Is Henley in Arden, Warwickshire a nice place to live?

Is Henley in Arden a nice place to live or is Henley in Arden rough? Forget local estate agents sales speil and local councillors who say that Henley in Arden 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 Henley in Arden truly a nice place to live, or are Alcester, Stratford upon Avon and Redditch a lot better? Time to find out.

What are the crime levels like in Henley in Arden?

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 Henley in Arden. 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
High Cross 3
Buckley Green 1
Beaudesert 1
Henley-in-Arden 1
Alne 1
Holywell 0
Barnmoor Green 0
Hallend 0
Blunt’s Green 0
Ullenhall 0

The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Henley in Arden. 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 Henley in Arden 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 Kenilworth Abbey & Arden ward.

Ward Average rank in England
Kenilworth Abbey & Arden (Best) 21869/32845
Kinwarton 21519/32845
Wotton Wawen 19930/32845
Studley with Mappleborough Green 18723/32845
Matchborough 18231/32845
Winyates 17874/32845
Henley-in-Arden 16574/32845
Church Hill 13716/32845
Greenlands 13353/32845
Reader Opinion:

Evesham, It's the worst of the worst no doubt about it.

Your Health in Henley in Arden

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

Town Very Bad Bad
Warwick 0.93% 3.11%
Wychavon 0.98% 3.71%
Stratford-on-Avon (Henley in Arden) 0.88% 3.36%
Redditch 1.23% 4.18%

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

Ward Average rank in England
Kenilworth Abbey & Arden (Best) 28397/32845
Wotton Wawen 27374/32845
Kinwarton 26812/32845
Henley-in-Arden 21554/32845
Studley with Mappleborough Green 19300/32845
Winyates 11494/32845
Matchborough 10802/32845
Greenlands 9046/32845
Church Hill 7350/32845
Reader Opinion:

Portishead, on the muddy shores of the Severn Estuary

Deprivation in Henley in Arden

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 Henley in Arden. 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
Kenilworth Abbey & Arden (Best) 24805/32845
Kinwarton 22681/32845
Wotton Wawen 21769/32845
Henley-in-Arden 21132/32845
Studley with Mappleborough Green 19874/32845
Winyates 15955/32845
Matchborough 12682/32845
Greenlands 10197/32845
Church Hill 10136/32845

Average rent in Henley in Arden

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

Weekly Gross Pay and Hourly Pay in Henley in Arden

If you are thinking of moving to Henley in Arden, 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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