# BN3 2QX: area report for a postcode in Brighton and Hove

BN3 2QX 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 2QX for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove) › [BN3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3) › [BN3 2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3-2)

## Around this postcode

- **107 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 3% on July. Brighton and Hove 028C: 58 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.1683,50.8250,BN32QX
- **Hove, 1.1 km**: About 14 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.1683,50.8250,BN32QX
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 760 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.1683,50.8250,BN32QX
- **No property in BN3 2QX 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=-0.1683,50.8250,BN32QX
- **England’s least deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Brighton and Hove 028C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.1683,50.8250,BN32QX
- **£408,948 average price**: For the whole of Brighton and Hove, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.1683,50.8250,BN32QX
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 740 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.1683,50.8250,BN32QX
- **11 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 250 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.1683,50.8250,BN32QX
- **87% can get gigabit broadband**: Of homes and businesses in this output area, January 2026. (Output area) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gigabit-broadband?around=-0.1683,50.8250,BN32QX
- **Moderate road and rail noise at BN3 2QX**: Road 59 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.1683,50.8250,BN32QX
- **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=-0.1683,50.8250,BN32QX
- **9.0 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.1683,50.8250,BN32QX

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-andrews-cofe-aided-primary-school-e114556) | Primary | 760 m (10 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Brunswick Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brunswick-primary-school-e114446) | Primary | 790 m (10 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), June 2024 | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Montessori Place](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-montessori-place-e136947) | Independent | 930 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 | 960 m (12 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Brighton Girls GDST](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brighton-girls-gdst-e114658) | Independent | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Christopher's School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-christophers-school-e114639) | Independent | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-mary-magdalen-catholic-primary-school-e114541) | Primary | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, June 2025 | 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cottesmore-st-marys-catholic-primary-school-e114567) | Primary | 1.5 km (18 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2023 | 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| March 2026 | £125,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| April 2026 | £395,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| February 2026 | £410,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| December 2025 | £345,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| September 2024 | £350,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| February 2026 | £210,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| May 2025 | £270,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| February 2025 | £182,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE (740 m); WELLBN HEALTHCARE (850 m)
- Pharmacies: OSBON PHARMACY (410 m); LANE AND STEDMAN (630 m); BOOTS (700 m); TRINITY PHARMACY (740 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (290 m); FOURTH AVENUE (DENTAL SURGERY) (290 m); HOVE DENTAL CLINIC LTD (500 m); EATON ROAD DENTAL PRACTICE (570 m); TATE CENTRE (600 m)
- Supermarkets: Cook Hove (250 m, Cook); Budgens Church Road (260 m, Budgens); Co-op Hove - Church Road (340 m, The Co-operative Group); Sainsburys Hove Church Road (380 m, Sainsburys); Tesco Hove Western Rd Express (500 m, Tesco)

## 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 028C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 13.9** (2025). Brighton and Hove 028C has a deprivation score of 13.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 13,185th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £400,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Brighton and Hove 028C was £400,000 in 2025. Joint 8,623rd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,388** (2021). Brighton and Hove 028C had 1,388 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 17,687th 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: 49.9%** (January 2026). In Brighton and Hove 028C, 49.9% 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: 50.8250, -0.1683

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=-0.1683,50.8250,BN32QX

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