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RH17 6JX

Handcross & Pease Pottage · Mid Sussex · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Handcross & Pease Pottage
Local authority
Mid Sussex
Constituency
East Grinstead and Uckfield
Postcode district
RH17
Postcode sector
RH17 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RH17 6JU 520 m
RH17 6JT 622 m
RH17 6JY 762 m
RH17 6HQ 845 m
RH17 6FN 1.0 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RH17 6JX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RH
Postcode district
RH17
Postcode sector
RH17 6
Latitude
51.065344
Longitude
-0.172122
British National Grid easting
528,175
British National Grid northing
131,146

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Mid Sussex · E07000228
Electoral ward
Handcross & Pease Pottage · E05014725
Parish or community
E04009996
Westminster constituency
East Grinstead and Uckfield · E14001212
Output area
E00161620
Lower layer super output area
Mid Sussex 007E · E01035345
Middle layer super output area
Mid Sussex 007 · E02006610

Postcode source versions

Explore RH17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
15
Secondary
2

  1. Brighton College Prep Handcross

    Other independent school

    1.7 km

  2. Handcross Primary School

    Community school

    2.0 km

  3. Balcombe Cofe Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
9
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other crime 2
  • Other theft 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Burglary 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

0 female, 3 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.0
RH17 6 residents
5,923

Age bands in RH17 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.9%

1,047 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.9%

604 residents

Age 25 to 44
21%

1,161 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

1,598 residents

Age 65 and over
20.3%

1,123 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RH17 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • OUSE VALLEY PRACTICE

    LONDON ROAD, HANDCROSS, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH17 6HB

    ODS code H82615

    2.1 km

  • COACHMANS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LANSBURY ROAD, CRAWLEY, RH11 9JA

    ODS code H82098

    4.1 km

  • WOODLANDS&CLERKLANDS PARTNERSHIP

    WOODLANDS SURGERY, TILGATE WAY, CRAWLEY, RH10 5BW

    ODS code H82025

    4.4 km

  • SOUTHGATE MEDICAL GROUP

    137 BRIGHTON ROAD, CRAWLEY, RH10 6TE

    ODS code H82064

    4.4 km

  • FURNACE GREEN SURGERY

    50 THE GLADE, FURNACE GREEN, CRAWLEY, RH10 6JN

    ODS code H82053

    4.6 km

  • SAXONBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    MAIDENBOWER SQUARE, CRAWLEY, RH10 7QH

    ODS code H82026

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Brantridge Lane

    BCT · Handcross

    0.1 miles

  • Brantridge Lane

    BCT · Handcross

    0.1 miles

  • The High Beeches

    BCT · Handcross

    0.3 miles

  • The High Beeches

    BCT · Handcross

    0.3 miles

  • Handcross Road

    BCT · Balcombe

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Sussex 007E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,773 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
9 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

22 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 2 secondary schools. Brighton College Prep Handcross is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

9 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other crime with 2 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.