# BN1 8YJ: area report for a postcode in Brighton and Hove

BN1 8YJ is a postcode in Brighton and Hove.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Brighton and Hove. Open the map at BN1 8YJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove) › [BN1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn1) › [BN1 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn1-8)

## Around this postcode

- **0 crimes within 500 m**: August, none in July either. Brighton and Hove 006D: 107 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.2005,50.8727,BN18YJ
- **Portslade, 4.1 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.2005,50.8727,BN18YJ
- **No schools within 800 m**: None found within 1.6 km. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.2005,50.8727,BN18YJ
- **No property in BN1 8YJ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.2005,50.8727,BN18YJ
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Brighton and Hove 006D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.2005,50.8727,BN18YJ
- **£408,240 average price**: For the whole of Brighton and Hove, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.2005,50.8727,BN18YJ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: None found within 2 km. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.2005,50.8727,BN18YJ
- **No supermarkets within 1 km**: None found within 2 km. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.2005,50.8727,BN18YJ
- **20% can get gigabit broadband at BN1 8YJ**: Superfast for 20%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.2005,50.8727,BN18YJ
- **Low road and rail noise at BN1 8YJ**: Road under 40 dB or not modelled, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.2005,50.8727,BN18YJ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 5 of 6**: 10% to 30% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.2005,50.8727,BN18YJ
- **6.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.2005,50.8727,BN18YJ

## Within 1 km

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £408,240** (August 2026). Brighton and Hove’s average house price was £408,240 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 2.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £39,347** (2025). Full-time workers living in Brighton and Hove earned a median of £39,347 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 155th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 10.4×** (2025). A home in Brighton and Hove costs 10.4 times local full-time pay. 43rd least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 20.3** (2025). Brighton and Hove has a deprivation score of 20.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 130th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Brighton and Hove 006D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 48.8** (2025). Brighton and Hove 006D has a deprivation score of 48.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 2,562nd most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,419** (2021). Brighton and Hove 006D had 1,419 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 19,074th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.0%** (January 2026). In Brighton and Hove 006D, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.
- **Claimant rate: 7.2%** (August 2026). In Brighton and Hove 006D, 7.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026.

## BN1 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £425,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BN1 was £425,000 in 2025. Joint 503rd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 84,027** (2021). BN1 had 84,027 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 17th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in BN1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 89.2%** (January 2026). In BN1, 89.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove)
- Centre: 50.8727, -0.2005

Council: [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Hove and Portslade](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hove-and-portslade): Peter Kyle (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), August 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.2005,50.8727,BN18YJ

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn1-8yj.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508848. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn1-8yj