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Littleworth

Littleworth is a village in West Sussex, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has one restaurant or café and eight bus stops. There were around one recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Littleworth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Horsham area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 146,778 residents at roughly 277 people per km².

Council
Horsham
County
West Sussex
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs
Police force
Sussex
60/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 77th of 294 English council areas — better than 74% of them.

Low crime88
Home affordability15
Affordable rents19
Good schools14
Life expectancy91
Low deprivation91
Employment96
Low council tax51

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

19°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 13° · 13% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:24

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

7 reported · July 2026 75% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Shoplifting2
  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Cowfold, Shermanbury, West Grinstead and Henfield · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Antisocial Driving and Speeding
  • Retail Crime

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

Road safety

282 reported road collisions (2024)

75 killed or seriously injured · 395 casualties · 19.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

20 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 20 rated 4–5 ★ (20 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Christs Hospital (10.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£436,940 average 0.2% YoY

Across Horsham · to 2026-06

Detached£755,971
Semi-detached£457,337
Terraced£368,181
Flat£215,213

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,465 average monthly rent 3.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,017
  • 2 bed £1,344
  • 3 bed £1,689

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

11.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.5 times median annual pay (11.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Shell (11.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Esso (11.7 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Knepp Wildland Safaris and Camping (3.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools7
  • Sports pitches22
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

146,778 residents in Horsham · 277/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 290 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,441 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (22% of 66,760)

A £1,627
B £1,899
C £2,170
D £2,441
E £2,983
F £3,526
G £4,068
H £4,882

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

Schools

65 schools · 21,370 pupils

43 primary · 5 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 18 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (78%)

53inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Tanbridge House SchoolOutstanding
  • Millais SchoolGood
  • Steyning Grammar SchoolRequires improvement
  • The Forest School
  • Weald School, The

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Horsham

Care & health services

988 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes343
  • GP practices106
  • Dentists219
  • Homecare agencies210
  • Hospitals & hospices37

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Sussex

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 32 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

343 applications decided

93% granted · 319 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 12
  • LD 26
  • Grn 9
  • Ref 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens25
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

10 jobs advertised · £30,316 avg

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£871 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£34,400 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 66,536 certificates

8.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Horsham:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Littleworth, West Sussex · 0.2 km

    Littleworth is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Partridge Green to Maplehurst road 2.9 miles (4.7 km) north of Henfield.

  • St Michael and All Angels Church, Partridge Green · 0.8 km

    St Michael and All Angels Church is a late nineteenth-century church in the settlement of Partridge Green in the parish of West Grinstead in West Sussex. It was built to cater for the then growing population of the vi…

  • Henfield (electoral division) · 0.9 km

    Henfield is an electoral division of West Sussex, England. It returns one councillor to West Sussex County Council. Since the 2026 election, it has been represented by Roger Noel of the Conservative Party.

  • Partridge Green · 1.1 km

    Partridge Green is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2135 road 2.5 miles (4 km) north-west of Henfield. It is in the parish of West Grinstead.

  • Dark Star Brewing Company · 1.2 km

    Dark Star was a brewery in Partridge Green, Sussex, England.

  • Partridge Green railway station · 1.3 km

    Partridge Green railway station was a railway station on the Steyning Line which served the village of Partridge Green.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Littleworth?
Littleworth is a town in West Sussex, England, in the Horsham local authority.
How deprived is Littleworth?
The Horsham local authority, which includes Littleworth, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.