BN6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hassocks, Hurstpierpoint and Keymer, in Mid Sussex and 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 BN6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BN6, 74.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BN6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BN6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BN6 at a rate of 65.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 101.8 per 1,000 people across BN.
In August 2026 alone, 142 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BN6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (370), anti-social behaviour (335) and other crime (202).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BN6 was 57.7 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 BN6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BN6 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BN6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewes 002B | 2,554 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 46.8% |
| Mid Sussex 016B | 2,278 | 114.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 60.5% |
| Mid Sussex 016C | 1,732 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.2% |
| Mid Sussex 016D | 1,737 | 188.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 68.2% |
| Mid Sussex 016E | 1,560 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 69.4% |
| Mid Sussex 017A | 1,768 | 22.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.5% |
| Mid Sussex 017B | 2,060 | 56.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.2% |
| Mid Sussex 017C | 1,684 | 84.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.6% |
| Mid Sussex 017D | 1,576 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.2% |
| Mid Sussex 017E | 1,411 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 74.7% |
| Mid Sussex 017F | 1,540 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 57.0% |
MPs for BN6
- Alison BennettLiberal DemocratMP for Mid Sussex88% of BN6’s postcodes
- James MacClearyLiberal DemocratMP for Lewes12% of BN6’s postcodes
- Andrew GriffithConservativeMP for Arundel and South Downs0.2% of BN6’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 BN62
Postcode sectors in BN63
Councils BN6 covers2
Towns in BN61
Postcode districts next to BN66
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BN postcode area2
BN6 in brief
BN6 is a postcode district covering Hassocks, Hurstpierpoint and Keymer, in Mid Sussex and Lewes.
About 20,569 people lived in BN6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £555,000 in 2025 across 317 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 65.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BN6 was £555,000 in 2025.
BN6 had 19,348 usual residents at the census.
In BN6, 74.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BN6, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.