BN27
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hailsham and Upper Horsebridge, in 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 BN27 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BN27, 76.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BN27 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BN27 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BN27 at a rate of 75.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 101.8 per 1,000 people across BN.
In August 2026 alone, 239 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BN27.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (894), anti-social behaviour (746) and other crime (420).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BN27 was 60.5 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 BN27, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BN27 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BN27
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wealden 014B | 1,611 | 52.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 9.9% |
| Wealden 014C | 1,315 | 23.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 29.3% |
| Wealden 015A | 2,092 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.2% |
| Wealden 015B | 1,439 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.5% |
| Wealden 015C | 1,519 | 10.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.1% |
| Wealden 015D | 1,467 | 320.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.7% |
| Wealden 016A | 1,456 | 70.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.5% |
| Wealden 016B | 1,464 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| Wealden 016C | 1,570 | 100.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.5% |
| Wealden 016D | 1,302 | 109.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 80.4% |
| Wealden 017A | 1,637 | 71.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 52.8% |
| Wealden 017B | 1,681 | 98.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 70.2% |
| Wealden 017C | 1,548 | 52.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.5% |
| Wealden 017D | 1,467 | 78.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.4% |
| Wealden 018A | 1,120 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 16.1% |
| Wealden 018E | 2,077 | 55.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| Wealden 018G | 1,451 | 60.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.3% |
| Wealden 018H | 1,600 | 97.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.4% |
| Wealden 018I | 1,181 | 102.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |
| Wealden 018J | 1,834 | 66.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.7% |
| Wealden 018K | 1,287 | 63.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 66.1% |
MPs for BN27
- Ms Nusrat GhaniConservativeMP for Sussex Weald83% of BN27’s postcodes
- Dr Kieran MullanConservativeMP for Bexhill and Battle11% of BN27’s postcodes
- James MacClearyLiberal DemocratMP for Lewes6.3% of BN27’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 BN275
Postcode sectors in BN275
Council1
Towns in BN271
Postcode districts next to BN275
More in the BN postcode area2
BN27 in brief
BN27 is a postcode district covering Hailsham and Upper Horsebridge, in Wealden.
About 34,528 people lived in BN27 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £325,000 in 2025 across 583 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 75.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BN27 was £325,000 in 2025.
BN27 had 32,230 usual residents at the census.
In BN27, 76.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BN27, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.