Rye

Rye is covered by postcode district TN31. It is in the Rother council area, East Sussex.

Typical price £330,000 Homes sold in Rye, last 12 months. ▼ 13.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 105 of 152 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 88 of 165 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 729 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Rye, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Rye, by flood risk Of the 165 postcodes in Rye that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 18 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst, 44 are at very low risk only and 77 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 21 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Rye. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A259 TN31 6AA: not on the flood risk listTN31 6BP: not on the flood risk listTN31 6WB: not on the flood risk listTN31 7AD: not on the flood risk listTN31 7AF: not on the flood risk listTN31 7AS: not on the flood risk listTN31 7DY: not on the flood risk listTN31 7DZ: not on the flood risk listTN31 7EA: not on the flood risk listTN31 7EB: not on the flood risk listTN31 7EN: not on the flood risk listTN31 7EP: not on the flood risk listTN31 7ER: not on the flood risk listTN31 7ES: not on the flood risk listTN31 7ET: not on the flood risk listTN31 7EU: not on the flood risk listTN31 7EW: not on the flood risk listTN31 7EX: not on the flood risk listTN31 7EY: not on the flood risk listTN31 7FB: not on the flood risk listTN31 7FD: not on the flood risk listTN31 7FE: not on the flood risk listTN31 7FH: not on the flood risk listTN31 7FJ: not on the flood risk listTN31 7FL: not on the flood risk listTN31 7FP: not on the flood risk listTN31 7FX: not on the flood risk listTN31 7HA: not on the flood risk listTN31 7HB: not on the flood risk listTN31 7HE: not on the flood risk listTN31 7HF: not on the flood risk listTN31 7HG: not on the flood risk listTN31 7HH: not on the flood risk listTN31 7HP: not on the flood risk listTN31 7HQ: not on the flood risk listTN31 7HR: not on the flood risk listTN31 7HT: not on the flood risk listTN31 7JA: not on the flood risk listTN31 7JE: not on the flood risk listTN31 7JF: not on the flood risk listTN31 7JG: not on the flood risk listTN31 7JH: not on the flood risk listTN31 7JN: not on the flood risk listTN31 7JR: not on the flood risk listTN31 7JT: not on the flood risk listTN31 7JY: not on the flood risk listTN31 7JZ: not on the flood risk listTN31 7LA: not on the flood risk listTN31 7LB: not on the flood risk listTN31 7LD: not on the flood risk listTN31 7LE: not on the flood risk listTN31 7LG: not on the flood risk listTN31 7LJ: not on the flood risk listTN31 7LY: not on the flood risk listTN31 7NE: not on the flood risk listTN31 7NH: not on the flood risk listTN31 7NL: not on the flood risk listTN31 7NP: not on the flood risk listTN31 7PZ: not on the flood risk listTN31 7SQ: not on the flood risk listTN31 7UA: not on the flood risk listTN31 7UD: not on the flood risk listTN31 7XL: not on the flood risk listTN31 7AB: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7AN: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7AT: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7AW: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7AX: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7AY: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7DA: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7DB: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7DD: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7DG: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7DH: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7DR: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7DT: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7HL: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7HN: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7HW: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7HX: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7HY: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7HZ: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7LH: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7LL: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7LN: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7LP: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7LR: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7LW: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7NA: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7NB: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7NU: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7NX: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7NY: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7NZ: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7QZ: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7TF: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7TG: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7TL: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7TN: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7TP: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7TQ: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7TS: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7TT: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7TW: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7TY: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7TZ: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7UG: very low flood risk onlyTN31 7BA: low flood risk at worstTN31 7DJ: low flood risk at worstTN31 7DN: low flood risk at worstTN31 7FA: low flood risk at worstTN31 7ND: low flood risk at worstTN31 7NQ: low flood risk at worstTN31 7PH: low flood risk at worstTN31 7BD: medium flood risk at worstTN31 7BE: medium flood risk at worstTN31 7BG: medium flood risk at worstTN31 7BH: medium flood risk at worstTN31 7BJ: medium flood risk at worstTN31 7BL: medium flood risk at worstTN31 7BN: medium flood risk at worstTN31 7BP: medium flood risk at worstTN31 7BQ: medium flood risk at worstTN31 7BS: medium flood risk at worstTN31 7BT: medium flood risk at worstTN31 7BU: medium flood risk at worstTN31 7BW: medium flood risk at worstTN31 7BX: medium flood risk at worstTN31 7BY: medium flood risk at worstTN31 7BZ: medium flood risk at worstTN31 7EE: medium flood risk at worstTN31 7EJ: medium flood risk at worstTN31 7DE: high flood riskTN31 7DF: high flood riskTN31 7DL: high flood riskTN31 7DQ: high flood riskTN31 7DS: high flood riskTN31 7DU: high flood riskTN31 7DW: high flood riskTN31 7DX: high flood riskTN31 7EF: high flood riskTN31 7EL: high flood riskTN31 7HJ: high flood riskTN31 7TA: high flood riskTN31 7TB: high flood riskTN31 7TD: high flood riskTN31 7TE: high flood riskTN31 7TR: high flood riskTN31 7TU: high flood riskTN31 7TX: high flood riskTN31 7UE: high flood risk Rye 21 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to TN31 7DU, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk21 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Rye, by flood risk Of the 165 postcodes in Rye that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 18 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst, 44 are at very low risk only and 77 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 21 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Rye. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Rye
  • A home or business at high risk: 19
  • At medium risk at worst: 18
  • At low risk at worst: 7
  • At very low risk only: 44
  • Not on the at-risk list: 77
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 165 postcodes in Rye that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 18 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst, 44 are at very low risk only and 77 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.9502, longitude 0.7333. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

