Placetrics
City · South East

Living in Horsham

16 neighbourhoods · 89 sub-areas
Crime vs nat. avg
2.4× safer
2.4× safer than nat. · 41.0 / 1k / yr · #28 of 318 cities
Good schools
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Commute to hub
88 min
#196 of 318 cities
Jobs density
0.40
#185 of 318 cities
Avg rent
£1,444/mo
+3.8% YoY · #243 of 314 cities
Council tax
£229/mo
Estimated (Band D)
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Neighbourhoods in Horsham

Tap any row or map polygon to drill into that neighbourhood — hovering on desktop will preview the link before you click. Switch the tab strip above the table to focus on Affordability, Schools, Transport, Safety or Wealth — the columns swap and the default sort follows.

16 neighbourhoods · 89 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.

Horsham Central£1,205+3.8%7058
Horsham East & Roffey£1,250+3.8%9583
Horsham West£1,315+3.8%7794
Broadbridge Heath & Warnham£1,340+3.8%7984
Amberley, Pulborough & Storrington£1,345+3.8%3277
Littlehaven£1,352+3.8%8892
Billingshurst£1,390+3.8%3878
Southwater£1,398+3.8%6591
Steyning & Upper Beeding£1,407+3.8%3598
Rusper, Faygate & Leechpool£1,419+3.8%2379
Cowfold & Partridge Green£1,562+3.8%1391
Horsham South, Mannings Heath & Nuthurst£1,572+3.8%5589
Henfield & Small Dole£1,574+3.8%2484
Ashington & Washington£1,671+3.8%1090
West Chiltington Common£1,731+3.8%1794
Rudgwick, Slinfold & Barns Green£1,741+3.8%2289

Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.

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Where to look in Horsham

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Horsham. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.

Top 5 cheapest

Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).

  1. 1.Horsham Central£1,205/mo
  2. 2.Horsham East & Roffey£1,250/mo
  3. 3.Horsham West£1,315/mo
  4. 4.Broadbridge Heath & Warnham£1,340/mo
  5. 5.Amberley, Pulborough & Storrington£1,345/mo
Top 5 most desirable

Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).

  1. 1.Horsham East & Roffey95/100
  2. 2.Littlehaven88/100
  3. 3.Broadbridge Heath & Warnham79/100
  4. 4.Horsham West77/100
  5. 5.Horsham Central70/100
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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Horsham.

Avg rent
£1,444/mo
#243 of 314 cities
Sale price
£438,625
+2.7% YoY
Yrs to deposit
6.0 yr
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
council-area level rent by bedroom
ONS PIPR median for the council area
1 bed£1,002/mo
2 bed£1,324/mo
3 bed£1,663/mo
4 bed£2,387/mo
Sale price by property type
HMLR HPI average
Detached£763,647
Semi-detached£460,177
Terraced£370,566
Flat£218,201
Affordability
Price-to-earnings12.0×
Rent / take-home48%
Council tax (estimated, full council area)£2,750/yr
Mortgage (25y, 5%)£2,301/mo

Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.

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Safety in Horsham

Crime in Horsham runs at 2.4× safer than the national average. Best 10% (#28 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 41.0, averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Total crime / 1k / yr
41.0
#28 of 318 cities
Crime detailTop crime types · safest neighbourhoods in this council area
All crime categories
incidents / 1,000 residents / year — sorted high → low
Violent & sexual offences
15.6
Anti-social behaviour
7.8
Criminal damage & arson
4.0
Public order
3.2
Other theft
2.9
Shoplifting
2.5
Vehicle crime
2.1
Burglary
1.9
Other crime
1.4
Drugs
1.3
Possession of weapons
0.8
Bicycle theft
0.7
Theft from the person
0.7
Robbery
0.6
Safest neighbourhoods in Horsham
by safety score (higher = safer)
Steyning & Upper Beeding98/100
West Chiltington Common94/100
Horsham West94/100

Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.

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Schools in Horsham

100% of schools serving Horsham are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Best 5% nationally (#1 of 296 cities)

Good or Outstanding
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Good w/in 2 km
33%
#171 of 318 cities
School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools
Ofsted rating distribution
Good100%
Outstanding (count)0
Good (count)1
Requires improvement0
Inadequate0
Best neighbourhoods for schools in Horsham
by school score
Horsham South, Mannings Heath & Nuthurst89/100
Horsham East & Roffey86/100
Rudgwick, Slinfold & Barns Green79/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Horsham

Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.

To London
88 min
Median across local areas
To Bristol
175 min
Median across local areas
To Birmingham
185 min
Median across local areas
Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods
Commute to major UK cities
public transport, off-peak typical
London
88 min
Bristol
175 min
Birmingham
185 min
Cardiff
199 min
Sheffield
228 min
Manchester
235 min
Leeds
239 min
Liverpool
245 min
Edinburgh
353 min
Glasgow
380 min
How residents travel to work
Census 2021, mode share
Car48%Public2%Active6%WFH41%
Best-connected neighbourhoods in Horsham
by transport score
Horsham East & Roffey94/100
Littlehaven85/100
Broadbridge Heath & Warnham79/100

DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.

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Job access from Horsham

Horsham has 0.40 jobs per resident locally. Below median

Jobs per resident
0.40
#185 of 318 cities
5y jobs growth
+2.9%
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
Reachable jobs by mode
Drive — 100 jobs7 min
PT — 100 jobs9 min
Drive — 500 jobs7 min
PT — 500 jobs12 min
Drive — 5,000 jobs15 min
PT — 5,000 jobs32 min
Local job mix by sector
ONS BRES, % of local jobs
Retail & hospitality
24.9%
Professional & business svcs
10.0%
Education
8.9%
Health & social care
8.7%
Manufacturing
6.7%
Construction
6.6%
Tech & ICT
5.1%
Finance & insurance
2.0%

ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Horsham

Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.

What is the average rent in Horsham?
The median monthly rent across Horsham is £1,444, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
Where is the cheapest place to rent in Horsham?
The cheapest neighbourhood in Horsham by estimated median rent is Horsham Central at approximately £1,205/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Horsham?
By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Horsham is Horsham East & Roffey at 95/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Horsham a safe area?
Horsham has an average safety score of 81/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
What is council tax in Horsham?
The most common council tax band in Horsham is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £269. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Horsham.
What is the average salary in Horsham?
The median annual resident salary in Horsham is £36,448, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Horsham, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Horsham?
The average property price in Horsham is approximately £440,880 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
What's the rental yield in Horsham?
Gross rental yield in Horsham is approximately 3.6% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
How long does it take to save a deposit in Horsham?
Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 6.0 years in Horsham. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Horsham?
100% of premises in Horsham are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
What's the unemployment rate in Horsham?
2.1% of 16-64 residents in Horsham are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
How many neighbourhoods are in Horsham?
Horsham contains 16 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 89 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.
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All sub-areas in Horsham

Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.