Chailey, Newick & Barcombe

Lewes · South East · population 7,817 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

67Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,247 of 6,856 in England
  • #573 of 1,119 in South East
  • #5 of 13 in Lewes
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,650
Median age (est.)48
Density124per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above42%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 19%45–64 31%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 12%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 24%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 21% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors21%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative8%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 44% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Chailey, Newick & Barcombe is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,247 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 13 in Lewes. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (93) but weak on Housing & access (12). Typical homes here sold for about £480,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 87 sales), 26% above the wider Lewes median of £380,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,872 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 27 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 72 · #1,904
Employment 80 · #1,349
Education 82 · #1,218
Health 84 · #1,102
Crime 93 · #457
Housing & access 12 · #6,024
Living environment 22 · #5,366

House prices ?

£480,000median (12m) · -7.7% yr · n=87
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£480,00087-7.7%+12.9%
Detached£645,00040-4.0%+10.7%
Semi-detached£450,75026+5.2%+9.9%
Terraced£349,00016-15.3%+6.6%
Flat£220,0005-52.0%-12.0%
This area£480,000
Lewes£380,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£48,872±£6,823 · #1,264 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,091
Price-to-income ?9.8×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

33Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

27 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 214 offences
Lewes56
South East71
England83

Rank #265 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences112
Theft19
Burglary16
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons16
Drugs7
Robbery0
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 37 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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