Schools
19 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 3 secondary schools. Hassocks Infant School is the nearest published school at 196 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN6 8HU
Hassocks · Mid Sussex · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Hassocks
- Local authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex
- Postcode district
- BN6
- Postcode sector
- BN6 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN6 8HU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1999
- Terminated
- 1 October 2000
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN6
- Postcode sector
- BN6 8
- Latitude
- 50.924201
- Longitude
- -0.144576
- British National Grid easting
- 530,500
- British National Grid northing
- 115,500
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Mid Sussex · E07000228
- Electoral ward
- Hassocks · E05014726
- Parish or community
- E04010002
- Westminster constituency
- Mid Sussex · E14001366
- Output area
- E00161881
- Lower layer super output area
- Mid Sussex 017E · E01031748
- Middle layer super output area
- Mid Sussex 017 · E02006620
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BN6
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 19
- Primary
- 12
- Secondary
- 3
- 196 m
Hassocks Infant School
Community school
- 525 m
Downlands Community School
Community school
- 643 m
The Windmills Junior School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 402
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 116
- Anti social behaviour 96
- Public order 46
- Criminal damage and arson 30
- Burglary 25
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BN6 8 residents
- 9,398
Age bands in BN6 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 17.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 28.3%
1,569 residents
771 residents
1,619 residents
2,602 residents
2,588 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
4
within 5 km straight-line
MID SUSSEX HEALTH CARE
THE HEALTH CENTRE, TRINITY ROAD, HURSTPIERPOINT, HASSOCKS, BN6 9UQ
ODS code H82057
2.4 km
BROW MEDICAL CENTRE
THE BROW, BURGESS HILL, RH15 9BS
ODS code H82084
3.5 km
SILVERDALE PRACTICE
4 SILVERDALE ROAD, BURGESS HILL, RH15 0EF
ODS code H82072
3.6 km
MEADOWS SURGERY
TEMPLE GROVE, GATEHOUSE LN, BURGESS HILL, RH15 9XN
ODS code H82003
4.3 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Railway Bridge
BCT · Hassocks
- 0.1 miles
Hassocks Rail Station
RSE · Hassocks
- 0.1 miles
Hassocks Rail Station
RLY · Hassocks
- 0.1 miles
Hassocks Rail Station
RSE · Hassocks
- 0.1 miles
Hassocks Rail Station
TXR · Hassocks
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Sussex 017E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
10 of 10
Overall England rank
32,368 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
402 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 116 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.