So you're asking yourself the question 'is Keynsham a nice place to live?'' You've found some estate agents and they have told you what you wanted to hear. You've read some speil by a local councillor who says that Keynsham is on the up an up? Now it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Keynsham truly a nice place to live, or are Bristol, Kingswood and Bath a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Keynsham
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of February 2021 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Keynsham. 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 |
|---|---|
| Chew | 44 |
| Keynsham | 42 |
| Stockwood Vale | 30 |
| Stone Hill | 21 |
| Hicks Gate | 19 |
| Hanham Green | 18 |
| Longwell Green | 16 |
| Avon | 14 |
| Bitton | 7 |
| Chewton Keynsham | 2 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Keynsham. These statitics 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 collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Keynsham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Keynsham East (Best) | 22504/32845 |
| Longwell Green | 22442/32845 |
| Hanham | 14693/32845 |
| Parkwall & Warmley | 12785/32845 |
| St George Troopers Hill | 11807/32845 |
| Brislington East | 10818/32845 |
| Keynsham North | 10654/32845 |
| Keynsham South | 9842/32845 |
| Brislington West | 7962/32845 |
| Stockwood (Worst) | 7929/32845 |
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Your Health in Keynsham
If you are thinking of moving to Keynsham, 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 Keynsham compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Town | Very Bad | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol, City of | 1.27% | 4.22% |
| Wiltshire | 0.87% | 3.18% |
| South Gloucestershire | 0.93% | 3.26% |
| Bath and North East Somerset (Keynsham) | 0.91% | 3.31% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Keynsham. 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 Keynsham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Keynsham East (Best) | 28368/32845 |
| Longwell Green | 25706/32845 |
| Hanham | 25066/32845 |
| Parkwall & Warmley | 23041/32845 |
| Keynsham North | 20934/32845 |
| Keynsham South | 20045/32845 |
| Brislington West | 13953/32845 |
| St George Troopers Hill | 13798/32845 |
| Brislington East | 12517/32845 |
| Stockwood (Worst) | 11499/32845 |
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Deprivation in Keynsham
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 Keynsham. 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 |
|---|---|
| Keynsham East (Best) | 28870/32845 |
| Longwell Green | 24819/32845 |
| Hanham | 21913/32845 |
| Parkwall & Warmley | 18687/32845 |
| Keynsham North | 18613/32845 |
| Keynsham South | 17081/32845 |
| St George Troopers Hill | 16292/32845 |
| Brislington West | 14884/32845 |
| Brislington East | 13600/32845 |
| Stockwood (Worst) | 12603/32845 |
Average rent in Keynsham
Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These statistics for Keynsham 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 Keynsham.
Weekly Gross Pay and Hourly Pay in Keynsham
If you are thinking of moving to Keynsham, 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.
