East Grinstead Town
WardNorth east Mid Sussex. About 7,014 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in East Grinstead Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How East Grinstead Town compares
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Is East Grinstead Town safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in East Grinstead Town at a rate of 108.5 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, 58 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in East Grinstead Town.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (249), anti-social behaviour (186) and other crime (155).
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 East Grinstead Town alone. See Mid Sussex
East Grinstead Town in brief
East Grinstead Town had 6,460 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in East Grinstead Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In East Grinstead Town, 93.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In East Grinstead Town, 4.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.