Rottingdean & Saltdean

Brighton and Hove · South East · population 10,406 · 6 LSOAs

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

79Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,410 of 6,856 in England
  • #390 of 1,119 in South East
  • #6 of 33 in Brighton and Hove
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,156
Median age (est.)52
Density1,260per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above42%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 19%45–64 31%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 4%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 31%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional16%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 43% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Rottingdean & Saltdean is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,410 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 33 in Brighton and Hove. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (86) but weak on Housing & access (26). Typical homes here sold for about £475,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+2%) (from 166 sales), 13% above the wider Brighton and Hove median of £419,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,053 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 74 · #1,746
Employment 70 · #2,082
Education 72 · #1,938
Health 82 · #1,246
Crime 80 · #1,355
Housing & access 26 · #5,078
Living environment 86 · #951

House prices ?

£475,000median (12m) · -11.0% yr · n=166
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£475,000166-11.0%+1.5%
Detached£615,00089+2.3%+7.9%
Semi-detached£430,00032-18.9%+1.2%
Terraced£407,50012-23.1%+23.5%
Flat£275,00033-19.1%+15.8%
This area£475,000
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)£44,053±£6,195 · #2,306 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,981
Price-to-income ?10.8×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 ?

40Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 338 offences
Brighton and Hove101
South East71
England83

Rank #603 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences160
Theft45
Burglary17
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons43
Drugs9
Robbery3
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 95 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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