Bexhill Central

Rother · South East · population 8,973 · 5 LSOAs

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

20Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,462 of 6,856 in England
  • #1,032 of 1,119 in South East
  • #10 of 11 in Rother
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,959
Median age (est.)52
Density6,040per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above27%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 27%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 38%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 7%Private rent 38%

Households

One person: 50%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 11%Lone parent: 11%Other: 14%
One person 50%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 11%Lone parent 11%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 17% · Professional 15% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure17%
Professional15%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 43% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Bexhill Central is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,462 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 11 in Rother. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (54) and lowest on Employment (14). Typical homes here sold for about £206,000 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 158 sales), 42% below the wider Rother median of £355,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,389 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 123 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 26 · #5,084
Employment 14 · #5,907
Education 31 · #4,742
Health 17 · #5,695
Crime 22 · #5,366
Housing & access 54 · #3,179
Living environment 19 · #5,551

House prices ?

£206,000median (12m) · -1.9% yr · n=158
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£206,000158-1.9%+8.4%
Detached£420,2009-13.4%+6.5%
Semi-detached£287,5007-29.5%+17.5%
Terraced£282,00019-4.0%+11.7%
Flat£180,000123-5.3%+9.4%
This area£206,000
Rother£355,000
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)£31,389±£4,570 · #6,097 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,838
Price-to-income ?6.6×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

45Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

123 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,107 offences
Rother57
South East71
England83

Rank #5,533 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences410
Theft420
Burglary17
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson89
Public order & weapons98
Drugs10
Robbery14
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 214 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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