BN42
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Southwick and Portslade Village, in Adur.
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 BN42 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BN42, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BN42 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BN42 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BN42 at a rate of 72.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 101.8 per 1,000 people across BN.
In August 2026 alone, 103 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BN42.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (270), anti-social behaviour (200) and other crime (120).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BN42 was 66.9 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 BN42, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BN42 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BN42
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adur 001A | 1,399 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Adur 001B | 1,319 | 54.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Adur 001C | 1,621 | 99.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.0% |
| Adur 001D | 1,540 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Adur 001F | 1,694 | 21.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.5% |
| Adur 004A | 1,688 | 123.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.3% |
| Adur 004G | 1,487 | 164.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.8% |
MPs for BN42
- Tom RutlandLabourMP for East Worthing and Shoreham100% of BN42’s postcodes
- Peter KyleLabourMP for Hove and Portslade0.5% of BN42’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in BN421
Postcode sectors in BN421
Council1
Towns in BN421
Postcode districts next to BN423
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BN postcode area2
BN42 in brief
BN42 is a postcode district covering Southwick and Portslade Village, in Adur.
About 10,551 people lived in BN42 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £440,000 in 2025 across 155 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BN42 was £440,000 in 2025.
BN42 had 10,572 usual residents at the census.
In BN42, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BN42, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.