Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint
TownTown in Mid Sussex, South East.
Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint at a rate of 63.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 91 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (273), violence and sexual offences (217) and other crime (142).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint was 51.4 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 Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Sussex 016B | 2,278 | 114.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 60.5% |
| Mid Sussex 016C | 1,732 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.2% |
| Mid Sussex 017A | 1,768 | 22.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.5% |
| Mid Sussex 017B | 2,060 | 56.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.2% |
| Mid Sussex 017C | 1,684 | 84.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.6% |
| Mid Sussex 017D | 1,576 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.2% |
| Mid Sussex 017E | 1,411 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 74.7% |
| Mid Sussex 017F | 1,540 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 57.0% |
Your MP
- Alison BennettLiberal DemocratMP for Mid Sussex
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint1
Middle areas in Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint1
Towns near Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint6
Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint in brief
Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint is a town in Mid Sussex, South East.
About 15,034 people lived in Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £549,000 in 2025 across 240 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 63.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint was £549,000 in 2025.
Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint had 14,216 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint, 80.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.