Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly
Middle areaSouth west Wealden. 6,903 people in 85 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 5% of people in Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly at a rate of 49.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 54.1 per 1,000 people across Wealden.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 126 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 89 |
| Other crime | 63 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 25 |
| Burglary | 18 |
| Drug offences | 8 |
| Shoplifting | 7 |
| Vehicle crime | 7 |
| Robbery | 0 |
| Theft from the person | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly compares
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Is Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly at a rate of 49.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 54.1 per 1,000 people across Wealden.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 31 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (126), anti-social behaviour (89) and other crime (63).
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 Wealden
These figures are published for the whole of Wealden, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Wealden and not Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly alone. See Wealden
Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly in brief
The median price paid for a home in Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly was £550,000 in 2025.
Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly had 6,700 usual residents at the census.
About 5% of people in Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly, 47.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.