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Old Hastings

WARD
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
5,259
Households
2,436
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 10.6 per 1k
2,436
Households
White Brit. · 89%
Ethnicity
No religion · 54%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 10.6 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£300,000
Median property price
144
Postcodes
2,436
Households
White Brit. · 89%
Ethnicity
No religion · 54%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 10.6 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£300,000
Median property price
144
Postcodes

Sold prices in Old Hastings

England & Wales
Property sales · Old Hastings
HM Land Registry · Old Hastings
Average price
£333,237
YoY: -14.9%
Median price: £360,000
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 2 sales · avg £408,500
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£675k£420k£166k
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 Old Hastings

England & Wales
Crime trends · Old Hastings

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
10
YoY -71%
35180
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
22
YoY +120%
30150
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
10
YoY —
1050
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
1
YoY —
1050
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
8
YoY —
840
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving · asb rising

56
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Old Hastings

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 Old Hastings

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 Old Hastings

Coordinates50.8610, 0.5969
Postcodes
144
Population (Census)
5,259
Households (Census)
2,436
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 10.6 per 1k

Demographics in Old Hastings

Ethnicity

Total residents: 5,262
White Brit.89.5%
Other White3.9%
White Irish1.6%
+ other · 5.0%

Religion

Total residents: 5,274
No religion53.7%
Christian36.4%
Not answered6.4%
Other religion1.2%
+ other · 2.4%

Age groups

Total residents: 5,259
50–6425.8%
35–4917.6%
65–7413.4%
25–3410.1%
75–847.7%
+ 6 other age groups · 25.4%

Households

Total households: 2,436
Other19.5%
Any member 66+17.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children8.7%
All members 66+8.6%
+ 8 other households · 35.3%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Old Hastings

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 2.95 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 2.95 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Old Hastings