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Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South

Ward

North east Mid Sussex. About 2,798 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 16 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,674
795th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
79.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead SouthMiddle
Population27 wards, Mid Sussex · 2021
Population: every ward in Mid Sussex27 areas from 2,674 to 8,498. The middle area is 6,222. Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South is 2,674.
2,674least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares27 wards, Mid Sussex · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Mid Sussex27 areas from 0.0% to 31.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage27 wards, Mid Sussex · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Mid Sussex27 areas from 18.3% to 99.2%. The middle area is 88.6%. Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South is 79.7%.
79.7%8th lowest
Claimant rate27 wards, Mid Sussex · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Mid Sussex27 areas from 1.3% to 4.0%. The middle area is 2.0%. Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South is 1.6%.
1.6%joint 7th lowest

Is Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South at a rate of 30.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 60.2 per 1,000 people across Mid Sussex.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 10 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (30), other crime (28) and anti-social behaviour (15).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Mid Sussex

These figures are published for the whole of Mid Sussex, not for each ward, so they describe all of Mid Sussex and not Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South alone. See Mid Sussex

Average house price
£431,904
Down 0.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£44,352
59th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.7×
Joint 60th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
8.7
11th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South in brief

Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South had 2,674 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South, 79.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.