BN15
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Lancing, Lower Cokeham and Sompting, in Adur.
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 BN15 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BN15, 95.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BN15 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BN15 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BN15 at a rate of 64.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 101.8 per 1,000 people across BN.
In August 2026 alone, 215 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BN15.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (631), anti-social behaviour (513) and other crime (360).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BN15 was 72.7 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 BN15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BN15 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BN15
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adur 003A | 1,593 | 57.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Adur 003B | 1,384 | 48.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.4% |
| Adur 003C | 1,305 | 45.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Adur 003D | 1,816 | 67.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Adur 003E | 1,402 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.0% |
| Adur 006A | 1,442 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Adur 006B | 1,456 | 28.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.9% |
| Adur 006C | 1,513 | 95.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.5% |
| Adur 006D | 1,345 | 32.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.6% |
| Adur 006E | 1,538 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Adur 007A | 1,511 | 83.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.8% |
| Adur 007B | 1,552 | 107.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.8% |
| Adur 007C | 1,271 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.3% |
| Adur 007D | 1,390 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.9% |
| Adur 008A | 1,471 | 101.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| Adur 008B | 1,601 | 104.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| Adur 008C | 1,375 | 57.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Adur 008D | 1,702 | 115.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.0% |
| Adur 008E | 1,625 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.6% |
Your MP
- Tom RutlandLabourMP for East Worthing and Shoreham
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 BN154
Postcode sectors in BN154
Council1
Towns in BN151
Postcode districts next to BN155
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BN postcode area2
BN15 in brief
BN15 is a postcode district covering Lancing, Lower Cokeham and Sompting, in Adur.
About 28,393 people lived in BN15 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £350,000 in 2025 across 474 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 64.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BN15 was £350,000 in 2025.
BN15 had 28,039 usual residents at the census.
In BN15, 95.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BN15, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.