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BN44

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Steyning, Upper Beeding and Bramber, in Horsham.

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 BN44 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In BN44, 83.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£445,000
444th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
9,960
711th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
83.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How BN44 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

BN44Middle
Median sale price29 postcode districts, BN · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in BN29 areas from £230,000 to £560,000. The middle area is £370,000. BN44 is £445,000.
£445,000joint 5th most expensive
Population33 postcode districts, BN · 2021
Population: every postcode district in BN33 areas from 317 to 94,706. The middle area is 21,877. BN44 is 9,960.
9,9606th least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage33 postcode districts, BN · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in BN33 areas from 46.2% to 98.6%. The middle area is 84.6%. BN44 is 83.3%.
83.3%15th lowest
Claimant rate29 postcode districts, BN · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in BN29 areas from 1.8% to 5.8%. The middle area is 3.3%. BN44 is 2.3%.
2.3%joint 3rd lowest

Is BN44 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BN44 at a rate of 34.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 101.8 per 1,000 people across BN.

In August 2026 alone, 36 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BN44.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (104), anti-social behaviour (78) and other crime (70).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BN44 was 50.6 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 BN44, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BN44 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • 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 BN44

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Horsham 014E1,64648.5 per 1,000578.0%
Horsham 016A1,63420.8 per 1,000784.8%
Horsham 016B2,37743.3 per 1,000880.9%
Horsham 016C1,41613.4 per 1,0001097.8%
Horsham 016D1,64963.8 per 1,000984.1%
Horsham 016E1,39219.1 per 1,000985.5%

Your MP

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 BN441

Postcode sectors in BN441

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Postcode districts next to BN445

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BN44 in brief

BN44 is a postcode district covering Steyning, Upper Beeding and Bramber, in Horsham.

About 9,845 people lived in BN44 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £445,000 in 2025 across 161 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 34.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in BN44 was £445,000 in 2025.

BN44 had 9,960 usual residents at the census.

In BN44, 83.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In BN44, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.