TN40
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bexhill-on-Sea, Pebsham and Old Town, in Rother.
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 TN40 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In TN40, 85.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How TN40 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is TN40 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TN40 at a rate of 106.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.6 per 1,000 people across TN.
In August 2026 alone, 170 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TN40.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (653), anti-social behaviour (440) and shoplifting (321).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TN40 was 111.5 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 TN40, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TN40 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in TN40
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rother 007A | 1,082 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 76.3% |
| Rother 007B | 1,705 | 66.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.3% |
| Rother 007C | 1,561 | 116.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| Rother 008A | 1,391 | 58.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.9% |
| Rother 008B | 1,546 | 206.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 55.2% |
| Rother 008C | 1,581 | 86.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 83.4% |
| Rother 008D | 1,599 | 56.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.1% |
| Rother 008E | 1,936 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 77.6% |
| Rother 011B | 2,055 | 101.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.8% |
| Rother 011C | 2,135 | 162.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.9% |
| Rother 011D | 1,577 | 88.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.7% |
| Rother 011E | 1,505 | 172.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.8% |
Your MP
- Dr Kieran MullanConservativeMP for Bexhill and Battle
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 TN402
Postcode sectors in TN403
Council1
Towns in TN401
Postcode districts next to TN403
Nearest rail stations4
More in the TN postcode area2
TN40 in brief
TN40 is a postcode district covering Bexhill-on-Sea, Pebsham and Old Town, in Rother.
About 19,095 people lived in TN40 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £268,000 in 2025 across 337 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 106.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TN40 was £268,000 in 2025.
TN40 had 18,169 usual residents at the census.
In TN40, 85.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In TN40, 4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.