BN8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ringmer and Newick, in Lewes and 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 BN8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BN8, 46.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BN8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BN8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BN8 at a rate of 41.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 101.8 per 1,000 people across BN.
In August 2026 alone, 70 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BN8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (253), anti-social behaviour (151) and other crime (123).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BN8 was 45.0 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 BN8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BN8 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 BN8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewes 001A | 2,230 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 48.7% |
| Lewes 001B | 1,108 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 11.8% |
| Lewes 001C | 1,867 | 28.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 48.8% |
| Lewes 001D | 1,218 | 15.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 60.5% |
| Lewes 001E | 1,230 | 32.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 60.6% |
| Lewes 004A | 1,460 | 51.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 50.4% |
| Lewes 004B | 1,747 | 75.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 68.8% |
| Lewes 004C | 1,752 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 65.8% |
| Wealden 013B | 1,656 | 48.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 36.4% |
| Wealden 013C | 1,506 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 24.6% |
MPs for BN8
- James MacClearyLiberal DemocratMP for Lewes48% of BN8’s postcodes
- Mims DaviesConservativeMP for East Grinstead and Uckfield41% of BN8’s postcodes
- Ms Nusrat GhaniConservativeMP for Sussex Weald11% of BN8’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 BN83
Postcode sectors in BN83
Councils BN8 covers2
Postcode districts next to BN87
Nearest rail stations1
More in the BN postcode area2
BN8 in brief
BN8 is a postcode district covering Ringmer and Newick, in Lewes and Wealden.
About 16,346 people lived in BN8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £490,000 in 2025 across 221 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 41.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BN8 was £490,000 in 2025.
BN8 had 15,611 usual residents at the census.
In BN8, 46.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BN8, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.