BN25
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Seaford, Sutton and East Blatchington, in Lewes.
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 BN25 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BN25, 78.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BN25 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BN25 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BN25 at a rate of 47.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 101.8 per 1,000 people across BN.
In August 2026 alone, 117 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BN25.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (435), anti-social behaviour (258) and other crime (191).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BN25 was 52.0 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 BN25, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BN25 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 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 BN25
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewes 011A | 1,544 | 21.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.8% |
| Lewes 011B | 1,834 | 25.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 74.7% |
| Lewes 011C | 1,493 | 23.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 78.4% |
| Lewes 011D | 1,572 | 46.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 79.6% |
| Lewes 011E | 1,609 | 30.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 78.5% |
| Lewes 011F | 1,290 | 11.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.7% |
| Lewes 012A | 1,570 | 22.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 80.9% |
| Lewes 012B | 1,449 | 32.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 77.6% |
| Lewes 012C | 1,757 | 55.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 80.0% |
| Lewes 012D | 1,879 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.5% |
| Lewes 012E | 1,379 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.3% |
| Lewes 013A | 1,621 | 42.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.6% |
| Lewes 013B | 1,858 | 151.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 55.0% |
| Lewes 013C | 1,506 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.3% |
| Lewes 013D | 1,503 | 65.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.3% |
Your MP
- James MacClearyLiberal DemocratMP for Lewes
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 BN253
Postcode sectors in BN255
Council1
Towns in BN251
Postcode districts next to BN252
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BN postcode area2
BN25 in brief
BN25 is a postcode district covering Seaford, Sutton and East Blatchington, in Lewes.
About 23,907 people lived in BN25 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £370,000 in 2025 across 458 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 47.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BN25 was £370,000 in 2025.
BN25 had 23,865 usual residents at the census.
In BN25, 78.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BN25, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.