# BN44

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

BN44 is a postcode district covering Steyning, Upper Beeding and Bramber, in Horsham. Median sale price £445,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 34.2 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code BN44. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [BN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £445,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BN44 was £445,000 in 2025. Joint 444th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn44#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 9,960** (2021). BN44 had 9,960 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 711th least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn44#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 87%** (2022). About 87% of people in BN44 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn44#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 83.3%** (January 2026). In BN44, 83.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn44#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=BN44) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 87% of people in BN44 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=BN44) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 161 homes were sold in BN44 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=BN44) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for BN44.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=BN44) (Census 2021, England and Wales): BN44 had 9,960 usual residents at the census.

## How BN44 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | BN44 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £445,000 | joint 5th most expensive | 29 postcode districts, BN · 2025 |
| Population | 9,960 | 6th least populated | 33 postcode districts, BN · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 87% | 10th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 33 postcode districts, BN · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 83.3% | 15th lowest | 33 postcode districts, BN · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the BN postcode area.
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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in BN44

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Horsham 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/horsham/neighbourhood/e01031687) | 1,646 | 48.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 78.0% |
| [Horsham 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/horsham/neighbourhood/e01031616) | 1,634 | 20.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.8% |
| [Horsham 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/horsham/neighbourhood/e01031617) | 2,377 | 43.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 80.9% |
| [Horsham 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/horsham/neighbourhood/e01031684) | 1,416 | 13.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.8% |
| [Horsham 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/horsham/neighbourhood/e01031685) | 1,649 | 63.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.1% |
| [Horsham 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/horsham/neighbourhood/e01031686) | 1,392 | 19.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.5% |

## Your MP

- [Arundel and South Downs](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/arundel-and-south-downs): Andrew Griffith (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in BN44

[Steyning & Upper Beeding](https://openindex.co.uk/horsham/steyning-and-upper-beeding)

## Postcode sectors in BN44

[BN44 3 (263 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn44-3)

## Council

[Horsham](https://openindex.co.uk/horsham)

## Postcode districts next to BN44

[BN5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn5), [BN14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn14), [BN15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn15), [RH13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rh13), [RH20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rh20)

## More in the BN postcode area

[All BN postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 87% of people in BN44 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BN44, 83.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: BN44
- Postcode area: [BN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn)
- Constituency: [Arundel and South Downs †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/arundel-and-south-downs)
- Council: [Horsham †](https://openindex.co.uk/horsham)
- Area: 49.14 km²
- People, mid-2024: 9,845*
- Neighbourhoods: 6
- Output areas: 34

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[RH20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rh20), [RH13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rh13), [BN15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn15), [BN14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn14), [BN5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn5)

## Latest updates for BN44

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/BN44

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn44, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn44#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn44