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Burwash & the Weald

Ward

West Rother. About 4,538 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 79 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 Burwash & the Weald live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
4,563
2,373rd 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
59.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Burwash & the Weald compares

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

Burwash & the WealdMiddle
Population21 wards, Rother · 2021
Population: every ward in Rother21 areas from 2,197 to 6,122. The middle area is 4,750. Burwash & the Weald is 4,563.
4,5638th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares21 wards, Rother · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Rother21 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Burwash & the Weald is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage21 wards, Rother · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Rother21 areas from 15.9% to 94.0%. The middle area is 74.8%. Burwash & the Weald is 59.9%.
59.9%6th lowest
Claimant rate21 wards, Rother · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Rother21 areas from 1.5% to 6.4%. The middle area is 2.6%. Burwash & the Weald is 1.6%.
1.6%2nd lowest

Is Burwash & the Weald safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Burwash & the Weald at a rate of 34.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 72.0 per 1,000 people across Rother.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 26 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Burwash & the Weald.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (60), other crime (49) and anti-social behaviour (41).

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 Rother

These figures are published for the whole of Rother, not for each ward, so they describe all of Rother and not Burwash & the Weald alone. See Rother

Average house price
£335,680
Down 1.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,197
100th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.3×
Joint 72nd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
22.5
Joint 108th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Burwash & the Weald in brief

Burwash & the Weald had 4,563 usual residents at the census.

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

In Burwash & the Weald, 59.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

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