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South Downs

WARD
Avg IMD
Low deprivation
Population
2,971
Households
1,415
Crimes · Jun '26
Low · 0.7 per 1k
1,415
Households
White Brit. · 92%
Ethnicity
Christian · 56%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
Low · 0.7 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£747,500
Median property price
195
Postcodes
1,415
Households
White Brit. · 92%
Ethnicity
Christian · 56%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
Low · 0.7 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£747,500
Median property price
195
Postcodes

Sold prices in South Downs

England & Wales
Property sales · South Downs
HM Land Registry · South Downs
Average price
£815,306
YoY: +8.6%
Median price: £747,500
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 3 sales · avg £752,667
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£1.2m£794k£423k
Jun '24Dec '24Jul '25Jan '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in South Downs

England & Wales
Crime trends · South Downs

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
2
YoY —
320
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
0
YoY —
420
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
0
YoY —
110
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
0
YoY —
110
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
0
YoY —
110
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

0 of 5 key categories improving

2
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in South Downs

High flood risk in part of this area

1 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Fluvial / Tidal Models

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to East Sussex.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Wealden is the district council. School applications go through East Sussex.

Apply for a primary place via East Sussex

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Schools in South Downs

Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.

View all schools in this area

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.

Amenities in South Downs

GPs make up most of the mapped places

25 GPs · 9 Libraries · 5 Hospitals · 44 in all

  • GPs25
  • Libraries9
  • Hospitals5
  • Museums5

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of South Downs

Coordinates50.7867, 0.1868
Postcodes
195
Population (Census)
2,971
Households (Census)
1,415
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Low · 0.7 per 1k

Demographics in South Downs

Ethnicity

Total residents: 2,979
White Brit.91.5%
Other White3.5%
White Irish1.1%
+ other · 3.9%

Religion

Total residents: 2,975
Christian56.1%
No religion34.8%
Not answered7.2%
+ other · 1.9%

Age groups

Total residents: 2,971
50–6425.4%
65–7422.2%
75–8414.4%
35–4912.1%
85 years and over6.7%
+ 6 other age groups · 19.4%

Households

Total households: 1,415
All members 66+24.4%
Any member 66+19.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children15.8%
Other10.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children8.6%
+ 7 other households · 21.0%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for South Downs

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 8.20 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Low deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 8.20 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).