Sayers Common

17°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 17° · 78% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:21

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

10 reported · July 2026▼ 23% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour6
• Burglary1
• Drugs1
• Violence & sexual offences1

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Hurstpierpoint and Sayers Common · Sussex

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

268 reported road collisions (2024)

75 killed or seriously injured · 353 casualties · 17.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

63 food businesses within 2 miles

• 58 rated 4–5 ★ (51 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hassocks (4.7 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£426,441 average▼ 0.9% YoY

Across Mid Sussex · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,420 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,008
• 2 bed £1,288
• 3 bed £1,617

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 163.9p · Asda (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (10.7 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Trinity Road Car Park 1 (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches26
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

152,566 residents in Mid Sussex · 457/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 311 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,474 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

66 schools · 26,547 pupils

42 primary · 7 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 19 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

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

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

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

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

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

253 applications decided

92.9% granted · 235 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Alison Bennett

Liberal Democrat

Mid Sussex

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

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

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,180 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£842 median full-time weekly pay

2% 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

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

40% low-carbon electricity

Imports 48% · Wind 34% · Gas 12% · Nuclear 4%

83 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Sussex:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership408 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s387 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership385 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases296 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test289 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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