Highfield Drive, Hassocks house prices are built from 84 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 9 Jul 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £346,250. Across the 14 years from 1998 to 2012 the median moved +138.8% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +72.0%.
Median price paid
£346,250
Change in cash, 1998–2012
+138.8%
Change in real terms
+72.0%
HM Land Registry84 salesLatest sale 9 Jul 2025
Section 01
How Highfield Drive, Hassocks prices moved
The chart tracks the median Highfield Drive, Hassocks house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2012. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | £147,500 | £327,520 |
| 2000s | 1 | £425,000 | £774,225 |
| 2010s | 1 | £425,000 | £599,250 |
The highest yearly median on record for Highfield Drive, Hassocks is £425,000 in 2007; the lowest is £147,500 in 1997. Across the full 16-year record the cash median has moved from £147,500 to £425,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £312,744, so the real change over the whole record is +103.0% — about +4.83% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +138.8% in cash against +72.0% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 9 Jul 2025 | Detached | £600,000 | £613,043 |
| 6 | 26 Jun 2025 | Detached | £730,000 | £745,870 |
| 29 | 3 Jan 2025 | Detached | £563,824 | £576,081 |
| 49 | 8 Aug 2024 | Detached | £900,000 | £947,015 |
| 25 | 22 May 2024 | Detached | £690,000 | £726,045 |
| 7 | 17 Aug 2023 | Detached | £683,000 | £737,954 |
| 2 | 16 Feb 2023 | Detached | £850,000 | £918,391 |
| 20 | 25 Jun 2021 | Detached | £652,000 | £823,763 |
| 3 | 15 Feb 2021 | Detached | £535,000 | £675,941 |
| 66 | 5 Jun 2020 | Detached | £599,950 | £776,795 |
| 52 | 21 Feb 2020 | Detached | £465,000 | £602,066 |
| 58 | 11 Oct 2019 | Detached | £445,000 | £582,050 |
| 34 | 29 Jul 2019 | Detached | £575,000 | £752,087 |
| 9 | 13 Sep 2018 | Detached | £585,000 | £779,631 |
| 47 | 13 Jul 2018 | Detached | £570,000 | £759,641 |
| 56 | 2 Sep 2016 | Detached | £456,500 | £637,292 |
| 28 | 15 Jul 2016 | Detached | £635,000 | £886,485 |
| 54 | 18 May 2016 | Detached | £450,000 | £628,218 |
| 25 | 4 Feb 2016 | Detached | £430,000 | £600,297 |
| 64 | 30 Oct 2015 | Detached | £550,000 | £775,500 |
| 66 | 22 Sep 2014 | Detached | £492,000 | £705,717 |
| 70 | 18 Jun 2014 | Detached | £610,000 | £874,975 |
| 39 | 27 Mar 2014 | Terraced | £289,950 | £415,900 |
| 40a | 13 Aug 2012 | Detached | £425,000 | £634,799 |
| 68 | 10 Aug 2012 | Detached | £425,000 | £634,799 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Highfield Drive, Hassocks values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Highfield Drive | £117,500 (1995) | £600,000 (2025) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| 29 Highfield Drive | £249,500 (2003) | £563,824 (2025) | +3.8% | +0.9% |
| 49 Highfield Drive | £382,000 (2005) | £900,000 (2024) | +4.6% | +1.6% |
| 25 Highfield Drive | £430,000 (2016) | £690,000 (2024) | +6.1% | +2.4% |
| 7 Highfield Drive | £108,500 (1996) | £683,000 (2023) | +7.1% | +4.3% |
| 66 Highfield Drive | £158,500 (1998) | £599,950 (2020) | +6.2% | +4.0% |
| 58 Highfield Drive | £130,000 (1997) | £445,000 (2019) | +5.8% | +3.5% |
| 34 Highfield Drive | £135,000 (1998) | £575,000 (2019) | +7.1% | +4.8% |
| 56 Highfield Drive | £210,000 (2002) | £456,500 (2016) | +5.7% | +3.3% |
| 28 Highfield Drive | £370,000 (2004) | £635,000 (2016) | +4.6% | +2.2% |
| 64 Highfield Drive | £219,000 (2002) | £550,000 (2015) | +7.3% | +4.8% |
| 70 Highfield Drive | £188,500 (1997) | £610,000 (2014) | +7.2% | +4.7% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Highfield Drive, Hassocks is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 81 | 96.4% | £350,000 | £95,000 – £900,000 |
| Terraced | 3 | 3.6% | £109,150 | £90,000 – £289,950 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Highfield Drive, Hassocks
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 84 freehold — 0.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 84 | 100.0% | £346,250 |
A further 1 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in Highfield Drive, Hassocks
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Horsham, 46.5% of 66,946 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 5.6% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 261 | 0.4% |
| B | 11,180 | 16.7% |
| C | 19,672 | 29.4% |
| D | 22,642 | 33.8% |
| E | 9,457 | 14.1% |
| F | 2,988 | 4.5% |
| G | 746 | 1.1% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Horsham at £1,460 a month as of Jun 2026 — £1,013 for a one-bedroom home and £1,682 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £346,250 here, that rent is a gross yield of 5.06% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of BN6, 53 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 11 violent, 2 burglary, 6 vehicle-related and 15 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 3.2 times quieter.
