Is Amesbury a nice place to live or is Amesbury rough? Forget local estate agents sales speil and local councillors who say that Amesbury is on the up an up, it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Amesbury truly a nice place to live, or are Salisbury, Tidworth and Wilton a lot better? Time to find out.
What are the crime levels like in Amesbury?
Using the latest Police street crime figures (typically from 3 months ago) we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Amesbury. Naturally the more urban and more central areas will have a higher rate of crime, but often you can be surprised when that is not the case and that is the area you want to move to.| Policing Area | Voilent Crimes |
|---|---|
| Ratfyn | 22 |
| Amesbury | 21 |
| Durrington | 15 |
| Milston | 15 |
| Brigmerston | 15 |
| Hackthorn | 14 |
| Bulford | 8 |
| Bulford Camp | 7 |
| Strangways | 5 |
| Lake | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Amesbury. These statistics are published by the government every 2-3 years. 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. We've taken the rank average for wards in and around Amesbury and compared them. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Bulford, Allington and Figheldean (Best) | 26446/32845 |
| Durrington and Larkhill | 25988/32845 |
| Bourne and Woodford Valley | 24775/32845 |
| Salisbury St Mark's and Bishopdown | 23906/32845 |
| Winterslow | 23363/32845 |
| Salisbury St Francis and Stratford | 22224/32845 |
| Amesbury East | 22115/32845 |
| Laverstock, Ford and Old Sarum | 19893/32845 |
| Amesbury West | 19891/32845 |
| Wilton and Lower Wylye Valley (Worst) | 18153/32845 |
Andover: gulag of Hampshire
Your Health in Amesbury
If you are thinking of moving to Amesbury, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. We've taken the healh question from the latest census to find out and how Amesbury compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Town | Very Bad | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Wiltshire (Amesbury) | 0.87% | 3.18% |
| New Forest | 1.08% | 3.81% |
| Eastleigh | 0.87% | 3.05% |
| Test Valley | 0.8% | 2.97% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Amesbury. 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 rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Amesbury. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Winterslow (Best) | 29972/32845 |
| Laverstock, Ford and Old Sarum | 27906/32845 |
| Amesbury East | 25193/32845 |
| Salisbury St Francis and Stratford | 24700/32845 |
| Bulford, Allington and Figheldean | 24457/32845 |
| Durrington and Larkhill | 24145/32845 |
| Bourne and Woodford Valley | 23506/32845 |
| Salisbury St Mark's and Bishopdown | 21926/32845 |
| Amesbury West | 20407/32845 |
| Wilton and Lower Wylye Valley (Worst) | 17940/32845 |
Warminster, the hidden sh*thole of roadmen and squaddie mattresses
Deprivation in Amesbury
Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average Index of Multiple Deprivation rank of all the LSOAs in the wards in and around Amesbury. 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.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Durrington and Larkhill (Best) | 26619/32845 |
| Salisbury St Francis and Stratford | 25626/32845 |
| Bulford, Allington and Figheldean | 24949/32845 |
| Bourne and Woodford Valley | 24420/32845 |
| Salisbury St Mark's and Bishopdown | 24043/32845 |
| Laverstock, Ford and Old Sarum | 23925/32845 |
| Amesbury East | 23387/32845 |
| Winterslow | 22908/32845 |
| Amesbury West | 20325/32845 |
| Wilton and Lower Wylye Valley (Worst) | 17526/32845 |
Average rent in Amesbury
Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These statistics for Amesbury are dated September 2021. They are split into three figures, the lower quartile, mean and upper quartile. If you recieve housing benefit or the housing benefit section of Universal Credit, the lower quartile is at the top limit of what would be affordable. The mean is the average you'd expect to pay for a rental property and the upper quartile is the average rental cost of the most expensive 25% of properties in Amesbury.
Weekly Gross Pay and Hourly Pay in Amesbury
If you are thinking of moving to Amesbury, you'll want to know how much you can earn in a job in the town. The government publish regular statistics on gross weekly pay and pay per hour.
