Lewes Area Guide | £439k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha

Lewes

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
Around average
Population
99,799
Households
43,655
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 5.0 per 1k
43,655
Households
White Brit. · 89%
Ethnicity
No religion · 48%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 5.0 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£438,836
Median property price
£1,208
Median rent
3,393
Postcodes
43,655
Households
White Brit. · 89%
Ethnicity
No religion · 48%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 5.0 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£438,836
Median property price
£1,208
Median rent
3,393
Postcodes

Sold prices in Lewes

England & Wales
Property sales · Lewes
HM Land Registry · Lewes
Average price
£430,477
YoY: -0.7%
Median price: £419,862
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 46 sales · avg £449,179
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£489k£441k£392k
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 Lewes

England & Wales
Crime trends · Lewes

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
161
YoY stable
178890
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
135
YoY +75%
172860
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
14
YoY —
1790
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
8
YoY —
22110
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
52
YoY +21%
52260
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Other Theft
27
YoY -10%
38190
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

0 of 5 key categories improving · asb rising

503
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Lewes

Medium flood risk in part of this area

1 of 9 sampled points in Zone 2

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 2 is land with between a 1 in 1,000 and 1 in 100 chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Fluvial Events

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.

Lewes 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.

Transport in Lewes

Southease is a 9-minute walk from the centre

Rail · 711 m

  • Southease

    Rail

    711 m
  • Southease - Piddinghoe Road

    Rail

    1.4 km
  • Glynde

    Rail

    3.5 km
  • Lewes

    Rail

    4.0 km

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · rail, Underground, tram, and ferry only

Amenities in Lewes

33 mapped places in this local authority

11 GPs · 10 Museums · 6 Libraries · 33 in all

  • GPs11
  • Museums10
  • Libraries6
  • Hospitals4
  • Universities2

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

Private rents in Lewes

Median private rent

£1,208/month

VOA / ONS Price Index of Private Rents · as of 2026-05-31 — 2-bed median where published.

£917
1 bed
£1,208
2 bed
£1,495
3 bed
£2,158
4 bed

VOA private rental statistics · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

Overview of Lewes

Coordinates50.8379, 0.0335
Postcodes
3,393
Population (Census)
99,799
Households (Census)
43,655
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 5.0 per 1k

Demographics in Lewes

Ethnicity

Total residents: 99,902
White Brit.88.9%
Other White4.3%
+ other · 6.8%

Religion

Total residents: 99,915
No religion48.2%
Christian42.7%
Not answered6.3%
+ other · 2.8%

Age groups

Total residents: 99,799
50–6421.7%
35–4917.4%
65–7413.4%
25–349.5%
75–849.0%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.0%

Households

Total households: 43,655
Any member 66+17.9%
All members 66+13.1%
Other13.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children13.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.3%
+ 7 other households · 31.6%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Lewes

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 6.29 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 6.29 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).