BN1 5AE

Preston Park · Brighton and Hove · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Brighton
Local authority
Brighton and Hove
Constituency
Brighton Pavilion
Postcode district
BN1
Postcode sector
BN1 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BN3 6PA 52 m
BN1 5AH 73 m
BN1 5AL 95 m
BN1 5AR 99 m
BN1 5AG 117 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN1 5AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN1
Postcode sector
BN1 5
Latitude
50.840476
Longitude
-0.156747
British National Grid easting
529,877
British National Grid northing
106,169

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Brighton and Hove · E06000043
Parish or community
E43000034
Westminster constituency
Brighton Pavilion · E14001130
Output area
E00085861
Lower layer super output area
Brighton and Hove 011D · E01017005
Middle layer super output area
Brighton and Hove 011 · E02003501

Postcode source versions

Explore BN1

71 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
276, Flat 2, Dyke Road, Brighton, BN1 5AE 15 August 2025 £290,000
278, Flat 4, Dyke Road, Brighton, BN1 5AE 31 January 2024 £235,000
276, Flat 5, Dyke Road, Brighton, BN1 5AE 23 October 2020 £300,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
73
Primary
42
Secondary
9
  1. Lancing College Preparatory School At Hove

    Other independent school

    252 m
  2. Cardinal Newman Catholic School

    Voluntary aided school

    396 m
  3. Stanford Infant School

    Community school

    444 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,753
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,095
  • Anti social behaviour 635
  • Shoplifting 426
  • Public order 306
  • Other theft 299

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
104

48 female, 56 male

Postcode households
39
Residents per household
2.7
BN1 5 residents
10,575

Age bands in BN1 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.9%

1,793 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.1%

1,184 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.4%

2,801 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.3%

3,328 residents

Age 65 and over
14.3%

1,514 residents

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN1 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

26

within 5 km

  • BEACONSFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    175 PRESTON ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6AG

    ODS code G81042

    642 m

  • STANFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    175 PRESTON ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6AG

    ODS code G81038

    642 m

  • CHARTER MEDICAL CENTRE

    88 DAVIGDOR ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1RF

    ODS code G81034

    1.0 km

  • THE HAVEN PRACTICE

    100 BEACONSFIELD VILLAS, BRIGHTON, BN1 6HE

    ODS code G81646

    1.0 km

  • PRESTON PARK SURGERY

    2A FLORENCE ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6DP

    ODS code G81018

    1.2 km

  • SEVEN DIALS MEDICAL CENTRE

    24 MONTPELIER CRESCENT, BRIGHTON, BN1 3JJ

    ODS code G81047

    1.4 km

  • TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 GOLDSTONE VILLAS, HOVE, BN3 3AT

    ODS code G81070

    1.5 km

  • MONTPELIER SURGERY

    2 VICTORIA ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 3FS

    ODS code G81044

    1.6 km

  • WELLBN HEALTHCARE

    18-19 WESTERN ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1AE

    ODS code G81638

    1.7 km

  • BRIGHTON STATION HEALTH CENTRE

    ASPECT HOUSE, 84-87 QUEENS ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 3XE

    ODS code Y02676

    1.8 km

  • ST. PETER'S MEDICAL CENTRE

    30-36 OXFORD STREET, BRIGHTON, BN1 4LA

    ODS code G81011

    1.9 km

  • SCHOOL HOUSE SURGERY

    SCHOOL HOUSE, HERTFORD ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 7GF

    ODS code G81613

    2.0 km

  • PARK CRESCENT HEALTH CENTRE

    1 LEWES ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN2 3HP

    ODS code G81028

    2.1 km

  • ARCH HEALTHCARE

    MORLEY STREET, BRIGHTON, BN2 9DH

    ODS code G81689

    2.3 km

  • SHIP STREET SURGERY

    65-67 SHIP STREET, BRIGHTON, BN1 1AE

    ODS code G81694

    2.4 km

  • WISH PARK SURGERY

    191A PORTLAND ROAD, HOVE, BN3 5JA

    ODS code G81083

    2.4 km

  • REGENCY SURGERY

    4 OLD STEINE, BRIGHTON, BN1 1FZ

    ODS code G81656

    2.5 km

  • PAVILION SURGERY

    2 OLD STEINE, BRIGHTON, BN1 1EJ

    ODS code G81054

    2.6 km

  • ARDINGLY COURT SURGERY

    1 ARDINGLY STREET, BRIGHTON, BN2 1SS

    ODS code G81006

    2.7 km

  • HOVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WEST WAY, HOVE, BN3 8LD

    ODS code G81001

    2.8 km

Showing 20 of 26 matching practices.

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Church of the Good Shepherd

    BCT · Brighton

    0.0 miles
  • Church of the Good Shepherd

    BCT · Brighton

    0.1 miles
  • Dyke Tavern

    BCT · Brighton

    0.1 miles
  • Dyke Tavern

    BCT · Brighton

    0.2 miles
  • The Droveway

    BCT · Brighton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Brighton and Hove 011D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,313 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
4 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £262,500 from 2 recorded sales in BN1 5AE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Brighton and Hove is £407,803 in June 2026, up 0.3% year on year.

Schools

73 open schools are in scope, including 42 primary and 9 secondary schools. Lancing College Preparatory School At Hove is the nearest published school at 252 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

3,753 published events cover 12 months, averaging 312.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,095 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.