Neighbourhood · Horsham · South East
Horsham West
Horsham 007 · 7 sub-areas · 11,492 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Retirees (74/100)Watch-out: Solo renters (61/100)Liveability 77/100 · Top quartileResidential
Horsham West is a settled residential pocket of Horsham. The bigger gravitational centre is London, around 79 minutes away by direct train, but most days don't require leaving — local life is what people are here for. Most homes are owner-occupied, so turnover is low and many residents have been here a long time.
Liveability
77/100
Top quartile
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Horsham West?
A snapshot of Horsham West
4 parks and 3 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; The streets feel safe by national standards — police-recorded crime is well below the country-wide median; rents are roughly in line with the national norm, at around £1,444 a month for a typical home; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 7 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Horsham West in Horsham
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FAQ
Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Horsham West?
- The median monthly rent across Horsham West is £1,444.
- How safe is Horsham West?
- Horsham West has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
- How well-connected is Horsham West?
- Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 21 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Horsham West?
- There are 7 schools within 2 km of Horsham West, of which 29% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 769 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Horsham West?
- The most common council tax band in Horsham West is C, with the typical Band D annual charge around £2,528. Council tax is set by Horsham council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Horsham West to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Horsham West to central London is approximately 79 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Horsham West?
- 100% of premises in Horsham West are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Horsham West?
- Horsham West sits in IMD decile 10 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
- What's the tenure mix in Horsham West?
- 71% of households in Horsham West are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
- What is the average property price in Horsham West?
- The average property price across Horsham (the local authority covering Horsham West) is approximately £440,880, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
- Is Horsham West a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.40 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £36,448.)
- Which local areas are part of Horsham West?
- Horsham West contains 7 local areas: Horsham 007C, Horsham 007G, Horsham 007F, Horsham 007E, Horsham 007I…
FAQ
Frequently asked about Horsham West
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Horsham West?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Horsham West is £1,444. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
- Is Horsham West a safe place to live?
- Horsham West has a safety score of 94/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
- What schools are near Horsham West?
- 29% of schools within 2 km of Horsham West are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Horsham West?
- Public-transport commute time from Horsham West to central London is approximately 79 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Horsham West different from the rest of Horsham?
- Horsham West contains 7 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
- Where does Horsham West rank in Horsham?
- Horsham West scores 77/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Horsham, see the Cities table on the Horsham page.
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