BN23
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Eastbourne, St Anthony's Hill and Langney, 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 BN23 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BN23, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BN23 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BN23 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BN23 at a rate of 112.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 101.8 per 1,000 people across BN.
In August 2026 alone, 275 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BN23.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (863), shoplifting (766) and anti-social behaviour (632).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BN23 was 99.0 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 BN23, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BN23 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BN23
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastbourne 001A | 1,386 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.9% |
| Eastbourne 001B | 1,566 | 428.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Eastbourne 001C | 1,412 | 122.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Eastbourne 001D | 1,631 | 134.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Eastbourne 001E | 1,396 | 105.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Eastbourne 003A | 1,473 | 25.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Eastbourne 003B | 1,764 | 112.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.1% |
| Eastbourne 003C | 1,626 | 78.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Eastbourne 003D | 1,604 | 49.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Eastbourne 003E | 1,574 | 67.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Eastbourne 013B | 1,587 | 258.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.5% |
| Eastbourne 013C | 1,504 | 40.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.0% |
| Eastbourne 013D | 1,465 | 30.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.6% |
| Eastbourne 013E | 2,079 | 81.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Eastbourne 014A | 2,450 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.4% |
| Eastbourne 014B | 1,591 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Eastbourne 014C | 1,493 | 248.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 73.8% |
| Eastbourne 014D | 1,298 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 79.3% |
MPs for BN23
- Josh BabarindeLiberal DemocratMP for Eastbourne98% of BN23’s postcodes
- James MacClearyLiberal DemocratMP for Lewes1.6% of BN23’s postcodes
- Dr Kieran MullanConservativeMP for Bexhill and Battle0.1% of BN23’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 BN234
Postcode sectors in BN234
Council1
Towns in BN231
Postcode districts next to BN232
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BN postcode area2
BN23 in brief
BN23 is a postcode district covering Eastbourne, St Anthony's Hill and Langney, in Eastbourne.
About 29,080 people lived in BN23 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £283,000 in 2025 across 496 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 112.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BN23 was £283,000 in 2025.
BN23 had 29,159 usual residents at the census.
In BN23, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BN23, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.