Schools
66 open schools are in scope, including 40 primary and 8 secondary schools. Westdene Primary School is the nearest published school at 708 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN1 5JT
Westdene & Hove Park · Brighton and Hove · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Westdene & Hove Park
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Brighton Pavilion
- Postcode district
- BN1
- Postcode sector
- BN1 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN1 5JT
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1991
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN1
- Postcode sector
- BN1 5
- Latitude
- 50.855353
- Longitude
- -0.170042
- British National Grid easting
- 528,900
- British National Grid northing
- 107,800
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Brighton and Hove · E06000043
- Electoral ward
- Westdene & Hove Park · E05015417
- Parish or community
- E43000034
- Westminster constituency
- Brighton Pavilion · E14001130
- Output area
- E00085867
- Lower layer super output area
- Brighton and Hove 003D · E01016999
- Middle layer super output area
- Brighton and Hove 003 · E02003493
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BN1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 66
- Primary
- 40
- Secondary
- 8
- 708 m
Westdene Primary School
Community school
- 1.3 km
Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove
Free schools
- 1.4 km
Blatchington Mill School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 918
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 309
- Anti social behaviour 143
- Shoplifting 85
- Criminal damage and arson 82
- Other theft 80
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BN1 5 residents
- 10,575
Age bands in BN1 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 31.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.3%
1,793 residents
1,184 residents
2,801 residents
3,328 residents
1,514 residents
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.
GP practices
25
within 5 km straight-line
HOVE MEDICAL CENTRE
WEST WAY, HOVE, BN3 8LD
ODS code G81001
2.1 km
THE HAVEN PRACTICE
100 BEACONSFIELD VILLAS, BRIGHTON, BN1 6HE
ODS code G81646
2.4 km
BEACONSFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
175 PRESTON ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6AG
ODS code G81042
2.4 km
STANFORD MEDICAL CENTRE
175 PRESTON ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6AG
ODS code G81038
2.4 km
TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE
1 GOLDSTONE VILLAS, HOVE, BN3 3AT
ODS code G81070
2.7 km
WISH PARK SURGERY
191A PORTLAND ROAD, HOVE, BN3 5JA
ODS code G81083
2.7 km
CHARTER MEDICAL CENTRE
88 DAVIGDOR ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1RF
ODS code G81034
2.8 km
PRESTON PARK SURGERY
2A FLORENCE ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6DP
ODS code G81018
2.9 km
SCHOOL HOUSE SURGERY
SCHOOL HOUSE, HERTFORD ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 7GF
ODS code G81613
3.0 km
CARDEN SURGERY
COUNTY OAK MEDICAL CENTRE, CARDEN HILL, BRIGHTON, BN1 8DD
ODS code G81014
3.2 km
WARMDENE SURGERY
COUNTY OAK MEDICAL CENTRE, CARDEN HILL, BRIGHTON, BN1 8DD
ODS code G81036
3.2 km
SEVEN DIALS MEDICAL CENTRE
24 MONTPELIER CRESCENT, BRIGHTON, BN1 3JJ
ODS code G81047
3.3 km
MONTPELIER SURGERY
2 VICTORIA ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 3FS
ODS code G81044
3.5 km
WELLBN HEALTHCARE
18-19 WESTERN ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1AE
ODS code G81638
3.5 km
ST. PETER'S MEDICAL CENTRE
30-36 OXFORD STREET, BRIGHTON, BN1 4LA
ODS code G81011
3.7 km
BRIGHTON STATION HEALTH CENTRE
ASPECT HOUSE, 84-87 QUEENS ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 3XE
ODS code Y02676
3.7 km
PARK CRESCENT HEALTH CENTRE
1 LEWES ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN2 3HP
ODS code G81028
3.8 km
PORTSLADE HEALTH CENTRE
CHURCH ROAD, PORTSLADE, BRIGHTON, BN41 1LX
ODS code G81046
3.9 km
MILE OAK MEDICAL CENTRE
CHALKY ROAD, PORTSLADE, BRIGHTON, BN41 2WF
ODS code G81073
4.0 km
ARCH HEALTHCARE
MORLEY STREET, BRIGHTON, BN2 9DH
ODS code G81689
4.2 km
Showing 20 of 25 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Tongdean Lane West
BCT · Westdene
- 0.0 miles
Tongdean Lane West
BCT · Westdene
- 0.1 miles
Redhill Drive
BCT · Westdene
- 0.1 miles
Whitethorn Drive
BCT · Westdene
- 0.2 miles
Whitethorn Drive
BCT · Westdene
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Brighton and Hove 003D, 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
29,933 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 10 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
918 published events cover 12 months, averaging 76.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 309 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.