Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 2 secondary schools. Seahaven Academy is the nearest published school at 80 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN9 9JL
Newhaven South · Lewes · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Newhaven South
- Local authority
- Lewes
- Constituency
- Lewes
- Postcode district
- BN9
- Postcode sector
- BN9 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN9 9JL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 2020
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN9
- Postcode sector
- BN9 9
- Latitude
- 50.786565
- Longitude
- 0.040181
- British National Grid easting
- 543,907
- British National Grid northing
- 100,539
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Lewes · E07000063
- Electoral ward
- Newhaven South · E05011591
- Parish or community
- E04003778
- Westminster constituency
- Lewes · E14001330
- Output area
- E00106889
- Lower layer super output area
- Lewes 009A · E01021044
- Middle layer super output area
- Lewes 009 · E02004387
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 BN9
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 8
- Secondary
- 2
- 80 m
Seahaven Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 113 m
High Cliff Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 670 m
Harbour Primary and Nursery School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,591
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 584
- Anti social behaviour 272
- Shoplifting 144
- Criminal damage and arson 139
- Public order 131
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BN9 9 residents
- 9,755
Age bands in BN9 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.6%
1,995 residents
1,110 residents
2,472 residents
2,381 residents
1,817 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
5
within 5 km straight-line
NEWHAVEN MEDICAL CENTRE
5-8 NEWHAVEN SQUARE, NEWHAVEN, BN9 9QS
ODS code G81061
1.1 km
QUAYSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
10 NEWHAVEN SQUARE, NEWHAVEN, BN9 9QS
ODS code G81016
1.1 km
HAVENSHEALTH
ANCHOR HEALTHCARE CENTRE, MERIDIAN WAY, PEACEHAVEN, BN10 8NF
ODS code G81100
3.1 km
SEAFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE
DANE ROAD, SEAFORD, BN25 1DH
ODS code G81029
4.4 km
OLD SCHOOL SURGERY
CHURCH STREET, SEAFORD, BN25 1HH
ODS code G81099
4.6 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Seahaven Academy
BCT · Newhaven
- 0.1 miles
Western Road
BCT · Newhaven
- 0.2 miles
Hanson Road
BCT · Newhaven
- 0.2 miles
Gibbon Road Top
BCT · Newhaven
- 0.2 miles
Northdown Close
BCT · Newhaven
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lewes 009A, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
6,985 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 10 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
1,591 published events cover 12 months, averaging 132.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 584 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.