BN43
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Shoreham-by-Sea, Kingston by Sea and Southwick, 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 BN43 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BN43, 94.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BN43 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BN43 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BN43 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, 144 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BN43.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (491), anti-social behaviour (452) and shoplifting (282).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BN43 was 76.5 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 BN43, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BN43 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BN43
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adur 001E | 1,522 | 72.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| Adur 002A | 1,295 | 11.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% |
| Adur 002B | 1,194 | 20.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Adur 002C | 1,535 | 29.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.6% |
| Adur 002D | 1,944 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.7% |
| Adur 002E | 1,394 | 26.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| Adur 004C | 1,421 | 104.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| Adur 004D | 1,274 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Adur 004E | 1,470 | 32.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.4% |
| Adur 004F | 1,440 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.5% |
| Adur 005A | 2,423 | 24.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.3% |
| Adur 005B | 2,239 | 66.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.0% |
| Adur 005C | 1,871 | 315.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.8% |
| Adur 005D | 1,477 | 48.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.9% |
| Adur 005E | 1,251 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.8% |
MPs for BN43
- Tom RutlandLabourMP for East Worthing and Shoreham100% of BN43’s postcodes
- Andrew GriffithConservativeMP for Arundel and South Downs0.2% of BN43’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 BN433
Postcode sectors in BN433
Council1
Towns in BN431
Postcode districts next to BN433
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BN postcode area2
BN43 in brief
BN43 is a postcode district covering Shoreham-by-Sea, Kingston by Sea and Southwick, in Adur.
About 24,270 people lived in BN43 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £410,000 in 2025 across 329 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 BN43 was £410,000 in 2025.
BN43 had 24,262 usual residents at the census.
In BN43, 94.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BN43, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.