# BN42 4LG: area report for a postcode in Adur

BN42 4LG is a postcode in Adur.

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 Adur. Open the map at BN42 4LG for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Adur](https://openindex.co.uk/adur) › [BN42](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn42) › [BN42 4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn42-4)

## Around this postcode

- **24 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 71% on July. Adur 001A: 39 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.2277,50.8384,BN424LG
- **Fishersgate, 740 m**: About 9 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.2277,50.8384,BN424LG
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 250 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.2277,50.8384,BN424LG
- **No property in BN42 4LG 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=-0.2277,50.8384,BN424LG
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Adur 001A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.2277,50.8384,BN424LG
- **£380,120 average price**: For the whole of Adur, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.2277,50.8384,BN424LG
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.1 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.2277,50.8384,BN424LG
- **5 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 450 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.2277,50.8384,BN424LG
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at BN42 4LG**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.2277,50.8384,BN424LG
- **Low road and rail noise at BN42 4LG**: Road 53 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.2277,50.8384,BN424LG
- **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=-0.2277,50.8384,BN424LG
- **8.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.2277,50.8384,BN424LG

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Eastbrook Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/eastbrook-primary-academy-e139674) | Primary | 250 m (3 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Hove Micro-School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hove-micro-school-e150990) | Special | 600 m (7 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Brackenbury Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brackenbury-primary-school-e114413) | Primary | 770 m (10 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Nicolas CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-nicolas-cofe-primary-school-e114560) | Primary | 830 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2022 | 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Peter Gladwin Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/peter-gladwin-primary-school-e114443) | Primary | 960 m (12 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, October 2024 | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Hill Park School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hill-park-school-e114687) | Special | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [Glebe Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/glebe-primary-school-e150066) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2023, before the school changed | 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Mary's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-catholic-primary-school-e114570) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, September 2023 | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| April 2026 | £600,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| March 2026 | £545,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 40 m |
| February 2025 | £425,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| February 2025 | £450,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| December 2025 | £625,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| November 2025 | £460,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| May 2025 | £425,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| June 2026 | £625,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Fishersgate (750 m, 9 minutes on foot); Southwick (870 m, 11 minutes on foot)
- Pharmacies: HARRISON PHARMACY (440 m); KAMSONS PHARMACY (690 m)
- Dental practices: WINDMILL DENTAL PRACTICE (440 m); DENTAL SURGERY (770 m); SUSSEX DENTAL GROUP PORTSLADE VILLAGE (790 m)
- Supermarkets: Spar - Portslade (450 m, Spar); Morrisons Daily Old Shoreham Road (460 m, Morrisons); Co-op Southwick Square (700 m, The Co-operative Group); Little Waitrose Southwick (740 m, Waitrose); Co-op Abinger Road Portslade (750 m, The Southern Co-operative)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £380,120** (July 2026). Adur’s average house price was £380,120 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 1.3% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £39,029** (2025). Full-time workers living in Adur earned a median of £39,029 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 160th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 9.7×** (2025). A home in Adur costs 9.7 times local full-time pay. Joint 61st 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: 15.0** (2025). Adur has a deprivation score of 15.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 96th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Adur 001A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 7.8** (2025). Adur 001A has a deprivation score of 7.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 5,999th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £462,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Adur 001A was £462,500 in 2025. Joint 5,905th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,399** (2021). Adur 001A had 1,399 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 18,163rd 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: 99.8%** (January 2026). In Adur 001A, 99.8% 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.

## BN42 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £440,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BN42 was £440,000 in 2025. Joint 462nd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 10,572** (2021). BN42 had 10,572 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 748th least 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 BN42 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: 98.2%** (January 2026). In BN42, 98.2% 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: [Adur](https://openindex.co.uk/adur)
- Centre: 50.8384, -0.2277

Council: [Adur](https://openindex.co.uk/adur) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [East Worthing and Shoreham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/east-worthing-and-shoreham): Tom Rutland (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=-0.2277,50.8384,BN424LG

## How to cite

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