CAVES ROAD, TN38 0BY House Prices & Local Information

TN38 0BY is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Caves Road, 0.5km from St Leonards in Hastings. Administratively it sits within Central St Leonards ward and the Hastings and Rye constituency.

This is a well-established rental postcode — a classic working-class terrace area — densely packed streets, low ethnic diversity. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a professional home-workers in outer suburbs zone — ethnically mixed self-employed professional services, home workers in outer suburbs. This is a stable, socially diverse area (average age 40) — accessible for a wide range of households, from young families to empty nesters. 61% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 36 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £240k, down 21.6% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for TN38 0BY are sourced from Output Area E00106556 (shared with 5 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.