# RH15 0QW: area report for a postcode in Mid Sussex

RH15 0QW is a postcode in Mid Sussex.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Mid Sussex. Open the map at RH15 0QW for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Mid Sussex](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex) › [RH15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rh15) › [RH15 0](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rh15-0)

## Around this postcode

- **7 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 59% on July. Mid Sussex 013E: 55 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.1162,50.9662,RH150QW
- **Wivelsfield, 390 m**: About 5 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.1162,50.9662,RH150QW
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 260 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.1162,50.9662,RH150QW
- **No property in RH15 0QW listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.1162,50.9662,RH150QW
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Mid Sussex 013E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.1162,50.9662,RH150QW
- **£430,777 average price**: For the whole of Mid Sussex, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.1162,50.9662,RH150QW
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.5 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.1162,50.9662,RH150QW
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 890 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.1162,50.9662,RH150QW
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at RH15 0QW**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.1162,50.9662,RH150QW
- **Low road and rail noise at RH15 0QW**: Road 42 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.1162,50.9662,RH150QW
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.1162,50.9662,RH150QW
- **7.6 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.1162,50.9662,RH150QW

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Oak Tree Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oak-tree-primary-school-e150711) | Primary | 260 m (3 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), April 2022, before the school changed | – |
| [Sheddingdean Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sheddingdean-community-primary-school-e125958) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Hambrook School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hambrook-school-e149912) | Special | 1.2 km (16 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Burgess Hill Girls](https://openindex.co.uk/school/burgess-hill-girls-e126134) | Independent | 1.8 km (22 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/school/birchwood-grove-community-primary-school-burgess-hill-e125944) | Primary | 1.8 km (22 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2022 | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-wilfrids-catholic-primary-school-e150983) | Primary | 1.9 km (24 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2023, before the school changed | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Burgess Hill Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-burgess-hill-academy-e142089) | Secondary | 2 km (25 minutes on foot) | Some aspects not as strong, December 2024 | Attainment 8 of 45.7 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| April 2026 | £950,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 30 m |
| November 2025 | £525,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| November 2025 | £517,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| April 2025 | £525,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| March 2024 | £360,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| January 2023 | £440,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 160 m |
| June 2026 | £310,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 180 m |
| February 2026 | £443,520 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Wivelsfield (380 m, 5 minutes on foot)
- Supermarkets: Lidl Burgess Hill (890 m, Lidl); Co-op Burgess Hill-Junction Road (990 m, The Southern Co-operative)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £430,777** (July 2026). Mid Sussex’s average house price was £430,777 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 0.2% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £44,352** (2025). Full-time workers living in Mid Sussex earned a median of £44,352 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 59th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 9.7×** (2025). A home in Mid Sussex costs 9.7 times local full-time pay. Joint 61st least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 8.7** (2025). Mid Sussex has a deprivation score of 8.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 11th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Mid Sussex 013E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 5.0** (2025). Mid Sussex 013E has a deprivation score of 5.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 2,809th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £495,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Mid Sussex 013E was £495,000 in 2025. Joint 4,886th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,709** (2021). Mid Sussex 013E had 1,709 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 13,136th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.8%** (January 2026). In Mid Sussex 013E, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## RH15 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £403,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in RH15 was £403,750 in 2025. Joint 585th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 34,066** (2021). RH15 had 34,066 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 700th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in RH15 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 88.0%** (January 2026). In RH15, 88.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Mid Sussex](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex)
- Centre: 50.9662, -0.1162

Council: [Mid Sussex](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Mid Sussex](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mid-sussex): Alison Bennett (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.1162,50.9662,RH150QW

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