Downland Villages
WardSouth west Mid Sussex. About 3,411 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 54 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 31% of people in Downland Villages live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Downland Villages compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Downland Villages safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Downland Villages at a rate of 74.0 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, 34 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Downland Villages.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (73), violence and sexual offences (69) and other crime (44).
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 ward, so they describe all of Mid Sussex and not Downland Villages alone. See Mid Sussex
Downland Villages in brief
Downland Villages had 3,199 usual residents at the census.
About 31% of people in Downland Villages live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Downland Villages, 63.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Downland Villages, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.