BN21
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Eastbourne, Upperton and Downside, in Eastbourne.
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 BN21 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BN21, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BN21 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BN21 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BN21 at a rate of 242.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 101.8 per 1,000 people across BN.
In August 2026 alone, 667 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BN21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,019), anti-social behaviour (1,471) and shoplifting (1,200).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BN21 was 232.8 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 BN21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BN21 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BN21
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastbourne 004D | 1,826 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.1% |
| Eastbourne 006A | 1,624 | 269.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.5% |
| Eastbourne 008A | 1,434 | 395.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.6% |
| Eastbourne 008B | 1,994 | 75.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Eastbourne 008C | 1,817 | 99.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Eastbourne 008D | 1,722 | 74.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Eastbourne 009B | 1,572 | 41.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Eastbourne 009C | 1,570 | 55.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Eastbourne 009D | 1,595 | 116.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.5% |
| Eastbourne 009E | 1,861 | 43.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| Eastbourne 010B | 2,337 | 529.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.8% |
| Eastbourne 010C | 2,217 | 351.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Eastbourne 011A | 2,087 | 711.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.3% |
| Eastbourne 011B | 1,614 | 244.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.7% |
| Eastbourne 011D | 1,951 | 220.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.3% |
Your MP
- Josh BabarindeLiberal DemocratMP for Eastbourne
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 BN214
Postcode sectors in BN215
Council1
Towns in BN211
Postcode districts next to BN212
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BN postcode area2
BN21 in brief
BN21 is a postcode district covering Eastbourne, Upperton and Downside, in Eastbourne.
About 28,251 people lived in BN21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £230,000 in 2025 across 494 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 242.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BN21 was £230,000 in 2025.
BN21 had 26,612 usual residents at the census.
In BN21, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BN21, 5.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.