Property market
The five-year median is £290,000 from 1,044 recorded sales in BN9. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Lewes is £367,918 in June 2026, up 1.7% year on year.
BN9
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,087
- Current units
- 416
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 8
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 671
Postcode sectors in BN9
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
8,317 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 20, Norman Road, Newhaven, BN9 9LJ | 22 July 2026 | £320,000 |
| 5, Tide Mills View, Newhaven, BN9 0EP | 20 July 2026 | £385,000 |
| 190, Gibbon Road, Newhaven, BN9 9ET | 16 July 2026 | £285,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 5
- Primary
- 4
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,011
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 703
- Anti social behaviour 349
- Criminal damage and arson 184
- Public order 183
- Shoplifting 172
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- BN9 usual residents
- 13,906
- Age-profile population
- 13,941
Age bands in BN9
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 19.2%
- 2,679 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.1%
- 1,547 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.4%
- 3,398 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.6%
- 3,567 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 19.7%
- 2,750 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 405 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 392 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 279 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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
in this district
NEWHAVEN MEDICAL CENTRE
5-8 NEWHAVEN SQUARE, NEWHAVEN, BN9 9QS
ODS code G81061
QUAYSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
10 NEWHAVEN SQUARE, NEWHAVEN, BN9 9QS
ODS code G81016
Evidence in context
Schools
5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,011 published events cover 12 months, averaging 168 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 703 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.