TN38
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hastings, St Leonards-on-Sea and Hollington Park, in Hastings.
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 TN38 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In TN38, 72.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How TN38 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is TN38 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TN38 at a rate of 109.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.6 per 1,000 people across TN.
In August 2026 alone, 318 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TN38.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,131), anti-social behaviour (651) and other crime (573).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TN38 was 102.1 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 TN38, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TN38 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in TN38
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings 003A | 1,452 | 123.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.6% |
| Hastings 003B | 1,615 | 134.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.5% |
| Hastings 003C | 1,417 | 152.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.7% |
| Hastings 003D | 1,952 | 83.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.2% |
| Hastings 003E | 1,669 | 106.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 50.2% |
| Hastings 006D | 2,014 | 121.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.6% |
| Hastings 006E | 1,896 | 94.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.8% |
| Hastings 008D | 1,337 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.0% |
| Hastings 010A | 1,635 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.5% |
| Hastings 010B | 1,879 | 51.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 34.7% |
| Hastings 010C | 1,882 | 50.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.6% |
| Hastings 010D | 1,830 | 155.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 64.5% |
| Hastings 010E | 1,581 | 111.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 83.8% |
| Hastings 010F | 1,900 | 100.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.6% |
| Hastings 011A | 1,671 | 140.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 74.0% |
| Hastings 011D | 1,590 | 186.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 11.4% |
MPs for TN38
- Helena DollimoreLabour (Co-op)MP for Hastings and Rye99% of TN38’s postcodes
- Dr Kieran MullanConservativeMP for Bexhill and Battle1.1% of TN38’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 TN382
Postcode sectors in TN384
Council1
Towns in TN381
Postcode districts next to TN383
Nearest rail stations4
More in the TN postcode area2
TN38 in brief
TN38 is a postcode district covering Hastings, St Leonards-on-Sea and Hollington Park, in Hastings.
About 29,668 people lived in TN38 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £278,500 in 2025 across 442 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 109.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TN38 was £278,500 in 2025.
TN38 had 29,367 usual residents at the census.
In TN38, 72.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In TN38, 4.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.