4,474
Households
White Brit. · 86%
Ethnicity
No religion · 47%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
74 · 6.6 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£357,250
Median property price
289
Postcodes
Overview of Old Town
Coordinates50.7764, 0.2565
Postcodes
289
Population (Census)
11,159
Households (Census)
4,474
Recorded crime · May '26
74 · 6.6 per 1k
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).
Sold prices in Old Town
Property sales · Old Town
HM Land Registry · Old Town
Average price
£409,508
YoY: -1.4%
Median price: £369,625
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 1 sales · avg £230,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£535k£383k£230k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
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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
Crime trends · Old Town
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
24120
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
21
YoY -9%
ASB
1890
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
14
YoY +56%
Vehicle Crime
630
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY -100%
Burglary
420
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
4
YoY +300%
Criminal damage
1050
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
2
YoY -71%
Demographics in Old Town
Ethnicity
White Brit.86.4%
Other White5.2%
Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.0%
+ other · 7.3%
Religion
No religion47.0%
Christian42.7%
Not answered6.8%
Muslim1.7%
+ other · 1.9%
Age groups
50–6421.9%
35–4919.6%
65–7411.1%
10–159.2%
25–348.0%
+ 6 other age groups · 30.1%
Households
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%
Schools in Old Town
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
The South Downs School
East Sussex · BN20 8NU
Outstanding
0.2 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
Motcombe Infants' School
East Sussex · BN21 1SN
Good
0.2 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 5–7
Pashley Down Infant School
East Sussex · BN20 8NX
Good
0.3 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–7
The Cavendish School
East Sussex · BN21 1UE
Good
0.3 mi
All-throughStateMixed · Ages 2–16
Ocklynge Junior School
East Sussex · BN20 8XN
Not judged
0.7 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 7–11
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Old Town
Postcodes in Old Town
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