Patcham West & Westdene

Brighton and Hove · South East · population 8,058 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

86Area Score / 100 ?
  • #930 of 6,856 in England
  • #285 of 1,119 in South East
  • #4 of 33 in Brighton and Hove
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,060
Median age (est.)46
Density784per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above43%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 6%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 9%Other: 19%
One person 27%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 9%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional16%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Skilled trades8%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary5%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 5%Black: 1%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 88%Asian 5%Black 1%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 41% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 15%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Patcham West & Westdene is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #930 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 33 in Brighton and Hove. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (88) and lowest on Housing & access (62). Typical homes here sold for about £565,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+3%) (from 108 sales), 35% above the wider Brighton and Hove median of £419,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,649 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 55 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 73 · #1,849
Employment 73 · #1,856
Education 88 · #793
Health 79 · #1,417
Crime 75 · #1,691
Housing & access 62 · #2,630
Living environment 70 · #2,068

House prices ?

£565,000median (12m) · +2.7% yr · n=108
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£565,000108+2.7%+3.4%
Detached£727,75040-2.3%+0.7%
Semi-detached£606,25036+10.2%+20.0%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Flat£255,00029-3.8%+7.4%
This area£565,000
Brighton and Hove£419,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£49,649±£6,955 · #1,121 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,422
Price-to-income ?11.4×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

25Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

55 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 440 offences
Brighton and Hove101
South East71
England83

Rank #2,460 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences144
Theft148
Burglary8
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson44
Public order & weapons37
Drugs18
Robbery6
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 89 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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