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1,396 people call this village in West Sussex, South East home.
Easebourne’s best grade is for safety — 10.3 violent and sexual offences and 9.3 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. It is strong on health as well (B+) — life expectancy is 80.6 for men and 86.1 for women. Housing is expensive: a typical home costs £469,000 and rent runs £1,333 a month. Schools are weaker too: primary results beat 3% of towns in England; secondary results beat 75% of towns in England.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · life expectancy, ONS · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years. Easebourne has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Easebourne is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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The 3 things Easebourne does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists them inside Easebourne’s built-up area.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Easebourne.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.2% of residents, below West Sussex’s towns (9.8%) and England’s towns (12%) alike. Typical age in Easebourne: 51.5, the median. Among adults, 39% have a degree.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Easebourne | West Sussex | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.2% | 9.8% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 31% | 23% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 39% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · West Sussex and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Secondary results at the one secondary school within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 48.8, with 55% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. The town has one school, shown below. At the 2 primary schools within 3 km, 46% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easebourne CofE Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 206 | C− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
The top grade, Grade I, goes to 3 of them. Easebourne’s listed buildings include the Church of St Mary, Grade I. It counts 47 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 3 Grade I, 1 Grade II*. Homes from before 1919 make up 29% of the total, above West Sussex’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (16%) alike.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
59% of households own their home, lower than West Sussex’s towns (68%) and near England’s towns (61%). The £469,000 median rests on 41 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026). The social rented sector houses 17% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £937,500 | 18 |
| Semi-detached | £450,000 | 8 |
| Terraced | £300,000 | 11 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 4.3 reports per 1,000, below West Sussex’s towns (11.7) and England’s towns (7.8) alike. Easebourne logged 43 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 9 complaints of anti-social conduct. Among the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Easebourne has less crime per resident than 70% of them. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 23% of recorded crime.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
One GP practice serves the town; 96% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Easebourne is St Richard's Hospital, 10.7 miles away. Men in Easebourne can expect to live to 80.6, women to 86.1 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Easebourne | West Sussex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.2% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 17% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 36% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Unemployment benefit claims came to 2% of 16 to 64s in 2026, below West Sussex’s towns (2.5%) and England’s towns (2.3%) alike. 80% of commuters drove to work at the census. About nearly a tenth of its commuters stay in Easebourne for work. Before tax, the average household brings in £53K a year.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Easebourne. Best known first.
CastleCowdray Castle300 m outside town, to the south
Abbey or prioryChithurst Buddhist Monastery4.5 km outside town, to the westGardenGarden · National TrustWoolbeding Gardens. National Trust.1.4 km outside town, to the westZooZooCowdray Model Farm100 m outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumMidhurst Museum Too500 m outside town, to the southwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Village in West Sussex, England
Easebourne is a built-up area of 1,396 people, in the Chichester council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easebourne | 1,396 | — | — | D | A− | B+ |
| Midhurst | 5,366 | 1.1 | B− | D | B+ | B+ |
| Fernhurst | 1,830 | 3.7 | — | D | A− | B |
| Petworth | 2,592 | 5.3 | C+ | D | B+ | B+ |
| Haslemere | 11,897 | 6.3 | A | C+ | B | B |
| Liphook | 7,128 | 6.3 | A | B | B− | A− |
| Hill Brow and Rake | 1,200 | 6.7 | — | C+ | A | A− |
| Liss | 4,749 | 7.7 | A− | B | B | B+ |
Fernhurst and Hill Brow and Rake have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 13.8 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Priory Flats the Priory.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £469,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £300,000, semi-detached houses £450,000 and detached houses £937,500.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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