Chicksands
Village · 1,724 residents
67Good
Good · better than 7 in 10 villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Environment scores 89, well above the typical 60
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 50 per 1,000 people a year against 100
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- Food & drink scores 25, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Chicksands a good place to live?
Chicksands scores 67/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (89) and safety (82).
It scores lowest on food & drink (25).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Chicksands in East of England, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Chicksands
Chicksands doesn't really have a high street — it's low-density houses, detached homes on generous plots, and open ground pressing in close on every side, the kind of place where the postman knows the dogs by name. With a population under 300 and density nowhere near the regional norm, it reads as rural overspill rather than commuter dormitory, and the properties on the market bear that out.
The numbers back up the impression: this sits in the ninth income and deprivation decile, among the better-off, less deprived corners of the country, and the housing stock matches that story. Detached homes dominate what's sold recently, almost entirely freehold, and a For Sale board here is likely advertising a family house on its own land rather than anything resembling a starter flat. Prices run close to the regional detached median and comfortably above the national one, though interestingly the terraced homes that do trade here fetch well over the national terraced price too — there's no cheap corner of this village. On transport, there's a single stop logged and no rail station in the picture, so this is a driving village, not a commuting one, whatever the road distance to the nearest town might suggest. Schools follow a similar shape to the housing: no dominant Ofsted rating attached to the largest local schools, but Gravenhurst Academy carries an Outstanding primary rating, and families here are as likely to be drawn by that as by any particular commute.