Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch

Wealden · South East · population 6,425 · 4 LSOAs

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

75Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,719 of 6,856 in England
  • #449 of 1,119 in South East
  • #10 of 21 in Wealden
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,437
Median age (est.)49
Density116per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above45%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 18%45–64 31%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 9%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 10%Other: 20%
One person 27%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 10%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 21% · Associate professional 17%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors21%
Associate professional17%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 41% · Other 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

Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,719 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 21 in Wealden. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (91) but weak on Housing & access (21). Typical homes here sold for about £525,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 70 sales), 38% above the wider Wealden median of £379,975. Typical household take-home income is around £50,124 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 80 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 76 · #1,616
Employment 82 · #1,266
Education 62 · #2,576
Health 91 · #615
Crime 82 · #1,266
Housing & access 21 · #5,427
Living environment 39 · #4,193

House prices ?

£525,000median (12m) · +4.8% yr · n=70
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£525,00070+4.8%+4.0%
Detached£915,00035+28.0%+28.9%
Semi-detached£425,00015-7.8%-8.6%
Terraced£430,00010-1.1%+14.1%
Flat£242,50010+31.1%+21.2%
This area£525,000
Wealden£379,975
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)£50,124±£7,023 · #1,042 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,272
Price-to-income ?10.5×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 ?

28Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

80 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 515 offences
Wealden42
South East71
England83

Rank #4,091 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences135
Theft247
Burglary31
Vehicle crime20
Criminal damage & arson41
Public order & weapons27
Drugs8
Robbery4
Other2

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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