Brighton and Hove
Brighton and Hove is covered by postcode districts BN1, BN2, BN3, BN41, BN42, BN50 and 3 more. It is mostly in the Brighton and Hove council area: 5,037 of its 5,053 postcodes. The others are in Lewes and Adur. 16 of its 5,053 postcodes are in East Sussex and West Sussex. ONS lists no county for the other 5,037.
Every postcode in Brighton and Hove, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 41
- At medium risk at worst: 1
- At low risk at worst: 5
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 5,006
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 5,053 postcodes in Brighton and Hove that ONS places, 41 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 5,006 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 50.8348, longitude -0.1454. 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
41 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.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 25 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BN2 5XB, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Brighton and Hove?
Homes sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.2% on the 12 months before. At 3,431 of the 4,790 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,089 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 47 of its 5,053 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is London Road (Brighton), 650 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 Brighton and Hove?
Homes in Brighton and Hove sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,933 sales, up 3.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £412,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £425,000
▲ up 3.2% on the 12 months before
Across the whole BN1 district, Brighton and Hove's main postcode district: a typical £432,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Brighton and Hove: 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 Brighton and Hove?
179 of the 5,053 postcodes now in use in Brighton and Hove came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 90 of the 3,915 homes sold in Brighton and Hove were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BN1 district, Under 1%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Brighton and Hove | Across the BN1 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 12 of 2,933 (Under 1%) | 2 of 866 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 90 of 3,915 (2%) | 11 of 1,156 (Under 1%) |
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 Brighton and Hove?
Ofcom reports on 4,790 of the 5,053 postcodes in Brighton and Hove. At 3,431 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Brighton and Hove at risk of flooding?
47 of the 5,053 postcodes in Brighton and Hove 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 1,089 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 Brighton and Hove?
The open schools at the postcodes in Brighton and Hove (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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
- Windlesham School600 m 128 pupils, 274 places
- Stanford Primary School650 m 197 pupils, 498 places
- Downs Junior School850 m 495 pupils, 512 places
- Downs Infant School900 m 289 pupils, 300 places
- St Paul's CofE Primary School900 m 151 pupils, 210 places
- Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School950 m 436 pupils, 436 places
- Brighton Girls GDST950 m 405 pupils, 868 places
- Brunswick Primary School1.0 km 586 pupils, 936 places
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 Brighton and Hove?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Brighton and Hove is London Road (Brighton) Rail Station, 650 m away in a straight line.
- London Road (Brighton) Rail Station Railway station 650 mWalk
- Brighton Rail Station Railway station 700 mWalk
- Preston Park Rail Station Railway station 1.4 kmCycle
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 Brighton and Hove?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Brighton and Hove, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Beaconsfield Medical Practice450 m
- Stanford Medical Centre450 m
- Preston Park Surgery500 m
- Seven Dials Medical Centre600 m
- Brighton Station Health Centre800 m
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Brighton and Hove safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 16,161 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Brighton and Hove 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
- 1,156 September 2025
- 1,327 October 2025
- 1,176 November 2025
- 1,135 December 2025
- 1,163 January 2026
- 1,169 February 2026
- 1,321 March 2026
- 1,427 April 2026
- 1,649 May 2026
- 1,387 June 2026
- 1,617 July 2026
- 1,634 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 344, other crime 308, robbery 259, theft from the person 222, bicycle theft 196, possession of weapons 165.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Brighton and Hove?
- Councils
- Brighton and Hove (5,037), Lewes (15) and Adur (1)
- County councils
- East Sussex (15) and West Sussex (1)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Hove and Portslade (1,892), Brighton Pavilion (1,859), Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven (1,286) and 2 others
- Police force area
- Sussex
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Brighton and Hove
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell the council about council tax Councils A to Z
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Brighton and Hove
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Brighton and Hove postcodes
5,053 postcodes in use in Brighton and Hove, by district:
Those districts are all in the BN postcode area.
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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 Brighton and Hove
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Brighton and Hove's £425,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Brighton and Hove
- What is it like to live in Brighton and Hove?
- Homes sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.2% on the 12 months before. At 3,431 of the 4,790 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,089 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 47 of its 5,053 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is London Road (Brighton), 650 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 Brighton and Hove?
- Brighton and Hove is covered by postcode districts BN1, BN2, BN3, BN41, BN42, BN50 and 3 more, across 5,053 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Brighton and Hove?
- Homes in Brighton and Hove sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,933 sales, up 3.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Brighton and Hove?
- In Brighton and Hove, primary schools at its postcodes include Windlesham School, Stanford Primary School and Downs Junior School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Brighton Girls GDST and The Montessori Place. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Brighton and Hove have a railway station?
- Yes: London Road (Brighton) is 650 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Brighton and Hove, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Brighton and Hove?
- Ofcom reports on 4,790 of the 5,053 postcodes in Brighton and Hove. At 3,431 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Brighton and Hove at risk of flooding?
- 47 of the 5,053 postcodes in Brighton and Hove 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 1,089 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 Brighton and Hove?
- 179 of the 5,053 postcodes now in use in Brighton and Hove came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 90 of the 3,915 homes sold in Brighton and Hove were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BN1 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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