Property market
The five-year median is £596,250 from 1,488 recorded sales in RH17. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Mid Sussex is £426,441 in June 2026, down 0.9% year on year.
RH17
UK postcode district
Part of Haywards Heath
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 933
- Current units
- 719
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 13
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 4
- Terminated postcode units
- 214
Postcode sectors in RH17
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
9,810 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Oakroyd, Broad Street, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, RH17 5DL | 17 July 2026 | £670,000 |
| Applewood, Deanland Road, Balcombe, Haywards Heath, RH17 6LX | 15 July 2026 | £930,000 |
| 5, Stumblemead, Balcombe, Haywards Heath, RH17 6LR | 15 July 2026 | £653,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 18
- Primary
- 11
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 772
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 290
- Anti social behaviour 126
- Criminal damage and arson 73
- Other theft 70
- Public order 59
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- RH17 usual residents
- 20,486
- Age-profile population
- 20,276
Age bands in RH17
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.5%
- 3,751 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.2%
- 2,071 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.6%
- 4,172 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.9%
- 6,063 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 20.8%
- 4,219 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 705 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 59.3%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 59.3%
- Gigabit-capable
- 59.3%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 590 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 273 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 21 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
CUCKFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
GLEBE ROAD, CUCKFIELD, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH17 5BQ
ODS code H82005
OUSE VALLEY PRACTICE
LONDON ROAD, HANDCROSS, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH17 6HB
ODS code H82615
Evidence in context
Schools
18 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
772 published events cover 12 months, averaging 64 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 290 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.