Is BN44 3AG a Good Place to Live? Crime, Schools & Area Insights

BN44 3AG is a postcode in Steyning & Ashurst, Horsham, South East, England. This postcode area guide brings together crime, schools, demographics, property prices, planning applications, HMO licences and roadworks near BN44 3AG, then scores the surrounding small area 63/100 - top 33% nationally across 8 matched LocaleIQ domains.

The strongest signals around BN44 3AG are safety and health, while housing is the main area to examine before moving, renting or buying here. LocaleIQ uses these local signals as a practical area rating rather than a single raw statistic, so read the score alongside the detailed map layers and source records.

The demographic profile for BN44 3AG is based on Horsham 014 Census 2021. It covers 8,955 residents, 189 people per square kilometre. The median age is around 49, helping show whether the area skews younger, family-sized or older. Housing tenure is 69% owner-occupied, 12% privately rented, 16% social rented, useful context for renters, buyers and landlords comparing the local property market. On the official England neighbourhood wellbeing index the area ranks in decile 5/10.

For property prices near BN44 3AG, LocaleIQ uses Land Registry sold-price evidence for the BN44 postcode district. The latest median sold price is £402k from 100 rolling sales. The Property tab separates flats, terraced, semi-detached and detached homes where enough sales exist.

For safety, the Crime tab breaks down recorded crime near BN44 3AG by category and map position. Crime trend is flat or improving month on month. Use it with the LocaleIQ safety score because police data can lag and does not capture every local issue.

LocaleIQ checks available planning, HMO and roadworks feeds near BN44 3AG; no local change records are currently listed inside this report radius.