# Lewes

Town in Lewes, South East.

Lewes is a town in Lewes, South East. Median sale price £460,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 111.6 per 1,000 people. About 15,783 people.

Town. Code E63006461. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes)

Lewes is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Lewes add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £460,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Lewes was £460,000 in 2025. Joint 107th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/lewes#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 16,066** (2021). Lewes had 16,066 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 557th least populated of 1,209. 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/town/lewes#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Lewes 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/town/lewes#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 71.2%** (January 2026). In Lewes, 71.2% 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/town/lewes#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63006461) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Lewes live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63006461) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 272 homes were sold in Lewes in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63006461) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Lewes.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63006461) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Lewes had 16,066 usual residents at the census.

## How Lewes compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Lewes | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £460,000 | joint 57th most expensive | 209 towns, South East · 2025 |
| Population | 16,066 | 92nd least populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 71.2% | 7th lowest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 |

## Is Lewes safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Lewes at a rate of 111.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 137 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Lewes.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (530), anti-social behaviour (428) and other crime (312).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Lewes was 111.3 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 Lewes, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Lewes has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Lewes

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Lewes 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes/neighbourhood/e01021033) | 1,806 | 75.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 72.0% |
| [Lewes 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes/neighbourhood/e01021034) | 1,259 | 217.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 75.1% |
| [Lewes 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes/neighbourhood/e01021035) | 1,770 | 187.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 36.2% |
| [Lewes 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes/neighbourhood/e01021036) | 1,413 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.5% |
| [Lewes 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes/neighbourhood/e01021037) | 1,511 | 85.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.1% |
| [Lewes 003F](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes/neighbourhood/e01021038) | 1,621 | 113.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 57.3% |
| [Lewes 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes/neighbourhood/e01021039) | 1,330 | 137.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 73.5% |
| [Lewes 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes/neighbourhood/e01021040) | 1,756 | 179.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 72.7% |
| [Lewes 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes/neighbourhood/e01021041) | 1,500 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 73.5% |
| [Lewes 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes/neighbourhood/e01021042) | 1,233 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Lewes 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes/neighbourhood/e01021043) | 1,520 | 72.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.1% |

## Your MP

- [Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/lewes): James MacCleary (Liberal Democrat), 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.

## Council

[Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes)

## Postcode districts covering Lewes

[BN7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn7)

## Middle areas in Lewes

[Lewes Central & East](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes/lewes-central-and-east), [Lewes West](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes/lewes-west)

## Towns near Lewes

[Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove), [Peacehaven](https://openindex.co.uk/town/peacehaven), [Newhaven](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newhaven), [Uckfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/uckfield), [Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hassocks-and-hurstpierpoint), [Seaford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/seaford)

## Lewes in brief

Lewes is a town in Lewes, South East.
About 15,783 people lived in Lewes in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £460,000 in 2025 across 272 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 111.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Lewes was £460,000 in 2025.
Lewes had 16,066 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Lewes live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Lewes, 71.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63006461
- Constituency: [Lewes †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/lewes)
- Council: [Lewes †](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes)
- Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 3.92 km²
- People, mid-2024: 15,783*
- Neighbourhoods: 11
- Output areas: 54

* 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove), [Peacehaven](https://openindex.co.uk/town/peacehaven), [Newhaven](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newhaven), [Uckfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/uckfield), [Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hassocks-and-hurstpierpoint), [Seaford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/seaford)

## Latest updates for Lewes

- 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/E63006461

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/lewes, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/lewes#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/town/lewes