Old Town Area Guide | £357k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Low deprivation
Population
11,159
Households
4,474
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 6.9 per 1k
4,474
Households
White Brit. · 86%
Ethnicity
No religion · 47%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 6.9 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£357,250
Median property price
289
Postcodes
4,474
Households
White Brit. · 86%
Ethnicity
No religion · 47%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 6.9 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£357,250
Median property price
289
Postcodes

Sold prices in Old Town

England & Wales
Property sales · Old Town
HM Land Registry · Old Town
Average price
£391,070
YoY: -5.1%
Median price: £369,063
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 2 sales · avg £501,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£535k£421k£306k
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 Town

England & Wales
Crime trends · Old Town

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
21
YoY +50%
24120
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
13
YoY +18%
1890
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
3
YoY —
630
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
0
YoY —
420
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
9
YoY —
1050
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

0 of 5 key categories improving · violent crime rising

77
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Old Town

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 Models

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.

Eastbourne 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 Town

GPs make up most of the mapped places

41 GPs · 12 Libraries · 9 Museums · 65 in all

  • GPs41
  • Libraries12
  • Museums9
  • Hospitals3

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

Overview of Old Town

Coordinates50.7764, 0.2565
Postcodes
289
Population (Census)
11,159
Households (Census)
4,474
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 6.9 per 1k

Demographics in Old Town

Ethnicity

Total residents: 11,161
White Brit.86.4%
Other White5.2%
Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.0%
+ other · 7.3%

Religion

Total residents: 11,170
No religion47.0%
Christian42.7%
Not answered6.8%
Muslim1.7%
+ other · 1.9%

Age groups

Total residents: 11,159
50–6421.9%
35–4919.6%
65–7411.1%
10–159.2%
25–348.0%
+ 6 other age groups · 30.1%

Households

Total households: 4,474
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children17.9%
Any member 66+15.1%
Other12.1%
All members 66+10.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.4%
+ 8 other households · 33.6%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Old Town

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 7.35 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Low deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 7.35 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Old Town