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RH15

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Burgess Hill, St John's Common and World's End, in Mid Sussex.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an RH15 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In RH15, 88.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£403,750
585th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
34,066
700th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
88.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How RH15 compares

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

RH15Middle
Median sale price20 postcode districts, RH · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in RH20 areas from £345,000 to £665,000. The middle area is £451,625. RH15 is £403,750.
£403,7504th cheapest
Population20 postcode districts, RH · 2021
Population: every postcode district in RH20 areas from 4,287 to 73,459. The middle area is 27,067. RH15 is 34,066.
34,0669th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage20 postcode districts, RH · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in RH20 areas from 50.0% to 95.8%. The middle area is 82.3%. RH15 is 88.0%.
88.0%4th highest
Claimant rate20 postcode districts, RH · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in RH20 areas from 1.3% to 4.8%. The middle area is 2.0%. RH15 is 2.0%.
2.0%joint 9th lowest

Is RH15 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RH15 at a rate of 72.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 77.6 per 1,000 people across RH.

In August 2026 alone, 225 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RH15.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (731), anti-social behaviour (715) and other crime (441).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RH15 was 67.2 per 1,000 people.

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.

Deprivation in RH15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RH15 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in RH15

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Mid Sussex 012A1,60825.6 per 1,00010100.0%
Mid Sussex 012B1,61562.4 per 1,00010100.0%
Mid Sussex 012C1,93764.6 per 1,000788.0%
Mid Sussex 012D1,90128.7 per 1,000988.3%
Mid Sussex 013A1,72143.3 per 1,000983.5%
Mid Sussex 013B1,68136.9 per 1,0001097.1%
Mid Sussex 013D1,447118.3 per 1,000598.8%
Mid Sussex 013E1,70955.0 per 1,0001096.8%
Mid Sussex 013F1,56833.0 per 1,000899.0%
Mid Sussex 013G1,71376.0 per 1,000892.4%
Mid Sussex 014A1,565136.8 per 1,000484.9%
Mid Sussex 014B1,47562.1 per 1,000994.8%
Mid Sussex 014C1,773232.1 per 1,000761.7%
Mid Sussex 014D1,770135.1 per 1,000764.9%
Mid Sussex 014E1,17354.3 per 1,000496.8%
Mid Sussex 014F1,378110.4 per 1,000993.3%
Mid Sussex 015A1,63227.0 per 1,0001091.4%
Mid Sussex 015B1,75749.9 per 1,0001090.7%
Mid Sussex 015C1,41619.1 per 1,00010100.0%
Mid Sussex 015D1,65167.2 per 1,0001099.9%

MPs for RH15

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in RH154

Postcode sectors in RH154

Council1

Towns in RH151

Postcode districts next to RH153

Nearest rail stations4

More in the RH postcode area2

RH15 in brief

RH15 is a postcode district covering Burgess Hill, St John's Common and World's End, in Mid Sussex.

About 36,117 people lived in RH15 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £403,750 in 2025 across 651 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in RH15 was £403,750 in 2025.

RH15 had 34,066 usual residents at the census.

In RH15, 88.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In RH15, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.