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RH16

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Haywards Heath, Lindfield and Franklands Village, in Mid Sussex.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an RH16 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in RH16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£425,000
Joint 503rd most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
38,983
493rd most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
91.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How RH16 compares

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

RH16Middle
Median sale price20 postcode districts, RH · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in RH20 areas from £345,000 to £665,000. The middle area is £451,625. RH16 is £425,000.
£425,000joint 5th cheapest
Population20 postcode districts, RH · 2021
Population: every postcode district in RH20 areas from 4,287 to 73,459. The middle area is 27,067. RH16 is 38,983.
38,9836th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 postcode districts, RH · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in RH20 areas from 0.0% to 81.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. RH16 is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 postcode districts, RH · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in RH20 areas from 50.0% to 95.8%. The middle area is 82.3%. RH16 is 91.7%.
91.7%2nd highest

Is RH16 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RH16 at a rate of 54.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 77.6 per 1,000 people across the RH postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 190 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RH16.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (744), anti-social behaviour (550) and other crime (430).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RH16 was 54.0 per 1,000 people.

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.

Deprivation in RH16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RH16 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in RH16

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Mid Sussex 008A1,40523.6 per 1,0001096.9%
Mid Sussex 008B1,80119.1 per 1,0001094.2%
Mid Sussex 008C2,05872.7 per 1,000896.6%
Mid Sussex 008D1,90529.7 per 1,0001098.6%
Mid Sussex 008E2,49731.1 per 1,0001096.3%
Mid Sussex 008F1,81121.9 per 1,0001088.1%
Mid Sussex 009A2,61683.6 per 1,000990.6%
Mid Sussex 009B1,73651.4 per 1,0001082.9%
Mid Sussex 009E2,47246.6 per 1,000990.6%
Mid Sussex 009F1,47942.1 per 1,0008100.0%
Mid Sussex 009G1,29021.8 per 1,0001098.9%
Mid Sussex 009H1,21073.6 per 1,000980.0%
Mid Sussex 009I1,024236.2 per 1,000875.7%
Mid Sussex 010A1,87883.1 per 1,000392.7%
Mid Sussex 010B1,43476.9 per 1,000993.4%
Mid Sussex 010C1,59938.3 per 1,000992.1%
Mid Sussex 010D1,42628.9 per 1,000997.0%
Mid Sussex 010E1,41466.0 per 1,000798.4%
Mid Sussex 011C1,52825.3 per 1,0001096.5%
Mid Sussex 011D1,48150.6 per 1,0005100.0%
Mid Sussex 011F2,08431.2 per 1,0001099.0%
Mid Sussex 011H1,30393.5 per 1,000759.6%
Mid Sussex 011I1,64442.2 per 1,000994.6%
Mid Sussex 011J1,74562.4 per 1,000890.1%

MPs for RH16

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in RH164

Postcode sectors in RH165

Council1

Towns in RH161

Postcode districts next to RH163

Nearest rail stations2

More in the RH postcode area2

RH16 in brief

RH16 is a postcode district covering Haywards Heath, Lindfield and Franklands Village, in Mid Sussex.

About 40,870 people lived in RH16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £425,000 in 2025 across 695 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 54.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in RH16 was £425,000 in 2025.

RH16 had 38,983 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in RH16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In RH16, 91.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.