# BN42

Postcode district covering Southwick and Portslade Village, in Adur.

BN42 is a postcode district covering Southwick and Portslade Village, in Adur. Median sale price £440,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 72.0 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code BN42. 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 BN42 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn42#f-house-sales-median-price
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn42#f-population
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn42#f-radon-affected-share
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn42#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=BN42) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in BN42 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=BN42) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 155 homes were sold in BN42 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=BN42) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for BN42.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=BN42) (Census 2021, England and Wales): BN42 had 10,572 usual residents at the census.

## How BN42 compares

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

| Measure | BN42 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £440,000 | 7th most expensive | 29 postcode districts, BN · 2025 |
| Population | 10,572 | 7th least 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 | 98.2% | 2nd highest | 33 postcode districts, BN · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the BN postcode area.
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

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

## Neighbourhoods in BN42

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Adur 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/adur/neighbourhood/e01031349) | 1,399 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [Adur 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/adur/neighbourhood/e01031350) | 1,319 | 54.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| [Adur 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/adur/neighbourhood/e01031351) | 1,621 | 99.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.0% |
| [Adur 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/adur/neighbourhood/e01031352) | 1,540 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Adur 001F](https://openindex.co.uk/adur/neighbourhood/e01031374) | 1,694 | 21.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.5% |
| [Adur 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/adur/neighbourhood/e01031347) | 1,688 | 123.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.3% |
| [Adur 004G](https://openindex.co.uk/adur/neighbourhood/e01031375) | 1,487 | 164.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.8% |

## Your MP

- [East Worthing and Shoreham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/east-worthing-and-shoreham): Tom Rutland (Labour), MP since July 2024. 100% of the people here.
- [Hove and Portslade](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hove-and-portslade): Peter Kyle (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.5% 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 BN42

[Hillside](https://openindex.co.uk/adur/hillside)

## Postcode sectors in BN42

[BN42 4 (219 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn42-4)

## Council

[Adur](https://openindex.co.uk/adur)

## Towns in BN42

[Southwick](https://openindex.co.uk/town/southwick)

## Postcode districts next to BN42

[BN5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn5), [BN41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn41), [BN43](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn43)

## Nearest rail stations

[Shoreham-By-Sea (2.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.2717,50.8344), [Southwick (2.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.2360,50.8325), [Fishersgate (3.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.2194,50.8342), [Portslade (3.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.2053,50.8357)

## 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)

## 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.
About 100% of people in BN42 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BN42, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: BN42
- Postcode area: [BN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn)
- Constituency: [East Worthing and Shoreham †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/east-worthing-and-shoreham)
- Council: [Adur †](https://openindex.co.uk/adur)
- Area: 7.02 km²
- People, mid-2024: 10,551*
- Neighbourhoods: 7
- Output areas: 33

* 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

[BN43](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn43), [BN41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn41), [BN5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn5)

## Latest updates for BN42

- 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/BN42

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn42, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn42#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/bn42