Is Hurstpierpoint and Downs in Mid Sussex a nice place to live?
Is Hurstpierpoint and Downs in Mid Sussex a nice place to live or is it a bit rough? You've found some estate agents and they have told you what you wanted to hear. You've read some speil by a local councillor who says that Hurstpierpoint and Downs is on the up and up? Now it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Hurstpierpoint and Downs the land of milk and honey or a hell hole? Time to find out!
Nothing gives an accurate snapshop of an area quite like the Indices of Multiple Deprivation. These statistics are published every two years by the government and really give you an insight into what Hurstpierpoint and Downs is really like. We use the traffic light system, so you can see at a glace how bad (or good) Hurstpierpoint and Downs is. The decile scores we publish range from 1 to 10, where 1 is the worst and 10 the best. They represent the average of all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in Hurstpierpoint and Downs.
| Deprivation Domain | |
|---|---|
| Income | 9 |
| Employment | 8 |
| Education, Skills & Training | 8 |
| Health & Disability | 10 |
| Crime | 7 |
| Outdoor Environment | 6 |
Crime in Hurstpierpoint and Downs
If you are moving to Hurstpierpoint and Downs you'll want to know if the area if a crime infested hell hole compared to the other wards in Mid Sussex. We have you covered. No need to stake the place out at night to see if it turns into an anti-social nightmware at night!
We have taken the 'best fit' Policing area that includes Hurstpierpoint and Downs and grabbed the crime incidents from data.police.uk The data is for incidents reported to the Police. In by far the majority of incidents, no further action is taken. The data is typically 3 months in arrears.
There were a total of 4 street level crime incidents in Hurstpierpoint and Downs in February 2021. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour. Below are these incidents broken down by category.
Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hurstpierpoint and Downs, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary| Crime Category | Incidents |
|---|---|
| Violent Crime | 1 |
| Anti Social Behaviour | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Possession Of Weapons | 1 |
| All Crime | 4 |
That's all very well, but you want to know if those crime incidents are happening in the road you are thinking of moving to, right? Here they are plotted on a map. You can see where the clusters are. To protect people's privacy, each road is broken down in to one or two clusters. So that could mean the incidents occur throughout the road or multiple incidents at one address,
The Indices of Multiple Deprivation has a breakdown of crime in the Hurstpierpoint and Downs area down to Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) level. This is equivelent to a few roads. These statistics are a measure of how likley you are to be victim of 'personal or material crime', lovely! So in laymen's terms, how likely you are to be mugged or burgled. According to these statistics, here are the roads with the least crime and the most crime:
Roads with the most crime in Hurstpierpoint and Downs
Bignall Grove, Bishop's Close, Bishopstone Lane, Chalkers Lane, Chestnut Grove, College Lane, Cuckfield Road, Danworth Lane, Davey Way, Dumbrells Farm Way, Fairfield Crescent, Gatehouse Lane, Gertrude Campion Close, Hannington Place, Hurst Gardens, Hurstbeech Close, Iden Hurst, Malthouse Lane, Marchants Road, Mill Lane, Oaklands Park, Packham Gardens, Pierce Place, Pomper Lane, Ruckford Mill, St George's Lane, St Lawrence Way, St. Christopher's Road, Talbot Mead, Western Road, White's Close, Wilderness RoadRoads with the least Crime in Hurstpierpoint and Downs
Abberton Field, Brown Twins Road, Cherrington Close, College Lane, Halton Shaws, Hassocks Road, High Street, Highfield Drive, Hurst Wickham Close, Lynton Close, Marchants Close, Marchants Road, Park Close, Pine Tree Close, Spinney Close, St Georges Lane, St Georges Place, Tott Hill, Trinity Road, Wickham Drive, Wickham Hill, Wolstonbury CloseUniversal Credit (UC) Statistics in and around Hurstpierpoint and Downs, Mid Sussex
Although Universal Credit (UC) is a in and out of work benefit, it is a good indicator of the levels of unemployment and crucially as we move to a 'gig economy', under employment in Hurstpierpoint and Downs. The Department for Work & Pensions typically publish UC count figures 6 months in arrears.Wages Statistics: How much can you expect to earn in Hurstpierpoint and Downs?
Every year the Office of National Statitics (ONS) publishes its labour market survery. Amongst these statitics is how much gross weekly pay you can earn on average in any local district council area. Mid Sussex is ranked 105/314 local district councils in England, from the highest down to the lowest average weekly gross pay.Your Wellbeing in Hurstpierpoint and Downs
Each year the Office for National Statitics (ONS) conducts a wellbeing survey at the local district level. We've grabbed the results for Mid Sussex so you can see what to expect in Hurstpierpoint and Downs. Is it a soul destroying hellhole or quite the salubrious desireable place to live?Your Health in Hurstpierpoint and Downs
If you are thinking of moving to Hurstpierpoint and Downs, you'll want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. We've taken the healh question from the latest census to find out how Mid Sussex compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
