# Heathfield

Town in Wealden, South East.

Heathfield is a town in Wealden, South East. Median sale price £319,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 44.6 per 1,000 people. About 7,848 people.

Town. Code E63006238. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Wealden](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden)

Heathfield is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Heathfield 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.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £319,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Heathfield was £319,500 in 2025. 375th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/heathfield#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 7,663** (2021). Heathfield had 7,663 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 24th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/heathfield#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Heathfield 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/heathfield#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 88.8%** (January 2026). In Heathfield, 88.8% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/heathfield#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63006238) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Heathfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63006238) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 137 homes were sold in Heathfield in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63006238) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Heathfield.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63006238) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Heathfield had 7,663 usual residents at the census.

## How Heathfield compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Heathfield | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £319,500 | 39th cheapest | 209 towns, South East · 2025 |
| Population | 7,663 | 6th least populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 88.8% | joint 86th lowest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 |

## Is Heathfield safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Heathfield at a rate of 44.6 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, 41 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Heathfield.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (121), anti-social behaviour (91) and other crime (56).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Heathfield was 42.0 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 Heathfield, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Heathfield has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in Heathfield

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wealden 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/neighbourhood/e01021150) | 1,445 | 56.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.5% |
| [Wealden 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/neighbourhood/e01021191) | 1,617 | 72.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 76.2% |
| [Wealden 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/neighbourhood/e01021192) | 1,522 | 28.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.4% |
| [Wealden 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/neighbourhood/e01021193) | 1,787 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.3% |
| [Wealden 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/neighbourhood/e01021194) | 1,709 | 20.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |

## Your MP

- [Sussex Weald](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/sussex-weald): Ms Nusrat Ghani (Conservative), 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.

## Council

[Wealden](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden)

## Postcode districts covering Heathfield

[TN21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn21)

## Middle areas in Heathfield

[Heathfield](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/heathfield)

## Towns near Heathfield

[Hailsham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hailsham), [Crowborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/crowborough), [Uckfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/uckfield), [Polegate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/polegate), [Royal Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royal-tunbridge-wells), [Bexhill-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bexhill-on-sea)

## Heathfield in brief

Heathfield is a town in Wealden, South East.
About 7,848 people lived in Heathfield in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £319,500 in 2025 across 137 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 44.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Heathfield was £319,500 in 2025.
Heathfield had 7,663 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Heathfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Heathfield, 88.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63006238
- Constituency: [Sussex Weald †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/sussex-weald)
- Council: [Wealden †](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden)
- Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 2.60 km²
- People, mid-2024: 7,848*
- Neighbourhoods: 5
- Output areas: 25

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Hailsham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hailsham), [Crowborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/crowborough), [Uckfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/uckfield), [Polegate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/polegate), [Royal Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royal-tunbridge-wells), [Bexhill-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bexhill-on-sea)

## Latest updates for Heathfield

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63006238

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/heathfield, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/heathfield#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/heathfield