Handcross & Pease Pottage
WardNorth west Mid Sussex. About 3,906 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 15 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Handcross & Pease Pottage live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Handcross & Pease Pottage compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Handcross & Pease Pottage safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Handcross & Pease Pottage at a rate of 68.6 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, 21 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Handcross & Pease Pottage.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (86), violence and sexual offences (79) and other crime (53).
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 Handcross & Pease Pottage alone. See Mid Sussex
Handcross & Pease Pottage in brief
Handcross & Pease Pottage had 3,087 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Handcross & Pease Pottage live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Handcross & Pease Pottage, 58.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Handcross & Pease Pottage, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.