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Hurstpierpoint

Ward

South west Mid Sussex. About 6,952 people in 10 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

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

Population
6,693
Joint 4,151st 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
66.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Hurstpierpoint compares

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

HurstpierpointMiddle
Population27 wards, Mid Sussex · 2021
Population: every ward in Mid Sussex27 areas from 2,674 to 8,498. The middle area is 6,222. Hurstpierpoint is 6,693.
6,6938th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares27 wards, Mid Sussex · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Mid Sussex27 areas from 0.0% to 31.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Hurstpierpoint is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage27 wards, Mid Sussex · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Mid Sussex27 areas from 18.3% to 99.2%. The middle area is 88.6%. Hurstpierpoint is 66.9%.
66.9%6th lowest
Claimant rate27 wards, Mid Sussex · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Mid Sussex27 areas from 1.3% to 4.0%. The middle area is 2.0%. Hurstpierpoint is 1.6%.
1.6%joint 7th lowest

Is Hurstpierpoint safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hurstpierpoint at a rate of 107.8 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, 86 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hurstpierpoint.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (222), anti-social behaviour (169) and shoplifting (131).

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 Hurstpierpoint alone. See Mid Sussex

Average house price
£430,777
Down 0.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£44,352
59th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.7×
Joint 61st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
8.7
11th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Hurstpierpoint in brief

Hurstpierpoint had 6,693 usual residents at the census.

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

In Hurstpierpoint, 66.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Hurstpierpoint, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.