My Area UK

Rudgwick

Rudgwick is a village in West Sussex, England, with a population of around 1,955. It has one pharmacy, one restaurant or café, thirteen bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Christ's Hospital, 7.5 km away. There were around 6 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Rudgwick area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Horsham area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 146,778 residents at roughly 277 people per km².

Council
Horsham
County
West Sussex
Constituency
Horsham
Police force
Sussex
60/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 73rd of 294 English council areas — better than 75% of them.

Low crime88
Home affordability15
Affordable rents18
Good schools13
Life expectancy90
Low deprivation94
Employment94
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

8°CClear

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 9% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:31

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

6 reported · August 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Rudgwick, Itchingfield and Slinfold · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Antisocial Behaviour
  • Antisocial Driving and Speeding

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

Road safety

291 reported road collisions (2025)

95 killed or seriously injured · 410 casualties · 19.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

13 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 12 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: Christ's Hospital (7.4 km)
  • 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Christs Hospital (7.4 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£441,491 average▼ 0.5% YoY

Across Horsham · to 2026-08

Detached£763,686
Semi-detached£462,399
Terraced£372,425
Flat£216,988

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,474 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,023
  • 2 bed £1,352
  • 3 bed £1,700

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

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

Property sales

2,105 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: 157.9p · Shell (6.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 190.9p · Shell (6.4 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

12 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: BP Alfold SF Connect (4.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools24
  • Sports pitches44
  • Playgrounds4

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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,413
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,208
  • Net moves+1,205

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 279 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

53 inspected 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

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

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

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

Planning decisions

337 applications decided

87.2% granted · 294 granted, 43 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

John Milne

Liberal Democrat

Horsham

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 12
  • LD 25
  • Grn 9
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens51
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,420 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised · £32,624 avg

e.g. Support Worker, HGV Driver - Class 2

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£871 median full-time weekly pay

2% 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

Grid electricity

59% low-carbon electricity

Wind 45% · Gas 41% · Nuclear 8% · Biomass 5%

166 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82 yrs men

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

Health services

12 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in RH12

  • Park Surgery
  • Rudgwick Medical Centre
  • Courtyard Horsham

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Horsham:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Rudgwick railway station · 0.3 km

    Rudgwick railway station was on the Cranleigh Line. It served the village of Rudgwick in West Sussex until June, 1965.

  • Rudgwick · 0.7 km

    Rudgwick is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. The village is 6 miles (10 km) west from Horsham on the north side of the A281 road. The parish's northern boundary forms part o…

  • Holy Trinity Church, Rudgwick · 1.3 km

    Holy Trinity Church is the Anglican parish church of Rudgwick, a village in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England.

  • Tisman's Common · 1.4 km

    Tisman's Common is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It stands in the parish of Rudgwick, on the Rudgwick to Loxwood road, 6.4 miles (10.2 km) west of Horsham.

  • Baynards railway station · 2.1 km

    Baynards is a former railway station on the Cranleigh line, between Guildford, Surrey and Horsham, West Sussex, England. The station opened with the line on 2 October 1865 and had two platforms and a signal box, which…

  • The Haven, West Sussex · 2.6 km

    The Haven is a rural hamlet in West Sussex, south east England located about 7 miles to the west of Horsham.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Rudgwick?
Rudgwick is a town in West Sussex, England, in the Horsham local authority.
What is the population of Rudgwick?
Rudgwick has an approximate settlement population of 1,955.
How deprived is Rudgwick?
The Horsham local authority, which includes Rudgwick, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.