Is St Ives, Cambridgeshire a nice place to live?

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

How likely are you to a victim of crime in St Ives?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for St Ives. 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 St Ives. To pass this section, 8 out of 10 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5

#WardCrime Rank
1Somersham26401
2Holywell-cum-Needingworth25633
3Hemingford Grey & Houghton24533
4Godmanchester & Hemingford Abbots24272
5St Ives East22573
6Fenstanton22564
7St Ives South21901
8Over & Willingham21690
9St Ives West19535
10Huntingdon East16582
crime
PASSED

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Is St Ives a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to St Ives, 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 St Ives 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%
Cambridge3.24
South Cambridgeshire3.43
Huntingdonshire (St Ives)4.23
Fenland6.38

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for St Ives. 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 St Ives. To pass this section, 8 out of 10 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5.

#WardHealth Rank
1Somersham (Best)28701
2Over & Willingham28692
3Hemingford Grey & Houghton28577
4Holywell-cum-Needingworth28405
5Fenstanton26171
6St Ives West25278
7St Ives South24736
8Godmanchester & Hemingford Abbots24460
9St Ives East23676
10Huntingdon East (Worst)17401
health
PASSED
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Is St Ives rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around St Ives. 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

#WardDeprivation Rank
1Holywell-cum-Needingworth29977
2Somersham27933
3Hemingford Grey & Houghton27415
4Fenstanton27335
5Over & Willingham27224
6St Ives South25408
7Godmanchester & Hemingford Abbots25326
8St Ives West23802
9St Ives East20885
10Huntingdon East15186
Deprivation
PASSED



How affordable are the rents in St Ives?

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, St Ives rents for each size property have to be less than 5% more than the median rent for Cambridgeshire.

BedsHuntingdonshireCambridgeshire
1£600£795
2£750£850
3£900£1050
4£1300£1500
Affordable Rents
PASSED



How much can I earn in St Ives per week?

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

#Local AuthorityMedian Pw
1South Cambridgeshire£811.80
2Cambridge£780.30
3Huntingdonshire (St Ives)£705.60
4Fenland£679.00
Wages
FAILED



So, is St Ives a nice place to live?

St Ives has passed our core town assesment with a score of 4/5.

Is St Ives a nice place to live?
YES
* Probably.