# BN6

Postcode district covering Hassocks, Hurstpierpoint and Keymer, in Mid Sussex and Lewes.

BN6 is a postcode district covering Hassocks, Hurstpierpoint and Keymer, in Mid Sussex and Lewes. Median sale price £555,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code BN6. 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 BN6 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £555,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BN6 was £555,000 in 2025. Joint 190th 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/bn6#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 19,348** (2021). BN6 had 19,348 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,252nd 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/bn6#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 4%** (2022). About 4% of people in BN6 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/bn6#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 74.2%** (January 2026). In BN6, 74.2% 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/bn6#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=BN6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 4% of people in BN6 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=BN6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 317 homes were sold in BN6 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=BN6) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for BN6.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=BN6) (Census 2021, England and Wales): BN6 had 19,348 usual residents at the census.

## How BN6 compares

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

| Measure | BN6 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £555,000 | 2nd most expensive | 29 postcode districts, BN · 2025 |
| Population | 19,348 | 13th least populated | 33 postcode districts, BN · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 4% | joint 2nd fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 33 postcode districts, BN · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 74.2% | 6th lowest | 33 postcode districts, BN · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the BN postcode area.
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

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

## Neighbourhoods in BN6

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Lewes 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes/neighbourhood/e01021026) | 2,554 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 46.8% |
| [Mid Sussex 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex/neighbourhood/e01031767) | 2,278 | 114.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 60.5% |
| [Mid Sussex 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex/neighbourhood/e01031769) | 1,732 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.2% |
| [Mid Sussex 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex/neighbourhood/e01031770) | 1,737 | 188.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 68.2% |
| [Mid Sussex 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex/neighbourhood/e01031771) | 1,560 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 69.4% |
| [Mid Sussex 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex/neighbourhood/e01031744) | 1,768 | 22.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.5% |
| [Mid Sussex 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex/neighbourhood/e01031745) | 2,060 | 56.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.2% |
| [Mid Sussex 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex/neighbourhood/e01031746) | 1,684 | 84.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.6% |
| [Mid Sussex 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex/neighbourhood/e01031747) | 1,576 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.2% |
| [Mid Sussex 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex/neighbourhood/e01031748) | 1,411 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 74.7% |
| [Mid Sussex 017F](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex/neighbourhood/e01031768) | 1,540 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 57.0% |

## Your MP

- [Mid Sussex](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mid-sussex): Alison Bennett (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 88% of the people here.
- [Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/lewes): James MacCleary (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 12% of the people here.
- [Arundel and South Downs](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/arundel-and-south-downs): Andrew Griffith (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 0.2% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in BN6

[Hassocks, Keymer & East Hurstpierpoint](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex/hassocks-keymer-and-east-hurstpierpoint), [Hurstpierpoint & Bolney](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex/hurstpierpoint-and-bolney)

## Postcode sectors in BN6

[BN6 0 (9 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn6-0), [BN6 8 (288 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn6-8), [BN6 9 (327 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn6-9)

## Councils BN6 covers

[Mid Sussex](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex), [Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes)

## Towns in BN6

[Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hassocks-and-hurstpierpoint)

## Postcode districts next to BN6

[BN1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn1), [BN5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn5), [BN7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn7), [BN45](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn45), [RH15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rh15), [RH17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rh17)

## Nearest rail stations

[Hassocks (2.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.1459,50.9246), [Plumpton (3.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.0602,50.9287), [Burgess Hill (4.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.1274,50.9537), [Wivelsfield (5.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.1208,50.9643)

## 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)

## 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.
About 4% of people in BN6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BN6, 74.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: BN6
- Postcode area: [BN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn)
- Constituency: [Mid Sussex †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mid-sussex)
- Council: [Mid Sussex †](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex)
- Area: 67.35 km²
- People, mid-2024: 20,569*
- Neighbourhoods: 11
- Output areas: 58

* 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

[RH15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rh15), [BN45](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn45), [RH17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rh17), [BN7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn7), [BN1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn1), [BN5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn5)

## Latest updates for BN6

- 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/BN6

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn6, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn6#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn6