# BN3 6UD: area report for a postcode in Brighton and Hove

BN3 6UD 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 6UD for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove) › [BN3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3) › [BN3 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3-6)

## Around this postcode

- **7 crimes within 500 m**: August, the same as July. Brighton and Hove 007D: 29 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.1652,50.8434,BN36UD
- **Preston Park, 760 m**: About 9 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.1652,50.8434,BN36UD
- **No property in BN3 6UD 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=-0.1652,50.8434,BN36UD
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Brighton and Hove 007D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.1652,50.8434,BN36UD
- **£408,240 average price**: For the whole of Brighton and Hove, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.1652,50.8434,BN36UD
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.3 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.1652,50.8434,BN36UD
- **5 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 230 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.1652,50.8434,BN36UD
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at BN3 6UD**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.1652,50.8434,BN36UD
- **Low road and rail noise at BN3 6UD**: Road 54 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.1652,50.8434,BN36UD
- **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=-0.1652,50.8434,BN36UD
- **7.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.1652,50.8434,BN36UD

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Lancing College Preparatory School At Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lancing-college-preparatory-school-at-hove-e114626) | Independent | 420 m (5 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bilingual-primary-school-brighton-and-hove-e138261) | Primary | 650 m (8 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 76% 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 | 770 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2023 | 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Cardinal Newman Catholic School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cardinal-newman-catholic-school-e114611) | Secondary | 880 m (11 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 50.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Aldrington CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/aldrington-cofe-primary-school-e114555) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hove-park-school-and-sixth-form-centre-e114607) | Secondary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 42.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-bernadettes-catholic-primary-school-e114546) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Stanford Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stanford-primary-school-e114377) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2022 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| May 2025 | £1,350,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| June 2026 | £2,225,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| June 2026 | £1,150,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| October 2024 | £1,375,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| July 2026 | £2,225,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| April 2024 | £1,500,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| July 2025 | £1,300,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 200 m |
| October 2025 | £1,565,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 200 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Preston Park (760 m, 9 minutes on foot); Hove (990 m, 12 minutes on foot)
- Pharmacies: MATLOCK PHARMACY (510 m); WELL (840 m); TRAHERNE PHARMACY (920 m)
- Dental practices: THE TOWNHOUSE DENTAL PRACTICE (510 m); WHITEHOUSE DENTAL PRACTICE (850 m); ELMS LEA DENTAL SURGERY (920 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Hove Droveway Express (230 m, Tesco); Waitrose Hove (800 m, Waitrose); Lidl Brighton Gold Stone Retail Park (870 m, Lidl); Tesco Hove Dyke Rd Esso Express (920 m, Tesco); Sainsburys Brighton Preston Road Local (940 m, Sainsburys)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £408,240** (August 2026). Brighton and Hove’s average house price was £408,240 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 2.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 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 21 October 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 007D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 1.8** (2025). Brighton and Hove 007D has a deprivation score of 1.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 253rd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £1,325,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Brighton and Hove 007D was £1,325,000 in 2025. Joint 180th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,517** (2021). Brighton and Hove 007D had 1,517 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 22,624th 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: 98.4%** (January 2026). In Brighton and Hove 007D, 98.4% 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: 50.8434, -0.1652

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)
- [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), August 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=-0.1652,50.8434,BN36UD

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