Rusper, Faygate & Leechpool

Horsham · South East · population 10,848 · 7 LSOAs

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

75Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,712 of 6,856 in England
  • #447 of 1,119 in South East
  • #11 of 16 in Horsham
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,411
Median age (est.)39
Density209per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above36%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 32%45–64 25%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 14%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 8%Other: 14%
One person 30%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 8%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional16%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 6%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 88%Asian 6%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 43% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

Rusper, Faygate & Leechpool is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,712 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 16 in Horsham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (84) and lowest on Housing & access (35). Typical homes here sold for about £390,000 over the past year, down 4% across five years (from 141 sales), 10% below the wider Horsham median of £435,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,997 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 50 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 65 · #2,418
Employment 73 · #1,869
Education 72 · #1,917
Health 84 · #1,109
Crime 57 · #2,959
Housing & access 35 · #4,440
Living environment 66 · #2,342

House prices ?

£390,000median (12m) · -4.4% yr · n=141
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£390,000141-4.4%-3.7%
Detached£737,88022+21.5%+34.2%
Semi-detached£442,25046+0.5%+9.2%
Terraced£368,75030-0.3%-6.1%
Flat£260,00043+28.4%-3.7%
This area£390,000
Horsham£435,000
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)£47,997±£6,738 · #1,447 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,043
Price-to-income ?8.1×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 ?

60Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

50 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 540 offences
Horsham45
South East71
England83

Rank #2,107 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences231
Theft109
Burglary26
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson62
Public order & weapons57
Drugs15
Robbery2
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 146 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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