Steyning & Upper Beeding

Horsham · South East · population 8,474 · 5 LSOAs

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

88Area Score / 100 ?
  • #793 of 6,856 in England
  • #252 of 1,119 in South East
  • #7 of 16 in Horsham
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,468
Median age (est.)53
Density282per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above39%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 8%25–44 16%45–64 30%65+ 32%

Tenure

Own outright: 53%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 53%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 4%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 32%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 43% · Buddhist 0%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Steyning & Upper Beeding is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #793 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 16 in Horsham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (97) but weak on Housing & access (28). Typical homes here sold for about £445,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 132 sales), in line with the wider Horsham median of £435,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,658 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 34 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 84 · #1,067
Employment 86 · #923
Education 81 · #1,328
Health 94 · #444
Crime 97 · #224
Housing & access 28 · #4,906
Living environment 62 · #2,637

House prices ?

£445,000median (12m) · +6.3% yr · n=132
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£445,000132+6.3%+20.3%
Detached£610,00047-6.2%+14.8%
Semi-detached£418,75038-9.9%+18.0%
Terraced£375,00029+8.7%+16.3%
Flat£238,50018+42.4%+13.6%
This area£445,000
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)£44,658±£6,270 · #2,163 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,498
Price-to-income ?10.0×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 ?

52Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

34 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 287 offences
Horsham45
South East71
England83

Rank #724 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences94
Theft100
Burglary11
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson34
Public order & weapons23
Drugs4
Robbery0
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 41 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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