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Sayers Common

Sayers Common is a town or village in West Sussex, England. It has 3 bus stops and Hassocks railway station is 4.7km away. There were around 8 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 Sayers Common 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
Arundel and South Downs
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

8°COvercast

  • Today: 15° / 7° · 18% rain
  • Tomorrow: 14° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:51Sunset 16:37

9h 46m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

48US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, 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

10 reported · August 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Criminal damage & arson2
  • Drugs2

Neighbourhood team: Hurstpierpoint and Sayers Common · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Antisocial Driving - Speeding
  • Antisocial Behaviour - Youth Related

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

64 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 57 rated 4–5 ★ (50 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

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

Live trains from Hassocks (4.8 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: 172.9p · Asda (11 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · Asda (10.7 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

17 charging locations within ~8 km

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

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches26
  • Playgrounds7

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

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 26 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

Alison Bennett

Liberal Democrat

Mid Sussex

Recent votes:

  • AyeOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

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

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,340 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised · £43,250 avg

e.g. Care Practitioner (Part-Time), 12AB Traffic Management Foreman with IPV, Cleaner

Source: Adzuna

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

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 57% · Wind 20% · Nuclear 11% · Biomass 6%

234 gCO₂/kWh · very high 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 · 4 pharmacies in BN6

  • Mid Sussex Health Care
  • Com Nursing Burgess Hill & Villages

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Sussex:

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

Notable places nearby

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  • Hurstpierpoint and Sayers Common · 0.2 km

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  • Hurstpierpoint & Bolney (electoral division) · 0.7 km

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  • All England Jumping Course at Hickstead · 1.3 km

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  • Albourne · 1.8 km

    Albourne is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A23 road three miles (4.8 km) east of Henfield. The parish has a land area of 772.9 hectares (1909 acres)…

  • Twineham · 1.8 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Sayers Common?
Sayers Common is a town in West Sussex, England, in the Mid Sussex local authority.
How deprived is Sayers Common?
The Mid Sussex local authority, which includes Sayers Common, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.