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.

#	Local authority	County	Figure
1	Ribble Valley	Lancashire	79.4/100
2	Winchester	Hampshire	74.7/100
3	Rutland	Rutland	74.6/100
4	North Kesteven	Lincolnshire	74.3/100
5	South Kesteven	Lincolnshire	74.2/100
6	Bracknell Forest	Berkshire	74/100
7	Eastleigh	Hampshire	73.5/100
8	West Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	72.9/100
9	Wokingham	Berkshire	72.9/100
10	Uttlesford	Essex	72.7/100
11	Fareham	Hampshire	72.6/100
12	Broadland	Norfolk	72.6/100
13	Mid Suffolk	Suffolk	72.3/100
14	Isles of Scilly	Cornwall	72.3/100
15	Hart	Hampshire	71.8/100
16	Mole Valley	Surrey	71.3/100
17	Hinckley and Bosworth	Leicestershire	70/100
18	South Staffordshire	Staffordshire	69.9/100
19	Three Rivers	Hertfordshire	69.6/100
20	Vale of White Horse	Oxfordshire	69.3/100
21	Cotswold	Gloucestershire	69/100
22	St Albans	Hertfordshire	68.9/100
23	Rushcliffe	Nottinghamshire	68.7/100
24	Huntingdonshire	Cambridgeshire	68.7/100
25	West Suffolk	Suffolk	68.6/100
26	York	North Yorkshire	68.6/100
27	East Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	68.2/100
28	East Riding of Yorkshire	East Riding of Yorkshire	67.9/100
29	Derbyshire Dales	Derbyshire	67.8/100
30	Staffordshire Moorlands	Staffordshire	67.5/100
31	New Forest	Hampshire	67.5/100
32	South Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	67.1/100
33	Chorley	Lancashire	66.6/100
34	Stroud	Gloucestershire	66.4/100
35	East Hampshire	Hampshire	66.2/100
36	South Derbyshire	Derbyshire	66/100
37	Elmbridge	Surrey	65.8/100
38	Harborough	Leicestershire	65.7/100
39	Bath and North East Somerset	Somerset	65.6/100
40	High Peak	Derbyshire	65.4/100
41	Warrington	Cheshire	65.1/100
42	West Berkshire	Berkshire	64.6/100
43	Surrey Heath	Surrey	64.4/100
44	Waverley	Surrey	64.3/100
45	Richmond upon Thames	Greater London	64.3/100
46	East Suffolk	Suffolk	64.2/100
47	Stratford-on-Avon	Warwickshire	64.1/100
48	Mid Sussex	West Sussex	63.9/100
49	South Norfolk	Norfolk	63.9/100
50	Babergh	Suffolk	63.8/100
51	Reigate and Banstead	Surrey	63.8/100
52	Rugby	Warwickshire	63.7/100
53	Tewkesbury	Gloucestershire	63.6/100
54	Westmorland and Furness	Cumbria	63.3/100
55	South Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	63.2/100
56	Bromley	Greater London	63.2/100
57	Tandridge	Surrey	63.2/100
58	Test Valley	Hampshire	62.8/100
59	Brentwood	Essex	62.6/100
60	Basingstoke and Deane	Hampshire	62.5/100

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

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