19 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

TN31 7EL33 at high riskTN31 7TE25 at high riskTN31 7EF18 at high riskTN31 7DU17 at high riskTN31 7DS15 at high riskTN31 7DX13 at high riskTN31 7HJ7 at high riskTN31 7DQ6 at high riskTN31 7DF4 at high riskTN31 7TU4 at high riskTN31 7DW3 at high riskTN31 7TD3 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 21 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TN31 7DU, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Rye?

Homes sold for a typical £330,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 13.2% on the 12 months before. At 105 of the 152 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 729 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 88 of its 165 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Rye, 300 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Rye?

Homes in Rye sold for a typical £330,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 64 sales, down 13.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£330,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£380,000
12 months to August 2026
£330,000

▼ down 13.2% on the 12 months before

Detached£577,500 12 sales
Semi-detached£347,000 19 sales
Terraced£299,475 30 sales
Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

Across the whole TN31 district, Rye's main postcode district: a typical £370,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Rye: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Rye?

9 of the 165 postcodes now in use in Rye came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 93 homes sold in Rye were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TN31 district, 6%.

The newest postcodes

TN31 9GLsince June 2026TN31 9GJsince May 2026TN31 9GHsince January 2026TN31 9GBsince May 2025TN31 7FXsince June 2024TN31 9FZsince February 2024

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn RyeAcross the TN31 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 64 (0%) 4 of 167 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 93 (0%) 15 of 241 (6%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Rye?

Ofcom reports on 152 of the 165 postcodes in Rye. At 105 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit105 of 152
Postcodes where every home can get superfast146 of 152

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Rye at risk of flooding?

88 of the 165 postcodes in Rye have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 729 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 88 of 165 postcodes High: 158Medium: 571Low: 260Very low: 1,939

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Rye?

The open schools at the postcodes in Rye. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Rye?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Rye is Rye Rail Station, 300 m away in a straight line.

  • Rye Rail Station Railway station 300 mWalk
  • Winchelsea Rail Station Railway station 2.8 kmCycle
  • Doleham Rail Station Railway station 9.3 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Rye?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Rye. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Rye safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 580 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Rye over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 43 September 2025
  2. 35 October 2025
  3. 48 November 2025
  4. 33 December 2025
  5. 52 January 2026
  6. 47 February 2026
  7. 50 March 2026
  8. 47 April 2026
  9. 65 May 2026
  10. 63 June 2026
  11. 48 July 2026
  12. 49 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences211 reports
Anti-social behaviour115 reports
Criminal damage and arson69 reports
Public order51 reports
Shoplifting41 reports
Other theft35 reports
Vehicle crime12 reports
Drugs12 reports

Also: possession of weapons 10, burglary 9, other crime 9, theft from the person 2, bicycle theft 2, robbery 2.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Rye?

District, borough or city council
Rother
County council
East Sussex
Parliamentary constituency
Hastings and Rye
Police force area
Sussex
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Helena Dollimore (Labour (Co-op))

All 165 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Rye

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Rye postcodes

165 postcodes in use in Rye, by district:

TN31 postcode district,165 postcodes

That district is in the TN postcode area.

Check a Rye postcode

Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Rye

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Rye's £330,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Winchelsea Beach3.4 km, £338,000Northiam10.5 km, £400,000Lydd12.2 km, £248,000Tenterden14.0 km, £414,000Hastings14.9 km, £280,000New Romney15.2 km, £330,000Hamstreet15.3 km, £457,500Littlestone-on-Sea16.3 km, £350,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Rye

What is it like to live in Rye?
Homes sold for a typical £330,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 13.2% on the 12 months before. At 105 of the 152 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 729 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 88 of its 165 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Rye, 300 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Rye?
Rye is covered by postcode district TN31, across 165 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Rye in?
Rye is in the Rother council area, and East Sussex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Rye?
Rye is in the Hastings and Rye parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Helena Dollimore (Labour (Co-op)), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Rye?
Homes in Rye sold for a typical £330,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 64 sales, down 13.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Rye?
In Rye, primary schools at its postcodes include Rye Community Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Rye College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Rye have a railway station?
Yes: Rye is 300 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Rye, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Rye?
Ofcom reports on 152 of the 165 postcodes in Rye. At 105 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Rye at risk of flooding?
88 of the 165 postcodes in Rye have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 729 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Rye?
9 of the 165 postcodes now in use in Rye came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 93 homes sold in Rye were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TN31 district, 6%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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