# BN3 5LZ: area report for a postcode in Brighton and Hove

BN3 5LZ 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 5LZ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove) › [BN3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3) › [BN3 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3-5)

## Around this postcode

- **48 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 4% on July. Brighton and Hove 023C: 143 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.1951,50.8350,BN35LZ
- **Portslade, 720 m**: About 9 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.1951,50.8350,BN35LZ
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 260 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.1951,50.8350,BN35LZ
- **No property in BN3 5LZ 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=-0.1951,50.8350,BN35LZ
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Brighton and Hove 023C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.1951,50.8350,BN35LZ
- **£408,948 average price**: For the whole of Brighton and Hove, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.1951,50.8350,BN35LZ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 400 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.1951,50.8350,BN35LZ
- **9 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 250 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.1951,50.8350,BN35LZ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at BN3 5LZ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.1951,50.8350,BN35LZ
- **Low road and rail noise at BN3 5LZ**: Road 47 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.1951,50.8350,BN35LZ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 4 of 6**: 5% to 10% 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=-0.1951,50.8350,BN35LZ
- **8.3 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.1951,50.8350,BN35LZ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Hove Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hove-junior-school-e114403) | Primary | 260 m (3 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [West Hove Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/west-hove-infant-school-e114428) | Primary | 260 m (3 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | – |
| [The Lioncare School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-lioncare-school-e131356) | Special | 520 m (6 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Goldstone Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/goldstone-primary-school-e114398) | Primary | 740 m (9 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, July 2023 | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Christopher's School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-christophers-school-e114639) | Independent | 1 km (12 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Benfield Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/benfield-primary-school-e151063) | Primary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, November 2019 | 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Brighton and Hove Clinic School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brighton-and-hove-clinic-school-e146036) | Special | 1.2 km (15 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 | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 42.0 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| October 2025 | £240,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| May 2026 | £218,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 60 m |
| March 2026 | £290,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 150 m |
| February 2025 | £295,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 150 m |
| February 2026 | £500,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |
| January 2026 | £1,350,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 180 m |
| December 2025 | £191,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 190 m |
| June 2026 | £885,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 200 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Portslade (720 m, 9 minutes on foot); Aldrington (810 m, 10 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: WISH PARK SURGERY (400 m)
- Pharmacies: KAMSONS PHARMACY (400 m); BOOTS (790 m); PORTLAND PHARMACY (900 m)
- Dental practices: COLOSSEUM DENTAL (PORTLAND ROAD) (590 m); DENTAL SURGERY (700 m); DENTAL SURGERY (770 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Portland Road Hove (250 m, The Southern Co-operative); Morrisons Daily Hove Richardson Road (660 m, Morrisons); Co-op Hove Old - Shoreham Road (680 m, The Southern Co-operative); Iceland Portslade (780 m, Iceland); Aldi Portslade (780 m, Aldi)

## 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 023C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 38.0** (2025). Brighton and Hove 023C has a deprivation score of 38.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 5,138th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,555** (2021). Brighton and Hove 023C had 1,555 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 20,515th 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: 95.3%** (January 2026). In Brighton and Hove 023C, 95.3% 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.
- **Claimant rate: 6.4%** (August 2026). In Brighton and Hove 023C, 6.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 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: 50.8350, -0.1951

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)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [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=-0.1951,50.8350,BN35LZ

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