BN22
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Eastbourne, Roselands and Hampden Park, 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 BN22 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BN22, 92.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BN22 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BN22 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BN22 at a rate of 110.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 101.8 per 1,000 people across BN.
In August 2026 alone, 363 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BN22.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,148), anti-social behaviour (938) and other crime (566).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BN22 was 94.6 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 BN22, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BN22 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 BN22
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastbourne 002A | 1,455 | 104.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 60.7% |
| Eastbourne 002B | 1,659 | 82.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Eastbourne 002C | 1,583 | 73.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Eastbourne 002D | 1,402 | 71.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 30.8% |
| Eastbourne 002E | 1,587 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.8% |
| Eastbourne 004A | 1,509 | 247.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.7% |
| Eastbourne 004B | 1,449 | 60.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Eastbourne 004C | 1,431 | 408.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.1% |
| Eastbourne 004E | 1,536 | 57.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Eastbourne 007A | 1,955 | 115.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Eastbourne 007B | 1,702 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Eastbourne 007C | 1,887 | 108.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.1% |
| Eastbourne 007D | 1,525 | 57.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Eastbourne 007E | 1,756 | 60.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Eastbourne 010A | 2,022 | 249.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Eastbourne 010D | 1,848 | 92.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Eastbourne 013A | 2,360 | 136.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.1% |
| Wealden 021B | 1,516 | 76.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.7% |
| Wealden 021D | 1,335 | 38.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.6% |
MPs for BN22
- Josh BabarindeLiberal DemocratMP for Eastbourne87% of BN22’s postcodes
- James MacClearyLiberal DemocratMP for Lewes13% of BN22’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 BN223
Postcode sectors in BN224
Councils BN22 covers2
Towns in BN221
Postcode districts next to BN224
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BN postcode area2
BN22 in brief
BN22 is a postcode district covering Eastbourne, Roselands and Hampden Park, in Eastbourne and Wealden.
About 32,856 people lived in BN22 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £285,000 in 2025 across 491 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 110.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BN22 was £285,000 in 2025.
BN22 had 31,618 usual residents at the census.
In BN22, 92.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BN22, 5.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.