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Midhurst

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North west Chichester. About 7,421 people in 42 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 98% of people in Midhurst live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
7,323
3,807th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
98%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
9.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Midhurst compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

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Population21 wards, Chichester · 2021
Population: every ward in Chichester21 areas from 2,929 to 10,899. The middle area is 6,373. Midhurst is 7,323.
7,3235th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares21 wards, Chichester · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Chichester21 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 98.0%. Midhurst is 98.0%.
98%11th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage21 wards, Chichester · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Chichester21 areas from 8.0% to 98.3%. The middle area is 69.6%. Midhurst is 9.5%.
9.5%2nd lowest
Claimant rate21 wards, Chichester · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Chichester21 areas from 1.3% to 5.1%. The middle area is 3.3%. Midhurst is 3.3%.
3.3%joint 10th lowest

Is Midhurst safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Midhurst at a rate of 43.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 80.3 per 1,000 people across Chichester.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 28 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Midhurst.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (101), anti-social behaviour (72) and other crime (43).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Chichester

These figures are published for the whole of Chichester, not for each ward, so they describe all of Chichester and not Midhurst alone. See Chichester

Average house price
£432,078
Down 1.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,264
75th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
12.3×
18th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
15.6
106th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Midhurst in brief

Midhurst had 7,323 usual residents at the census.

About 98% of people in Midhurst live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Midhurst, 9.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Midhurst, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.