RH16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Haywards Heath, Lindfield and Franklands Village, 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 RH16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In RH16, 91.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How RH16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RH16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RH16 at a rate of 54.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 77.6 per 1,000 people across RH.
In August 2026 alone, 190 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RH16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (744), anti-social behaviour (550) and other crime (430).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RH16 was 54.0 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 RH16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RH16 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RH16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Sussex 008A | 1,405 | 23.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.9% |
| Mid Sussex 008B | 1,801 | 19.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.2% |
| Mid Sussex 008C | 2,058 | 72.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.6% |
| Mid Sussex 008D | 1,905 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| Mid Sussex 008E | 2,497 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.3% |
| Mid Sussex 008F | 1,811 | 21.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.1% |
| Mid Sussex 009A | 2,616 | 83.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.6% |
| Mid Sussex 009B | 1,736 | 51.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 82.9% |
| Mid Sussex 009E | 2,472 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.6% |
| Mid Sussex 009F | 1,479 | 42.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Mid Sussex 009G | 1,290 | 21.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| Mid Sussex 009H | 1,210 | 73.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.0% |
| Mid Sussex 009I | 1,024 | 236.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 75.7% |
| Mid Sussex 010A | 1,878 | 83.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.7% |
| Mid Sussex 010B | 1,434 | 76.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.4% |
| Mid Sussex 010C | 1,599 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.1% |
| Mid Sussex 010D | 1,426 | 28.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% |
| Mid Sussex 010E | 1,414 | 66.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.4% |
| Mid Sussex 011C | 1,528 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.5% |
| Mid Sussex 011D | 1,481 | 50.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Mid Sussex 011F | 2,084 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Mid Sussex 011H | 1,303 | 93.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 59.6% |
| Mid Sussex 011I | 1,644 | 42.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.6% |
| Mid Sussex 011J | 1,745 | 62.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.1% |
MPs for RH16
- Alison BennettLiberal DemocratMP for Mid Sussex98% of RH16’s postcodes
- Mims DaviesConservativeMP for East Grinstead and Uckfield2.1% of RH16’s postcodes
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 RH164
Postcode sectors in RH165
Council1
Towns in RH161
Postcode districts next to RH163
Nearest rail stations2
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RH16 in brief
RH16 is a postcode district covering Haywards Heath, Lindfield and Franklands Village, in Mid Sussex.
About 40,870 people lived in RH16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £425,000 in 2025 across 695 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 54.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RH16 was £425,000 in 2025.
RH16 had 38,983 usual residents at the census.
In RH16, 91.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In RH16, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.