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Buxted

Ward

North west Wealden. About 4,021 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 21 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 Buxted live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
3,891
Joint 1,821st 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
66.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Buxted compares

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

BuxtedMiddle
Population41 wards, Wealden · 2021
Population: every ward in Wealden41 areas from 2,890 to 6,937. The middle area is 3,654. Buxted is 3,891.
3,89114th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares41 wards, Wealden · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Wealden41 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Buxted is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage41 wards, Wealden · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Wealden41 areas from 19.9% to 98.3%. The middle area is 84.7%. Buxted is 66.5%.
66.5%13th lowest
Claimant rate41 wards, Wealden · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Wealden41 areas from 1.0% to 5.6%. The middle area is 2.2%. Buxted is 1.4%.
1.4%6th lowest

Is Buxted safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Buxted at a rate of 26.9 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, 12 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Buxted.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (49), other crime (31) and anti-social behaviour (16).

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 ward, so they describe all of Wealden and not Buxted alone. See Wealden

Average house price
£391,211
Down 0.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£43,589
75th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.0×
Joint 87th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
12.7
Joint 57th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Buxted in brief

Buxted had 3,891 usual residents at the census.

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

In Buxted, 66.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Buxted, 1.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.