BN14
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Worthing, Broadwater and West Tarring, 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 BN14 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BN14, 96.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BN14 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BN14 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BN14 at a rate of 69.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 101.8 per 1,000 people across BN.
In August 2026 alone, 179 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BN14.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (581), anti-social behaviour (410) and other crime (386).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BN14 was 58.8 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 BN14, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BN14 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BN14
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arun 002C | 1,336 | 30.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 72.3% |
| Arun 002D | 1,189 | 86.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 42.6% |
| Worthing 001B | 1,749 | 18.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.0% |
| Worthing 001C | 1,719 | 43.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.7% |
| Worthing 002A | 1,570 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.2% |
| Worthing 004A | 1,518 | 121.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.6% |
| Worthing 004B | 1,286 | 20.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Worthing 004C | 1,586 | 21.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.8% |
| Worthing 004D | 1,632 | 178.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.8% |
| Worthing 004E | 1,307 | 11.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Worthing 005A | 1,556 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Worthing 005B | 1,823 | 46.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Worthing 005C | 1,487 | 75.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Worthing 005D | 1,637 | 35.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.8% |
| Worthing 005E | 1,548 | 76.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.3% |
| Worthing 008B | 1,584 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Worthing 008C | 1,653 | 101.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.7% |
| Worthing 008D | 1,714 | 144.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Worthing 008E | 1,880 | 197.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Worthing 009A | 1,291 | 162.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
MPs for BN14
- Tom RutlandLabourMP for East Worthing and Shoreham81% of BN14’s postcodes
- Dr Beccy CooperLabourMP for Worthing West19% of BN14’s postcodes
- Alison GriffithsConservativeMP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton0.1% of BN14’s postcodes
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 BN144
Postcode sectors in BN144
Councils BN14 covers2
Towns in BN141
Postcode districts next to BN145
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BN postcode area2
BN14 in brief
BN14 is a postcode district covering Worthing, Broadwater and West Tarring, in Worthing and Arun.
About 30,196 people lived in BN14 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £400,000 in 2025 across 459 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 69.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BN14 was £400,000 in 2025.
BN14 had 30,223 usual residents at the census.
In BN14, 96.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BN14, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.