is Tring rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Tring. 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	Berkhamsted Castle	32204
2	Tring East	30008
3	Northchurch	29951
4	Aldbury and Wigginton	29610
5	Aston Clinton & Stoke Mandeville	29093
6	Tring West and Rural	27660
7	Berkhamsted West	27430
8	Pitstone & Cheddington	27172
9	Tring Central	26346
10	Cholesbury, The Lee and Bellingdon	25182

How affordable are the rents in Tring?

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

Beds	Dacorum	Hertfordshire
1	£850	£850
2	£1100	£1100
3	£1350	£1350
4	£1875	£1850

How much can I earn in Tring per week?

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

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Central Bedfordshire UA	£782.10
2	Dacorum (Tring)	£759.10

So, is Tring a nice place to live?

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

* Probably.