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Horsted Keynes

Horsted Keynes is a village in West Sussex, England, with a population of around 1,180. It has 3 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Horsted Keynes, 1.7 km away. There were around 3 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Horsted Keynes area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Mid Sussex area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 152,566 residents at roughly 457 people per km².

Council
Mid Sussex
County
West Sussex
Constituency
Mid Sussex
Police force
Sussex
64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 49th of 294 English council areas — better than 83% of them.

Low crime88
Home affordability20
Affordable rents27
Good schools40
Life expectancy89
Low deprivation97
Employment90
Low council tax39

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

10°CSunny

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 13% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:29

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

3 reported · August 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Lindfield, Ardingly and High Weald · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Antisocial Behaviour - Youth Related
  • Antisocial Driving - Speeding

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

270 reported road collisions (2025)

68 killed or seriously injured · 351 casualties · 17.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

17 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 13 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Horsted Keynes (1.7 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Haywards Heath (6.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£431,904 average▼ 0.8% YoY

Across Mid Sussex · to 2026-08

Detached£732,644
Semi-detached£452,210
Terraced£370,194
Flat£219,137

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,423 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,009
  • 2 bed £1,291
  • 3 bed £1,621

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

10.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.9 times median annual pay (11.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,258 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (11.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (11.6 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

14 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Jockey lane car park TN17 3JN (2.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches13
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

152,566 residents in Mid Sussex · 457/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,533
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,796
  • Net moves+1,737

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 286 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,474 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 70,350)

A £1,650
B £1,924
C £2,199
D £2,474
E £3,024
F £3,574
G £4,124
H £4,949

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

65 schools · 26,533 pupils

41 primary · 7 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 19 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

52 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • St Paul's Catholic CollegeOutstanding
  • Downlands Community SchoolGood
  • Imberhorne School
  • Oathall Community College
  • Sackville School
  • The Burgess Hill Academy
  • Warden Park Secondary Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mid Sussex

Care & health services

991 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes342
  • GP practices107
  • Dentists220
  • Homecare agencies210
  • Hospitals & hospices37

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Sussex

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Horsted Keynes)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 38 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

291 applications decided

90.7% granted · 264 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Mims Davies

Conservative

East Grinstead and Uckfield

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)
  • NoBudget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

  • Lab 1
  • Con 18
  • LD 19
  • Grn 4
  • Oth 6

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,340 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£842 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,691 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 71,992 certificates

8.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

41% low-carbon electricity

Imports 32% · Wind 31% · Gas 28% · Solar 5%

147 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (West Sussex): 64.5 women · 63.1 men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction8.1
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday8.0
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in RH17

  • Cuckfield Medical Centre
  • Ouse Valley Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Grinstead and Uckfield:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Horsted Keynes · 0.2 km

    Horsted Keynes KAYNZ is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. The village is about 5 miles (8 km) north east of Haywards Heath, in the Weald. The civil parish is largely rural,…

  • St Giles' Church, Horsted Keynes · 0.5 km

    St Giles' Church is an Anglican church in the village of Horsted Keynes in Mid Sussex, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. Serving an extensive rural parish in the Sussex Weal…

  • Lindfield & High Weald (electoral division) · 1.1 km

    Lindfield & High Weald is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.

  • Bluebell Railway · 1.3 km

    The Bluebell Railway is an 11-mile (17.7 km) standard-gauge heritage railway spanning the border of East Sussex and West Sussex, England. Running between Sheffield Park and East Grinstead, the line is notable as the w…

  • Horsted Keynes railway station · 1.6 km

    Horsted Keynes railway station is a preserved railway station on the Bluebell Railway in Sussex. The station has been used as a shooting location in several film and TV productions.

  • Freshfield Lane · 1.6 km

    Freshfield Lane is a 17-hectare (42-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Haywards Heath in West Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Horsted Keynes?
Horsted Keynes is a town in West Sussex, England, in the Mid Sussex local authority.
What is the population of Horsted Keynes?
Horsted Keynes has an approximate settlement population of 1,180.
How deprived is Horsted Keynes?
The Mid Sussex local authority, which includes Horsted Keynes, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.