London commuter townsHassocks vs Hove
Hassocks vs Hove: which commuter town suits you?
Hassocks is 7 minutes closer to London, but Hove is £92k cheaper on the average sold price.
Train to London
50 min
57 min
Annual season ticket
£4,440
£6,527
Average house price
£525k
£433k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
13.1x
11.1x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
13
69
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
812 Mb
957 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
8.1
7.4
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
38
90
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
148 ha
248 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
108
1256
Estimates only. Prices from HM Land Registry (August 2025 to July 2026), crime from police.uk (August 2025 to July 2026); broadband, life satisfaction and train times from Ofcom, ONS and National Rail, reviewed periodically. A tinted figure is the better of the two on that row alone, not an overall verdict.
The full picture on each
Living in Hassocks
West Sussex · 50 min to London · average sold price £525k.
Read the Hassocks report