Is Framlingham, Suffolk a nice place to live?

Is Framlingham a nice place to live or is Framlingham rough? Forget local estate agents sales speil and local councillors who say that Framlingham 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 Framlingham truly a nice place to live, or are Otley, Saxmundham and Woodbridge a lot better? Time to find out.

What are the crime levels like in Framlingham?

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 Framlingham. 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
Framlingham 3
Apsey Green 2
Cole’s Green 1
Earl Soham 1
Tannington Place 1
Bedfield 0
Bruisyard 0
Marlesford 0
Rendham 0
Brundish Street 0

The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Framlingham. 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 Framlingham and compared them. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.

You least likely to be a victim of crime in the Hoxne & Worlingworth ward.

Ward Average rank in England
Hoxne & Worlingworth (Best) 30894/32845
Stradbroke & Laxfield 30023/32845
Debenham 29399/32845
Framlingham 29314/32845
Deben 27742/32845
Melton 27497/32845
Wickham Market 27087/32845
Kelsale & Yoxford 26585/32845
Carlford & Fynn Valley 26134/32845
Saxmundham (Worst) 18825/32845
Reader Opinion:

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Your Health in Framlingham

If you are thinking of moving to Framlingham, 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 Framlingham compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;

Town Very Bad Bad
Ipswich 1.14% 3.92%
South Norfolk 1.02% 3.46%
Mid Suffolk 0.83% 3.12%

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Framlingham. 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 Framlingham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;

Ward Average rank in England
Hoxne & Worlingworth (Best) 31942/32845
Stradbroke & Laxfield 31792/32845
Debenham 31278/32845
Framlingham 28182/32845
Carlford & Fynn Valley 27635/32845
Wickham Market 25944/32845
Melton 25704/32845
Deben 25461/32845
Kelsale & Yoxford 22807/32845
Saxmundham (Worst) 21905/32845
Reader Opinion:

Keighley: the most depressing and dull place I've ever encountered

Deprivation in Framlingham

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 Framlingham. 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
Melton (Best) 26635/32845
Carlford & Fynn Valley 23027/32845
Stradbroke & Laxfield 22396/32845
Debenham 21365/32845
Framlingham 20769/32845
Wickham Market 19677/32845
Deben 18820/32845
Hoxne & Worlingworth 16817/32845
Saxmundham 15758/32845
Kelsale & Yoxford (Worst) 13367/32845

Average rent in Framlingham

Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These statistics for Framlingham 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 Framlingham.

Weekly Gross Pay and Hourly Pay in Framlingham

If you are thinking of moving to Framlingham, 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.

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