Against the 146,778 residents the 2021 census counted in Horsham, that is 0.36 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Highfield Drive, Hassocks
The 2021 census counted 146,778 residents in Horsham across 62,370 households. 74.0% of those households own their home and 26.0% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
6 state and independent schools have a BN6 postcode: 5 primary, 1 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downlands Community School | Secondary | Community school | 1,250 |
| St Lawrence CofE Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 599 |
| The Windmills Junior School | Primary | Community school | 363 |
| Hassocks Infant School | Primary | Community school | 266 |
| Ditchling St Margaret's Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 243 |
| Albourne Church of England Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 177 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hassocks Rail Station | Rail | 1.0 km |
| Burgess Hill Rail Station | Rail | 3.1 km |
| Wivelsfield Rail Station | Rail | 4.4 km |
| Plumpton Rail Station | Rail | 6.7 km |
Section 09
How Highfield Drive, Hassocks compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Highfield Drive, Hassocks sits above that national figure — +119.8%.
Within Hassocks the street ranks 131 of 259 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £300,000 (+15.4%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £90,000 to £900,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Highfield Drive, Hassocks sits in Horsham, in the South East.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Horsham at 11.5 times median local earnings of £37,981 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- High Street£229,950 median
- Western Road£250,000 median
- Cuckfield Road£268,225 median
- Keymer Road£175,000 median
- College Lane£317,500 median
- Parklands Road£208,750 median
- London Road£296,500 median
- Grand Avenue£309,000 median
- Hassocks Road£245,000 median
- Woodsland Road£225,000 median
- North End£280,000 median
- Lewes Road£472,000 median
- Dale Avenue£280,000 median
- Nursery Close£240,000 median
- Ockley Lane£375,000 median
- Mackie Avenue£298,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 7 Highfield Drive3 sales
- 66 Highfield Drive3 sales
- 34 Highfield Drive3 sales
- 28 Highfield Drive3 sales
- 64 Highfield Drive3 sales
- 70 Highfield Drive3 sales
- 40A Highfield Drive3 sales
- 33 Highfield Drive3 sales
- 46 Highfield Drive3 sales
- 5 Highfield Drive2 sales
- 29 Highfield Drive2 sales
- 49 Highfield Drive2 sales
- 25 Highfield Drive2 sales
- 58 Highfield Drive2 sales
- 56 Highfield Drive2 sales
- 68 Highfield Drive2 sales
- 36 Highfield Drive2 sales
- 48 Highfield Drive2 sales
- 60 Highfield Drive2 sales
- 38A Highfield Drive2 sales
Back to Hassocks house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Highfield Drive, Hassocks?
The median price paid in Highfield Drive, Hassocks across every sale on the register is £346,250. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Highfield Drive, Hassocks?
84 sales are on record for Highfield Drive, Hassocks, the most recent completing on 9 Jul 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Highfield Drive, Hassocks house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +138.8% between 1998 and 2012. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +72.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Highfield Drive, Hassocks house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £425,000, set in 2007. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Highfield Drive, Hassocks?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 9 Jul 2025. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Highfield Drive, Hassocks house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.