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Henfield

Ward

South east Horsham. About 5,907 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 15 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Henfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,965
3,547th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
69.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Henfield compares

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

HenfieldMiddle
Population22 wards, Horsham · 2021
Population: every ward in Horsham22 areas from 2,967 to 10,630. The middle area is 6,265. Henfield is 5,965.
5,9657th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares22 wards, Horsham · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Horsham22 areas from 0.0% to 85.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Henfield is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage22 wards, Horsham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Horsham22 areas from 19.0% to 98.9%. The middle area is 77.5%. Henfield is 69.1%.
69.1%9th lowest
Claimant rate22 wards, Horsham · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Horsham22 areas from 0.7% to 2.8%. The middle area is 1.9%. Henfield is 2.4%.
2.4%6th highest

Is Henfield safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Henfield at a rate of 55.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 56.8 per 1,000 people across Horsham.

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

In August 2026 alone, 29 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Henfield.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (119), other crime (76) and anti-social behaviour (58).

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 Horsham

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

Average house price
£441,654
Up 0.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£43,487
77th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
10.2×
Joint 46th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
9.6
18th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Henfield in brief

Henfield had 5,965 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Henfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Henfield, 69.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Henfield, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.