BN7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Lewes and South Malling, in Lewes.
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 BN7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 92% of people in BN7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BN7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BN7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BN7 at a rate of 96.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 101.8 per 1,000 people across the BN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 152 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BN7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (607), anti-social behaviour (473) and other crime (344).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BN7 was 95.0 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 BN7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BN7 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BN7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewes 002C | 1,905 | 62.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 39.4% |
| Lewes 002D | 1,060 | 26.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 12.3% |
| Lewes 002E | 1,163 | 63.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 30.0% |
| Lewes 003A | 1,806 | 75.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 72.0% |
| Lewes 003B | 1,259 | 217.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 75.1% |
| Lewes 003C | 1,770 | 187.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 36.2% |
| Lewes 003D | 1,413 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.5% |
| Lewes 003E | 1,511 | 85.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.1% |
| Lewes 003F | 1,621 | 113.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 57.3% |
| Lewes 005A | 1,330 | 137.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 73.5% |
| Lewes 005B | 1,756 | 179.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 72.7% |
| Lewes 005C | 1,500 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 73.5% |
| Lewes 005D | 1,233 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Lewes 005E | 1,520 | 72.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.1% |
MPs for BN7
- James MacClearyLiberal DemocratMP for Lewes98% of BN7’s postcodes
- Mims DaviesConservativeMP for East Grinstead and Uckfield1.5% of BN7’s postcodes
- Chris WardLabourMP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven0.3% of BN7’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 BN73
Postcode sectors in BN74
Council1
Towns in BN71
Postcode districts next to BN77
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BN postcode area2
BN7 in brief
BN7 is a postcode district covering Lewes and South Malling, in Lewes.
About 20,323 people lived in BN7 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 324 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 96.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BN7 was £490,000 in 2025.
BN7 had 20,486 usual residents at the census.
About 92% of people in BN7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BN7, 65.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.