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Langney

Ward

North Eastbourne. About 10,606 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.6 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 65% of people in Langney live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
10,631
Joint 2,164th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
65%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Langney compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

LangneyMiddle
Population9 wards, Eastbourne · 2021
Population: every ward in Eastbourne9 areas from 9,358 to 14,436. The middle area is 10,941. Langney is 10,631.
10,6312nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares9 wards, Eastbourne · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Eastbourne9 areas from 62.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 90.0%. Langney is 65.0%.
65%2nd fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage9 wards, Eastbourne · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Eastbourne9 areas from 77.8% to 99.2%. The middle area is 97.0%. Langney is 98.5%.
98.5%3rd highest
Claimant rate9 wards, Eastbourne · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Eastbourne9 areas from 2.2% to 8.6%. The middle area is 4.7%. Langney is 4.7%.
4.7%joint 4th highest

Is Langney safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Langney at a rate of 144.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 140.9 per 1,000 people across Eastbourne.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 107 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Langney.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (503), violence and sexual offences (372) and anti-social behaviour (290).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Eastbourne

These figures are published for the whole of Eastbourne, not for each ward, so they describe all of Eastbourne and not Langney alone. See Eastbourne

Average house price
£255,642
Down 0.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,236
133rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.9×
Joint 155th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
23.9
Joint 92nd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Langney in brief

Langney had 10,631 usual residents at the census.

About 65% of people in Langney live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Langney, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Langney, 4.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.