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Haywards Heath East

Middle area

Central Mid Sussex. 7,859 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.7 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

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

Median sale price
£375,000
Joint 2,229th most expensive of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,751
Joint 3,962nd most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
94.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Haywards Heath East

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Haywards Heath East at a rate of 59.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 60.2 per 1,000 people across Mid Sussex.

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

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences156
Anti-social behaviour114
Other crime99
Criminal damage and arson37
Burglary18
Shoplifting16
Drug offences14
Vehicle crime11
Robbery1
Theft from the person0

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Haywards Heath East compares

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

Haywards Heath EastMiddle
Median sale price17 middle areas, Mid Sussex · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Mid Sussex17 areas from £300,000 to £592,500. The middle area is £460,000. Haywards Heath East is £375,000.
£375,0004th cheapest
Population17 middle areas, Mid Sussex · 2021
Population: every middle area in Mid Sussex17 areas from 6,334 to 13,280. The middle area is 8,350. Haywards Heath East is 7,751.
7,7516th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares17 middle areas, Mid Sussex · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Mid Sussex17 areas from 0.0% to 11.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Haywards Heath East is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage17 middle areas, Mid Sussex · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Mid Sussex17 areas from 28.6% to 96.5%. The middle area is 87.8%. Haywards Heath East is 94.7%.
94.7%6th highest

Is Haywards Heath East safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Haywards Heath East at a rate of 59.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 60.2 per 1,000 people across Mid Sussex.

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 Haywards Heath East.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (156), anti-social behaviour (114) and other crime (99).

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 Mid Sussex

These figures are published for the whole of Mid Sussex, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Mid Sussex and not Haywards Heath East alone. See Mid Sussex

Average house price
£431,904
Down 0.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£44,352
59th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.7×
Joint 60th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
8.7
11th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Haywards Heath East in brief

The median price paid for a home in Haywards Heath East was £375,000 in 2025.

Haywards Heath East had 7,751 usual residents at the census.

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

In Haywards Heath East, 94.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.