BN20
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Eastbourne, Meads and Downside, in Eastbourne and Wealden.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an BN20 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BN20, 80.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BN20 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BN20 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BN20 at a rate of 57.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 101.8 per 1,000 people across BN.
In August 2026 alone, 112 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BN20.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (496), anti-social behaviour (341) and other crime (192).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BN20 was 49.2 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in BN20, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BN20 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BN20
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastbourne 006B | 1,759 | 108.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| Eastbourne 006C | 1,537 | 57.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| Eastbourne 006D | 1,693 | 21.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 78.4% |
| Eastbourne 006E | 1,577 | 76.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.6% |
| Eastbourne 009A | 1,602 | 63.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Eastbourne 011C | 1,993 | 120.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 65.2% |
| Eastbourne 012A | 1,694 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 71.2% |
| Eastbourne 012B | 1,298 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 69.5% |
| Eastbourne 012E | 1,503 | 27.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Eastbourne 012F | 2,250 | 55.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.3% |
| Wealden 018C | 2,215 | 38.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 26.7% |
| Wealden 021A | 1,700 | 49.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.2% |
| Wealden 021C | 1,438 | 23.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 65.2% |
MPs for BN20
- Josh BabarindeLiberal DemocratMP for Eastbourne73% of BN20’s postcodes
- James MacClearyLiberal DemocratMP for Lewes27% of BN20’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in BN203
Postcode sectors in BN204
Councils BN20 covers2
Towns in BN201
Postcode districts next to BN204
Nearest rail stations2
More in the BN postcode area2
BN20 in brief
BN20 is a postcode district covering Eastbourne, Meads and Downside, in Eastbourne and Wealden.
About 22,659 people lived in BN20 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £360,000 in 2025 across 326 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 57.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BN20 was £360,000 in 2025.
BN20 had 22,283 usual residents at the census.
In BN20, 80.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BN20, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.