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BN6 9DF

Downland Villages · Mid Sussex · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Hassocks
Local authority
Mid Sussex
Constituency
Mid Sussex
Postcode district
BN6
Postcode sector
BN6 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BN6 9DJ 55 m
BN6 9DN 70 m
BN6 9BN 93 m
BN6 9DA 120 m
BN6 9DL 152 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN6 9DF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 1982
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN6
Postcode sector
BN6 9
Latitude
50.935111
Longitude
-0.200943
British National Grid easting
526,509
British National Grid northing
116,615

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Mid Sussex · E07000228
Parish or community
E04009979
Westminster constituency
Mid Sussex · E14001366
Output area
E00161632
Lower layer super output area
Mid Sussex 016A · E01031698
Middle layer super output area
Mid Sussex 016 · E02006619

Postcode source versions

Explore BN6

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, The Twitten, Albourne, Hassocks, BN6 9DF 5 December 2025 £300,000
3, The Twitten, Albourne, Hassocks, BN6 9DF 28 June 2021 £580,000
6, The Twitten, Albourne, Hassocks, BN6 9DF 27 August 2009 £340,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
7
Secondary
2
  1. Albourne Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    214 m
  2. St Lawrence CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km
  3. LVS Hassocks

    Other independent special school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
156
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 38
  • Burglary 30
  • Anti social behaviour 29
  • Criminal damage and arson 14
  • Vehicle crime 13

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17
8 female, 9 male
Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.4
BN6 9 residents
9,805

Age bands in BN6 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20%
2,041 residents
Age 15 to 24
10.5%
1,073 residents
Age 25 to 44
20.5%
2,087 residents
Age 45 to 64
28.5%
2,905 residents
Age 65 and over
20.5%
2,094 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN6 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • MID SUSSEX HEALTH CARE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, TRINITY ROAD, HURSTPIERPOINT, HASSOCKS, BN6 9UQ

    ODS code H82057

    1.8 km

  • MEADOWS SURGERY

    TEMPLE GROVE, GATEHOUSE LN, BURGESS HILL, RH15 9XN

    ODS code H82003

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Butts Cottages

    BCT · Albourne

    127 m
  • Traffic Lights

    BCT · Albourne

    167 m
  • Traffic Lights

    BCT · Albourne

    175 m
  • Butts Cottages

    BCT · Albourne

    233 m
  • Holders

    BCT · Albourne

    250 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Sussex 016A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,975 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £300,000 from 1 recorded sale in BN6 9DF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Mid Sussex is £426,441 in June 2026, down 0.9% year on year.

Schools

11 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 2 secondary schools. Albourne Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 214 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

156 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 38 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.