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Lewes Castle

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Central Lewes. About 3,915 people in 1.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Lewes Castle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
3,967
Joint 1,877th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
73.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Lewes Castle compares

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

Lewes CastleMiddle
Population21 wards, Lewes · 2021
Population: every ward in Lewes21 areas from 1,905 to 7,919. The middle area is 4,871. Lewes Castle is 3,967.
3,9676th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares21 wards, Lewes · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Lewes21 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Lewes Castle is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage21 wards, Lewes · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Lewes21 areas from 21.1% to 95.0%. The middle area is 79.5%. Lewes Castle is 73.4%.
73.4%9th lowest
Claimant rate21 wards, Lewes · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Lewes21 areas from 1.3% to 6.6%. The middle area is 3.0%. Lewes Castle is 4.1%.
4.1%joint 4th highest

Is Lewes Castle safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Lewes Castle at a rate of 80.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 73.1 per 1,000 people across Lewes.

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

In August 2026 alone, 32 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Lewes Castle.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (124), anti-social behaviour (78) and criminal damage and arson (46).

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 Lewes

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

Average house price
£368,408
Up 0.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£40,807
124th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.0×
Joint 87th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
16.8
Joint 121st least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Lewes Castle in brief

Lewes Castle had 3,967 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Lewes Castle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Lewes Castle, 73.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Lewes Castle, 4.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.