Is Sleaford a nice place to live or is Sleaford rough? Forget local estate agents sales speil and local councillors who say that Sleaford 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 Sleaford truly a nice place to live, or are Coningsby, Grantham and North Hykeham a lot better? Time to find out.
What are the crime levels like in Sleaford?
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 Sleaford. 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 |
|---|---|
| Ruskington | 9 |
| Holdingham | 7 |
| Dorrington | 4 |
| Anwick | 2 |
| Leasingham | 1 |
| Evedon | 1 |
| Silk Willoughby | 0 |
| North Rauceby | 0 |
| South Rauceby | 0 |
| Cranwell | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Sleaford. 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 Sleaford and compared them. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Leasingham and Rauceby (Best) | 32535/32845 |
| Ashby de la Launde and Cranwell | 32316/32845 |
| Sleaford Quarrington and Mareham | 31573/32845 |
| Osbournby | 31435/32845 |
| Heckington Rural | 31167/32845 |
| Ruskington | 30647/32845 |
| Sleaford Holdingham | 26889/32845 |
| Sleaford Castle | 22725/32845 |
| Sleaford Westholme | 20730/32845 |
| Sleaford Navigation (Worst) | 18587/32845 |
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Your Health in Sleaford
If you are thinking of moving to Sleaford, 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 Sleaford compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Town | Very Bad | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| South Kesteven | 1.04% | 3.74% |
| North Kesteven (Sleaford) | 1.14% | 3.9% |
| South Holland | 1.38% | 4.72% |
| Boston | 1.24% | 4.73% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Sleaford. 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 Sleaford. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Sleaford Quarrington and Mareham (Best) | 29121/32845 |
| Leasingham and Rauceby | 27195/32845 |
| Heckington Rural | 26537/32845 |
| Osbournby | 26142/32845 |
| Ashby de la Launde and Cranwell | 24469/32845 |
| Sleaford Holdingham | 20884/32845 |
| Sleaford Castle | 20505/32845 |
| Ruskington | 19165/32845 |
| Sleaford Westholme | 18860/32845 |
| Sleaford Navigation (Worst) | 17215/32845 |
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Deprivation in Sleaford
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 Sleaford. 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 |
|---|---|
| Sleaford Quarrington and Mareham (Best) | 29350/32845 |
| Leasingham and Rauceby | 27341/32845 |
| Ashby de la Launde and Cranwell | 23728/32845 |
| Heckington Rural | 21497/32845 |
| Ruskington | 21279/32845 |
| Sleaford Holdingham | 18850/32845 |
| Sleaford Castle | 17485/32845 |
| Osbournby | 14901/32845 |
| Sleaford Westholme | 13585/32845 |
| Sleaford Navigation (Worst) | 11463/32845 |
Average rent in Sleaford
Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These statistics for Sleaford 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 Sleaford.
Weekly Gross Pay and Hourly Pay in Sleaford
If you are thinking of moving to Sleaford, 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.
