Compare

Southwater North

Ward

North east Horsham. About 6,790 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 9.8 square kilometres.

Open in map

Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

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

Population
6,549
Joint 4,029th 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
87.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
0.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Southwater North compares

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

Southwater NorthMiddle
Population22 wards, Horsham · 2021
Population: every ward in Horsham22 areas from 2,967 to 10,630. The middle area is 6,265. Southwater North is 6,549.
6,5498th most 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%. Southwater North 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%. Southwater North is 87.3%.
87.3%8th highest
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%. Southwater North is 0.7%.
0.7%lowest

Is Southwater North safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Southwater North at a rate of 27.6 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, 13 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Southwater North.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (69), anti-social behaviour (37) and other crime (31).

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 Southwater North alone. See Horsham

Average house price
£441,491
Down 0.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 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
Southwater North in brief

Southwater North had 6,549 usual residents at the census.

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

In Southwater North, 87.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Southwater North, 0.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.