# Uckfield Town in Wealden, South East. Uckfield is a town in Wealden, South East. Median sale price £365,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 59.0 per 1,000 people. About 15,666 people. Town. Code E63006241. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Wealden](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden) Uckfield is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Uckfield 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: £365,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Uckfield was £365,000 in 2025. Joint 246th 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/uckfield#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 15,037** (2021). Uckfield had 15,037 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 514th 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/uckfield#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Uckfield 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/uckfield#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.0%** (January 2026). In Uckfield, 93.0% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/uckfield#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63006241) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Uckfield 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=E63006241) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 256 homes were sold in Uckfield in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63006241) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Uckfield. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63006241) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Uckfield had 15,037 usual residents at the census. ## How Uckfield compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Uckfield | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £365,000 | joint 83rd cheapest | 209 towns, South East · 2025 | | Population | 15,037 | 83rd 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 | 93.0% | joint 72nd highest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 | ## Is Uckfield safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Uckfield at a rate of 59.0 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, 92 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Uckfield. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (324), anti-social behaviour (231) and other crime (164). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Uckfield was 58.2 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 Uckfield, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Uckfield has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Uckfield | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Wealden 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/neighbourhood/e01021219) | 1,314 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% | | [Wealden 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/neighbourhood/e01021220) | 1,611 | 143.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.3% | | [Wealden 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/neighbourhood/e01021223) | 1,091 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.2% | | [Wealden 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/neighbourhood/e01021224) | 1,533 | 60.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.1% | | [Wealden 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/neighbourhood/e01021225) | 1,629 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.3% | | [Wealden 009F](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/neighbourhood/e01021226) | 1,332 | 37.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.2% | | [Wealden 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/neighbourhood/e01021221) | 1,293 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.5% | | [Wealden 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/neighbourhood/e01021222) | 1,496 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.7% | | [Wealden 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/neighbourhood/e01021227) | 2,047 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.5% | | [Wealden 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/neighbourhood/e01021228) | 1,690 | 61.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% | ## Your MP - [East Grinstead and Uckfield](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/east-grinstead-and-uckfield): Mims Davies (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 Uckfield [TN22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn22) ## Middle areas in Uckfield [Uckfield South](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/uckfield-south), [Uckfield Town & North](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden/uckfield-town-and-north) ## Towns near Uckfield [Crowborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/crowborough), [Heathfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/heathfield), [Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/lewes), [Haywards Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/town/haywards-heath), [Hailsham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hailsham), [Burgess Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burgess-hill) ## Uckfield in brief Uckfield is a town in Wealden, South East. About 15,666 people lived in Uckfield in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £365,000 in 2025 across 256 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 59.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Uckfield was £365,000 in 2025. Uckfield had 15,037 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in Uckfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Uckfield, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63006241 - Constituency: [East Grinstead and Uckfield †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/east-grinstead-and-uckfield) - Council: [Wealden †](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden) - Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 4.55 km² - People, mid-2024: 15,666* - Neighbourhoods: 10 - Output areas: 45 * 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 [Crowborough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/crowborough), [Heathfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/heathfield), [Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/lewes), [Haywards Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/town/haywards-heath), [Hailsham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hailsham), [Burgess Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burgess-hill) ## Latest updates for Uckfield - 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/E63006241 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/uckfield, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/uckfield#f-house-sales-median-price. 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