Worthing
Worthing is covered by postcode districts BN11, BN12, BN13, BN14 and BN99. It is mostly in the Worthing council area: 3,124 of its 3,141 postcodes. The others are in Arun.
Every postcode in Worthing, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 182
- In use before 2020: 2,959
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 3,141 postcodes in Worthing that ONS places, 182 are new since 2020 and 2,959 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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 50.8219, longitude -0.3936. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 69 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BN11 9RA, is the newest of them.
- 57 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BN99 4BF, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BN13 3YP, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BN12 4FQ, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BN12 9ET, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Worthing?
Homes sold for a typical £342,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.6% on the 12 months before. At 2,605 of the 2,813 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,830 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 216 of its 3,141 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is West Worthing, 400 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 Worthing?
Homes in Worthing sold for a typical £342,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,300 sales, down 3.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £523,000 270 sales
- Semi-detached £390,000 307 sales
- Terraced £341,250 276 sales
- Flat or maisonette £210,000 447 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BN11 district, Worthing's main postcode district: a typical £270,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Worthing: 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 Worthing?
182 of the 3,141 postcodes now in use in Worthing came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 19 of the 1,883 homes sold in Worthing were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BN11 district, 0%.
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 Worthing | Across the BN11 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 3 of 1,300 (Under 1%) | 0 of 430 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 19 of 1,883 (1%) | 0 of 664 (0%) |
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 Worthing?
Ofcom reports on 2,813 of the 3,141 postcodes in Worthing. At 2,605 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 Worthing at risk of flooding?
216 of the 3,141 postcodes in Worthing 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 1,830 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 Worthing?
The open schools at the postcodes in Worthing (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
- Thomas A Becket Junior School550 m 715 pupils, 834 places
- Thomas A Becket Infant School600 m 473 pupils, 450 places
- Elm Grove Primary School, Worthing900 m 203 pupils, 215 places
- Heene CofE Primary School1.2 km 382 pupils, 420 places
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School1.3 km 253 pupils, 225 places
- Broadwater CofE Primary School1.4 km 431 pupils, 436 places
- Palatine Primary School1.4 km 222 pupils, 205 places
- English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Worthing1.5 km 187 pupils, 210 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 Worthing?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Worthing is West Worthing Rail Station, 400 m away in a straight line.
- West Worthing Rail Station Railway station 400 mWalk
- Worthing Rail Station Railway station 1.3 kmCycle
- Durrington-on-Sea Rail Station Railway station 1.3 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 Worthing?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Worthing, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- St. Lawrence Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report December 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01903 222900 350 mWalk
- Cornerways Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2023, over 3 years old · Phone 01903 247740 1.0 kmWalk
- Strand Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01903 243351 1.3 kmCycle
- Victoria Road Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01903 230656 1.3 kmCycle
- Broadwater Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01903 826926 1.5 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Worthing safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 4,414 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Worthing 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
- 389 September 2025
- 367 October 2025
- 366 November 2025
- 357 December 2025
- 324 January 2026
- 361 February 2026
- 411 March 2026
- 361 April 2026
- 364 May 2026
- 370 June 2026
- 366 July 2026
- 378 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 83, burglary 82, bicycle theft 71, robbery 67, possession of weapons 47, theft from the person 9.
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 Worthing?
- Councils
- Worthing (3,124) and Arun (17)
- County council
- West Sussex
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Worthing West (2,357) and East Worthing and Shoreham (784)
- 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 Worthing
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Worthing is in Worthing; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Worthing about council tax Council tax, on adur-worthing.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Worthing
- 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
Worthing postcodes
3,141 postcodes in use in Worthing, 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 Worthing
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Worthing's £342,250. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Worthing
- What is it like to live in Worthing?
- Homes sold for a typical £342,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.6% on the 12 months before. At 2,605 of the 2,813 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,830 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 216 of its 3,141 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is West Worthing, 400 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 Worthing?
- Worthing is covered by postcode districts BN11, BN12, BN13, BN14 and BN99, across 3,141 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Worthing?
- Homes in Worthing sold for a typical £342,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,300 sales, down 3.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Worthing?
- In Worthing, primary schools at its postcodes include Thomas A Becket Junior School, Thomas A Becket Infant School and Elm Grove Primary School, Worthing; secondary schools at its postcodes include Worthing High School, Durrington High School and Oak Grove College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Worthing have a railway station?
- Yes: West Worthing is 400 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Worthing, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Worthing?
- Ofcom reports on 2,813 of the 3,141 postcodes in Worthing. At 2,605 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Worthing at risk of flooding?
- 216 of the 3,141 postcodes in Worthing 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 1,830 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 Worthing?
- 182 of the 3,141 postcodes now in use in Worthing came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 19 of the 1,883 homes sold in Worthing were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BN11 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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