BN12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Worthing, Goring-by-Sea and Ferring, in Worthing and Arun.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an BN12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BN12, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BN12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BN12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BN12 at a rate of 68.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 101.8 per 1,000 people across BN.
In August 2026 alone, 137 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BN12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (434), anti-social behaviour (331) and other crime (240).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BN12 was 67.5 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in BN12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BN12 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BN12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arun 008B | 1,553 | 38.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.2% |
| Arun 008C | 1,871 | 78.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.3% |
| Arun 008D | 1,430 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.8% |
| Worthing 006A | 1,589 | 122.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Worthing 006B | 1,482 | 76.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Worthing 006C | 1,604 | 98.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.8% |
| Worthing 007A | 1,806 | 33.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Worthing 012C | 1,713 | 58.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| Worthing 013A | 1,672 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.0% |
| Worthing 013B | 1,567 | 41.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| Worthing 013C | 1,731 | 34.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| Worthing 013D | 1,648 | 26.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.5% |
| Worthing 013E | 1,789 | 86.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.5% |
Your MP
- Dr Beccy CooperLabourMP for Worthing West
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in BN123
Postcode sectors in BN124
Councils BN12 covers2
Towns in BN122
Postcode districts next to BN124
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BN postcode area2
BN12 in brief
BN12 is a postcode district covering Worthing, Goring-by-Sea and Ferring, in Worthing and Arun.
About 21,511 people lived in BN12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £420,040 in 2025 across 396 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 68.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BN12 was £420,040 in 2025.
BN12 had 21,386 usual residents at the census.
In BN12, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BN12, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.