Castle Area Guide | £288k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Among the most deprived
Population
6,886
Households
3,577
Crimes · Jun '26
Among the highest · 27.2 per 1k
3,577
Households
White Brit. · 75%
Ethnicity
No religion · 54%
Religion
Among the most deprived
Avg IMD
Among the highest · 27.2 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£288,000
Median property price
227
Postcodes
3,577
Households
White Brit. · 75%
Ethnicity
No religion · 54%
Religion
Among the most deprived
Avg IMD
Among the highest · 27.2 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£288,000
Median property price
227
Postcodes

Sold prices in Castle

England & Wales
Property sales · Castle
HM Land Registry · Castle
Average price
£245,221
YoY: +7.1%
Median price: £203,727
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 2 sales · avg £310,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£336k£247k£158k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Castle

England & Wales
Crime trends · Castle

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
45
YoY -25%
72360
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
52
YoY +126%
73370
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
5
YoY —
1580
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
4
YoY —
29150
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
11
YoY +10%
25130
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving · asb rising

187
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Castle

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to East Sussex.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Hastings is the district council. School applications go through East Sussex.

Apply for a primary place via East Sussex

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Castle

GPs make up most of the mapped places

17 GPs · 5 Museums · 4 Libraries · 28 in all

  • GPs17
  • Museums5
  • Libraries4
  • Hospitals2

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of Castle

Coordinates50.8576, 0.5810
Postcodes
227
Population (Census)
6,886
Households (Census)
3,577
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Among the highest · 27.2 per 1k

Demographics in Castle

Ethnicity

Total residents: 6,882
White Brit.75.0%
Other White10.1%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group1.6%
Other Asian1.5%
White Irish1.3%
+ 5 other groups · 10.4%

Religion

Total residents: 6,882
No religion53.5%
Christian33.0%
Not answered7.4%
Muslim3.0%
Other religion1.4%
+ other · 1.7%

Age groups

Total residents: 6,886
50–6422.0%
35–4921.5%
25–3416.1%
65–749.4%
20–246.6%
+ 6 other age groups · 24.4%

Households

Total households: 3,577
Other34.2%
Any member 66+14.7%
Cohabiting couple family: No children8.8%
Lone parent family: With dependent children6.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children6.9%
+ 7 other households · 28.5%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Castle

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Among the most deprived
Mean decile 1.22 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Among the most deprived on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 1.22 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Castle