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TN38 8BJ

West St Leonards · Hastings · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
West St Leonards
Local authority
Hastings
Constituency
Hastings and Rye
Postcode district
TN38
Postcode sector
TN38 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TN38 8AH 155 m
TN38 8BH 177 m
TN38 8AE 210 m
TN38 8AF 242 m
TN38 8DH 256 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TN38 8BJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
TN
Postcode district
TN38
Postcode sector
TN38 8
Latitude
50.852002
Longitude
0.523563
British National Grid easting
577,728
British National Grid northing
108,866

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Hastings · E07000062
Electoral ward
West St Leonards · E05011215
Parish or community
E43000056
Westminster constituency
Hastings and Rye · E14001274
Output area
E00106737
Lower layer super output area
Hastings 010E · E01021017
Middle layer super output area
Hastings 010 · E02004377

Postcode source versions

Explore TN38

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
21
Secondary
4

  1. Mulberry Academy St Leonards

    Academy sponsor led

    916 m

  2. Saxon Mount School

    Academy special converter

    982 m

  3. Mulberry West St Leonards Primary

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
808
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 286
  • Anti social behaviour 119
  • Shoplifting 88
  • Public order 81
  • Criminal damage and arson 76

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
TN38 8 residents
4,664

Age bands in TN38 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.6%

906 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

515 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.2%

1,230 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.8%

1,455 residents

Age 65 and over
15.9%

774 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

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

8

within 5 km

  • CARISBROOKE SURGERY

    ST LEONARDS MEDICAL CENTRE, 126 BEXHILL ROAD, ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA, TN38 8BL

    ODS code G81048

    423 m

  • SOUTH SAXON HOUSE SURGERY

    4 WHATLINGTON WAY, ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA, TN38 9TE

    ODS code G81089

    1.9 km

  • SEDLESCOMBE HOUSE

    8 SEDLESCOMBE ROAD SOUTH, ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA, TN38 0TA

    ODS code G81096

    2.8 km

  • HIGH GLADES MEDICAL CENTRE

    9A UPPER CHURCH ROAD, ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA, TN37 7AT

    ODS code G81074

    3.5 km

  • THE STATION PRACTICE

    STATION PLAZA HEALTH CENTRE, STATION APPROACH, HASTINGS, TN34 1BA

    ODS code G81658

    3.9 km

  • SIDLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    44 TURKEY ROAD, BEXHILL-ON-SEA, TN39 5HE

    ODS code G81041

    4.2 km

  • COLLINGTON SURGERY

    23 TERMINUS ROAD, BEXHILL ON SEA, TN39 3LR

    ODS code G81077

    4.3 km

  • PRIORY ROAD SURGERY

    83 PRIORY ROAD, HASTINGS, TN34 3JJ

    ODS code G81641

    4.7 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bulverhythe Road

    BCT · Bulverhythe

    0.1 miles

  • Harley Shute Road Bottom

    BCT · Bulverhythe

    0.1 miles

  • Harley Shute Road Bottom

    BCT · Bulverhythe

    0.1 miles

  • Harley Shute Road Bottom

    BCT · Bulverhythe

    0.2 miles

  • Aldi

    BCT · Bulverhythe

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hastings 010E, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,256 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 4 secondary schools. Mulberry Academy St Leonards is the nearest published school at 916 m.

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

Recorded crime

808 published events cover 12 months, averaging 67.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 286 events.

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