# TN38 8AQ: area report for a postcode in Hastings

TN38 8AQ is a postcode in Hastings.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Hastings. Open the map at TN38 8AQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Hastings](https://openindex.co.uk/hastings) › [TN38](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn38) › [TN38 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn38-8)

## Around this postcode

- **15 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 25% on July. Hastings 010E: 111 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.5302,50.8504,TN388AQ
- **West St Leonards, 750 m**: About 9 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.5302,50.8504,TN388AQ
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 710 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.5302,50.8504,TN388AQ
- **7 of 8 properties in TN38 8AQ at very low risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 2. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=0.5302,50.8504,TN388AQ
- **England’s most deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Hastings 010E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.5302,50.8504,TN388AQ
- **£238,757 average price**: For the whole of Hastings, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.5302,50.8504,TN388AQ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 210 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.5302,50.8504,TN388AQ
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 680 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.5302,50.8504,TN388AQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at TN38 8AQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.5302,50.8504,TN388AQ
- **Moderate road and rail noise at TN38 8AQ**: Road 47 dB, rail 59 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.5302,50.8504,TN388AQ
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=0.5302,50.8504,TN388AQ
- **7.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.5302,50.8504,TN388AQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Mulberry Academy St Leonards](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mulberry-academy-st-leonards-e152503) | Secondary | 710 m (9 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade, before the school changed, special measures | – |
| [Saxon Mount School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/saxon-mount-school-e141475) | Special | 840 m (10 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade | – |
| [Mulberry West St Leonards Primary](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mulberry-west-st-leonards-primary-e140179) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Leonards Church of England Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-leonards-church-of-england-primary-academy-e141868) | Primary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| April 2026 | £280,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 50 m |
| June 2026 | £110,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| July 2025 | £250,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| January 2026 | £260,950 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| January 2025 | £168,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 200 m |
| April 2023 | £300,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 210 m |
| June 2026 | £165,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 240 m |
| March 2023 | £250,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 250 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: West St Leonards (750 m, 9 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: CARISBROOKE SURGERY (210 m)
- Pharmacies: WEST ST LEONARDS PHARMACY (530 m)
- Supermarkets: Aldi Bexhill Road St Leonards (680 m, Aldi)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £238,757** (July 2026). Hastings’s average house price was £238,757 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 4.9% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £34,714** (2025). Full-time workers living in Hastings earned a median of £34,714 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 49th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.9×** (2025). A home in Hastings costs 6.9 times local full-time pay. Joint 155th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 37.3** (2025). Hastings has a deprivation score of 37.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 7th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Hastings 010E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 26.4** (2025). Hastings 010E has a deprivation score of 26.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 10,213th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £267,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Hastings 010E was £267,500 in 2025. Joint 13,199th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,581** (2021). Hastings 010E had 1,581 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 19,140th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 83.8%** (January 2026). In Hastings 010E, 83.8% 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.

## TN38 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £278,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in TN38 was £278,500 in 2025. 983rd cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 29,367** (2021). TN38 had 29,367 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 957th most 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.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in TN38 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.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 72.7%** (January 2026). In TN38, 72.7% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Hastings](https://openindex.co.uk/hastings)
- Centre: 50.8504, 0.5302

Council: [Hastings](https://openindex.co.uk/hastings) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Hastings and Rye](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hastings-and-rye): Helena Dollimore (Labour (Co-op)), 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.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=0.5302,50.8504,TN388AQ

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