# BN3 1XW: area report for a postcode in Brighton and Hove

BN3 1XW 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 BN3 1XW for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove) › [BN3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3) › [BN3 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3-1)

## Around this postcode

- **56 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 24% on July. Brighton and Hove 019D: 111 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.1680,50.8344,BN31XW
- **Hove, 210 m**: About 3 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.1680,50.8344,BN31XW
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 380 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.1680,50.8344,BN31XW
- **No property in BN3 1XW 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=-0.1680,50.8344,BN31XW
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Brighton and Hove 019D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.1680,50.8344,BN31XW
- **£408,948 average price**: For the whole of Brighton and Hove, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.1680,50.8344,BN31XW
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 450 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.1680,50.8344,BN31XW
- **12 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 80 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.1680,50.8344,BN31XW
- **79% can get gigabit broadband**: Of homes and businesses in this output area, January 2026. (Output area) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gigabit-broadband?around=-0.1680,50.8344,BN31XW
- **Loud road and rail noise at BN3 1XW**: Road 49 dB, rail 65 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.1680,50.8344,BN31XW
- **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=-0.1680,50.8344,BN31XW
- **8.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.1680,50.8344,BN31XW

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [The Montessori Place](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-montessori-place-e136947) | Independent | 380 m (5 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cottesmore-st-marys-catholic-primary-school-e114567) | Primary | 600 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2023 | 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-andrews-cofe-aided-primary-school-e114556) | Primary | 630 m (8 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Cardinal Newman Catholic School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cardinal-newman-catholic-school-e114611) | Secondary | 770 m (10 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 50.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Brunswick Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brunswick-primary-school-e114446) | Primary | 850 m (11 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), June 2024 | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Lancing College Preparatory School At Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lancing-college-preparatory-school-at-hove-e114626) | Independent | 970 m (12 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Brighton and Hove Clinic School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brighton-and-hove-clinic-school-e146036) | Special | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hove-park-school-and-sixth-form-centre-e114607) | Secondary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 42.0 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 2025 | £535,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 70 m |
| July 2026 | £770,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| July 2026 | £505,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 80 m |
| April 2026 | £353,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| January 2026 | £277,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| August 2026 | £269,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| July 2024 | £1,250,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| February 2026 | £255,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 140 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Hove (210 m, 3 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE (450 m); CHARTER MEDICAL CENTRE (860 m)
- Pharmacies: TRAHERNE PHARMACY (220 m); TRINITY PHARMACY (450 m); BOOTS (580 m); OSBON PHARMACY (760 m); CHARTER PHARMACY (860 m)
- Dental practices: GOODWOOD COURT DENTAL SURGERY (460 m); TATE CENTRE (550 m); BLATCHINGTON ROAD DENTAL PRACTICE (590 m); EATON ROAD DENTAL PRACTICE (620 m); DENTAL SURGERY (710 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Hove Denmark Villas Express (80 m, Tesco); Co-op Blatchington Road (570 m, The Co-operative Group); Iceland Hove (600 m, Iceland); Lidl Brighton Gold Stone Retail Park (610 m, Lidl); Sainsburys Hove Church Road (790 m, Sainsburys)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £408,948** (July 2026). Brighton and Hove’s average house price was £408,948 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 1.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 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 16 September 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 019D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 26.8** (2025). Brighton and Hove 019D has a deprivation score of 26.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 9,962nd most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £405,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Brighton and Hove 019D was £405,500 in 2025. Joint 8,418th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,799** (2021). Brighton and Hove 019D had 1,799 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 9,894th most 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: 76.5%** (January 2026). In Brighton and Hove 019D, 76.5% 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.

## BN3 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £445,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BN3 was £445,000 in 2025. Joint 444th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 80,401** (2021). BN3 had 80,401 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 21st 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 BN3 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: 78.1%** (January 2026). In BN3, 78.1% 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: 50.8344, -0.1680

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), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Gigabit broadband coverage](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gigabit-broadband), January 2026 (Output area)
- [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=-0.1680,50.8344,BN31XW

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