My Area UK

Best places to live in England

Local authorities ranked by the My Area Score — a percentile blend of crime, housing affordability, schools, life expectancy, deprivation, employment and council tax.

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1Ribble ValleyLancashire79.2/100
2WinchesterHampshire75.3/100
3North KestevenLincolnshire75.3/100
4South KestevenLincolnshire75.1/100
5RutlandRutland74.9/100
6Bracknell ForestBerkshire74.2/100
7EastleighHampshire73.8/100
8Mid SuffolkSuffolk73.7/100
9West OxfordshireOxfordshire73.4/100
10Isles of ScillyCornwall73.4/100
11BroadlandNorfolk73.1/100
12UttlesfordEssex72.8/100
13WokinghamBerkshire72.6/100
14FarehamHampshire72.3/100
15HartHampshire71.8/100
16Mole ValleySurrey71.3/100
17Hinckley and BosworthLeicestershire70.6/100
18South StaffordshireStaffordshire70.3/100
19Three RiversHertfordshire69.9/100
20Vale of White HorseOxfordshire69.6/100
21Derbyshire DalesDerbyshire69.4/100
22CotswoldGloucestershire69.3/100
23RushcliffeNottinghamshire69.2/100
24YorkNorth Yorkshire68.9/100
25St AlbansHertfordshire68.8/100
26East HertfordshireHertfordshire68.6/100
27West SuffolkSuffolk68.5/100
28HuntingdonshireCambridgeshire68.4/100
29East Riding of YorkshireEast Riding of Yorkshire68.3/100
30Staffordshire MoorlandsStaffordshire67.9/100
31South CambridgeshireCambridgeshire67.5/100
32StroudGloucestershire66.9/100
33High PeakDerbyshire66.9/100
34New ForestHampshire66.8/100
35ChorleyLancashire66.6/100
36HarboroughLeicestershire66.4/100
37ElmbridgeSurrey66.2/100
38South DerbyshireDerbyshire66.1/100
39East HampshireHampshire65.9/100
40Bath and North East SomersetSomerset65.7/100
41West BerkshireBerkshire65.4/100
42Westmorland and FurnessCumbria65.1/100
43East SuffolkSuffolk65/100
44WaverleySurrey64.8/100
45Surrey HeathSurrey64.5/100
46Stratford-on-AvonWarwickshire64.2/100
47WarringtonCheshire64.1/100
48Richmond upon ThamesGreater London64/100
49South NorfolkNorfolk63.8/100
50RugbyWarwickshire63.7/100
51TewkesburyGloucestershire63.6/100
52BaberghSuffolk63.6/100
53MeltonLeicestershire63.5/100
54Reigate and BansteadSurrey63.3/100
55WiltshireWiltshire63/100
56South OxfordshireOxfordshire63/100
57West LancashireLancashire62.9/100
58BrentwoodEssex62.9/100
59Mid SussexWest Sussex62.7/100
60Test ValleyHampshire62.7/100

Source: My Area UK composite (eight open indicators). Showing the top 60.

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