Dowry
Suburb · 141 residents
62Good
Good · better than 6 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 43 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- Transport scores 72, well above the typical 60
Check before you view
- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Health scores 38, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Dowry a good place to live?
Dowry scores 62/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (75) and transport (72).
It scores lowest on health (38).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Dowry in East Midlands, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Dowry
Dowry is the kind of place where semi-detached houses sit on quiet roads and nobody's in a hurry — the sort of suburb you'd drive through without quite registering, which is rather the point. There's no high street bustle to speak of here; what you notice instead is the hush, the gardens, the sense that most people have been here a while and intend to stay.
That impression holds up: the median age sits around 50, a good decade above the national average, and the population is small and settled rather than transient. This isn't a commuter-belt turnover spot — the figures confirm what the streets suggest, a place people move into and don't leave in a hurry. A For Sale board here most often reads semi-detached, freehold, and that matters: with freehold outnumbering leasehold by better than two to one in recent sales, you're buying the whole package, not a share of a management company's goodwill. Detached houses do appear in the mix too, but it's the semis that set the tone and the price — locally they're changing hands for notably more than the national semi-detached median, a gap worth sitting with before you fall for a particular street.
Money-wise, Dowry sits comfortably rather than spectacularly: among the less deprived areas nationally, with incomes a touch above the regional middle. Housing here runs well ahead of its own parent district, High Peak — around 39% pricier — which tells you this corner of the district has pulled away from the average High Peak postcode, for better or worse depending on which side of the ladder you're on. Council tax, rent, and the general cost of living track close to what you'd expect for the East Midlands, nothing that should startle anyone moving from a similar-sized town.