# BN3

Postcode district covering Brighton and Hove, Aldrington and West Blatchington, in Brighton and Hove.

BN3 is a postcode district covering Brighton and Hove, Aldrington and West Blatchington, in Brighton and Hove. Median sale price £445,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code BN3. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [BN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn)

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 BN3 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3#f-house-sales-median-price
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3#f-population
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3#f-radon-affected-share
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=BN3) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in BN3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=BN3) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 1,317 homes were sold in BN3 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=BN3) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for BN3.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=BN3) (Census 2021, England and Wales): BN3 had 80,401 usual residents at the census.

## How BN3 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | BN3 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £445,000 | joint 5th most expensive | 29 postcode districts, BN · 2025 |
| Population | 80,401 | 3rd most populated | 33 postcode districts, BN · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 33 postcode districts, BN · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 78.1% | 9th lowest | 33 postcode districts, BN · Jan 2026 |

## Is BN3 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BN3 at a rate of 83.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 101.8 per 1,000 people across the BN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 703 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BN3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,923), anti-social behaviour (1,521) and other crime (1,439).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BN3 was 84.1 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 BN3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BN3 has no single figure. Of its 50 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in BN3

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Brighton and Hove 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016882) | 1,540 | 46.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [Brighton and Hove 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016883) | 1,515 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Brighton and Hove 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016884) | 1,689 | 88.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| [Brighton and Hove 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016885) | 1,419 | 106.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.0% |
| [Brighton and Hove 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016886) | 1,588 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| [Brighton and Hove 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016980) | 1,673 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.2% |
| [Brighton and Hove 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016982) | 1,319 | 17.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Brighton and Hove 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016983) | 1,494 | 30.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| [Brighton and Hove 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016984) | 1,517 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| [Brighton and Hove 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016985) | 1,581 | 30.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 83.7% |
| [Brighton and Hove 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016981) | 1,651 | 91.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| [Brighton and Hove 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016879) | 1,538 | 153.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| [Brighton and Hove 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016880) | 1,387 | 116.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Brighton and Hove 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016881) | 1,552 | 119.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| [Brighton and Hove 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016887) | 1,471 | 51.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.7% |
| [Brighton and Hove 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016888) | 1,529 | 82.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Brighton and Hove 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016979) | 1,837 | 118.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 71.1% |
| [Brighton and Hove 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016990) | 1,689 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| [Brighton and Hove 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016991) | 1,739 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.3% |
| [Brighton and Hove 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016996) | 1,898 | 87.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Brighton and Hove 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016860) | 1,684 | 305.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.3% |
| [Brighton and Hove 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016871) | 1,767 | 66.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.5% |
| [Brighton and Hove 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016872) | 1,791 | 50.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| [Brighton and Hove 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016873) | 1,799 | 111.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 76.5% |
| [Brighton and Hove 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016878) | 1,850 | 23.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.1% |
| [Brighton and Hove 020A](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016870) | 1,608 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.0% |
| [Brighton and Hove 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016874) | 1,906 | 42.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 78.1% |
| [Brighton and Hove 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016875) | 1,540 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.9% |
| [Brighton and Hove 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016876) | 1,792 | 108.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.2% |
| [Brighton and Hove 020E](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016877) | 1,804 | 43.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 80.6% |
| [Brighton and Hove 021C](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016992) | 1,766 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.8% |
| [Brighton and Hove 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016994) | 1,723 | 70.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.1% |
| [Brighton and Hove 021E](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016997) | 1,668 | 67.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.7% |
| [Brighton and Hove 023A](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016987) | 1,723 | 54.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.4% |
| [Brighton and Hove 023B](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016989) | 1,489 | 82.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.0% |
| [Brighton and Hove 023C](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016993) | 1,555 | 143.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.3% |
| [Brighton and Hove 023D](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016995) | 1,719 | 100.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.8% |
| [Brighton and Hove 026A](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016849) | 1,528 | 89.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 16.7% |
| [Brighton and Hove 026B](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016852) | 1,579 | 95.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 46.4% |
| [Brighton and Hove 026C](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016853) | 1,869 | 51.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 51.0% |
| [Brighton and Hove 026D](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016855) | 1,576 | 129.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.0% |
| [Brighton and Hove 026E](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016856) | 1,628 | 67.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 49.8% |
| [Brighton and Hove 028A](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016857) | 1,580 | 196.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 40.4% |
| [Brighton and Hove 028B](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016858) | 1,463 | 84.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 32.0% |
| [Brighton and Hove 028C](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016859) | 1,388 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 49.9% |
| [Brighton and Hove 028D](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016986) | 1,631 | 49.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 64.8% |
| [Brighton and Hove 028E](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016988) | 1,514 | 91.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 79.2% |
| [Brighton and Hove 029A](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016850) | 1,614 | 105.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 41.2% |
| [Brighton and Hove 029B](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016851) | 1,725 | 120.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 31.5% |
| [Brighton and Hove 029C](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/neighbourhood/e01016854) | 1,601 | 65.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 27.0% |

## Your MP

- [Hove and Portslade](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hove-and-portslade): Peter Kyle (Labour), MP since July 2024. 100% of the people here.
- [Brighton Pavilion](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/brighton-pavilion): Siân Berry (Green Party), MP since July 2024. 0.1% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in BN3

[Aldrington](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/aldrington), [Aldrington South](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/aldrington-south), [Brunswick](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/brunswick), [Goldsmid East](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/goldsmid-east), [Goldsmid West](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/goldsmid-west), [Hangleton North](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/hangleton-north), [Hangleton South](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/hangleton-south), [Hove Central](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/hove-central), [King Alfred](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/king-alfred), [Portslade by Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/portslade-by-sea), [West Blatchington](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove/west-blatchington)

## Postcode sectors in BN3

[BN3 1 (176 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3-1), [BN3 2 (161 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3-2), [BN3 3 (220 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3-3), [BN3 4 (147 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3-4), [BN3 5 (182 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3-5), [BN3 6 (226 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3-6), [BN3 7 (202 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3-7), [BN3 8 (133 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3-8)

## Council

[Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove)

## Towns in BN3

[Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove)

## Postcode districts next to BN3

[BN1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn1), [BN41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn41), [BN45](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn45), [BN52](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn52)

## Nearest rail stations

[Aldrington (950 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.1838,50.8364), [Hove (1.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.1707,50.8352), [Portslade (1.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.2053,50.8357), [Preston Park (2.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.1552,50.8459)

## More in the BN postcode area

[All BN postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## BN3 in brief

BN3 is a postcode district covering Brighton and Hove, Aldrington and West Blatchington, in Brighton and Hove.
About 82,452 people lived in BN3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £445,000 in 2025 across 1,317 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 83.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BN3 was £445,000 in 2025.
BN3 had 80,401 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in BN3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BN3, 78.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: BN3
- Postcode area: [BN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn)
- Constituency: [Hove and Portslade †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hove-and-portslade)
- Council: [Brighton and Hove †](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove)
- Area: 15.77 km²
- People, mid-2024: 82,452*
- Neighbourhoods: 50
- Output areas: 287

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[BN1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn1), [BN41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn41), [BN45](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn45), [BN52](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn52)

## Latest updates for BN3

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/BN3

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn3