East Grinstead Central & North

Mid Sussex · South East · population 13,559 · 8 LSOAs

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

73Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,869 of 6,856 in England
  • #481 of 1,119 in South East
  • #12 of 17 in Mid Sussex
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents13,278
Median age (est.)42
Density4,322per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above34%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 28%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 16%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 9%Other: 14%
One person 35%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 9%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors14%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 90%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 44% · Other 2%

Born outside the UK: 17%

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

East Grinstead Central & North is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,869 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 17 in Mid Sussex. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (76) and lowest on Education (53). Typical homes here sold for about £350,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 203 sales), 20% below the wider Mid Sussex median of £440,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,982 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 62 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 55 · #3,090
Employment 69 · #2,123
Education 53 · #3,240
Health 76 · #1,636
Crime 57 · #2,959
Housing & access 69 · #2,144
Living environment 74 · #1,794

House prices ?

£350,000median (12m) · +2.9% yr · n=203
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£350,000203+2.9%+19.9%
Detached£560,00037-9.8%+1.8%
Semi-detached£420,00036+1.0%+13.5%
Terraced£381,25048+1.7%+18.4%
Flat£220,00082+4.8%-2.7%
This area£350,000
Mid Sussex£440,000
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)£43,982±£6,092 · #2,325 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,016
Price-to-income ?8.0×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

70Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

62 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 843 offences
Mid Sussex47
South East71
England83

Rank #3,020 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences383
Theft143
Burglary26
Vehicle crime53
Criminal damage & arson82
Public order & weapons97
Drugs18
Robbery22
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 259 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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