Schools
66 open schools are in scope, including 37 primary and 8 secondary schools. Patcham Infant School is the nearest published school at 243 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN1 8PD
Patcham & Hollingbury · Brighton and Hove · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Brighton Pavilion
- Postcode district
- BN1
- Postcode sector
- BN1 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN1 8PD
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 April 2009
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN1
- Postcode sector
- BN1 8
- Latitude
- 50.859495
- Longitude
- -0.145838
- British National Grid easting
- 530,592
- British National Grid northing
- 108,303
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Brighton and Hove · E06000043
- Electoral ward
- Patcham & Hollingbury · E05015408
- Parish or community
- E43000034
- Westminster constituency
- Brighton Pavilion · E14001130
- Output area
- E00085412
- Lower layer super output area
- Brighton and Hove 003A · E01016923
- 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
- 37
- Secondary
- 8
- 243 m
Patcham Infant School
Community school
- 338 m
Patcham High School
Community school
- 461 m
Downs View Life Skills College
Special post 16 institution
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,206
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 407
- Anti social behaviour 191
- Criminal damage and arson 133
- Other theft 104
- Public order 88
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BN1 8 residents
- 14,691
Age bands in BN1 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.6%
2,625 residents
1,593 residents
3,385 residents
4,235 residents
2,889 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
26
within 5 km straight-line
CARDEN SURGERY
COUNTY OAK MEDICAL CENTRE, CARDEN HILL, BRIGHTON, BN1 8DD
ODS code G81014
1.4 km
WARMDENE SURGERY
COUNTY OAK MEDICAL CENTRE, CARDEN HILL, BRIGHTON, BN1 8DD
ODS code G81036
1.4 km
THE HAVEN PRACTICE
100 BEACONSFIELD VILLAS, BRIGHTON, BN1 6HE
ODS code G81646
1.9 km
SCHOOL HOUSE SURGERY
SCHOOL HOUSE, HERTFORD ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 7GF
ODS code G81613
1.9 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
PRESTON PARK SURGERY
2A FLORENCE ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6DP
ODS code G81018
2.4 km
THE AVENUE SURGERY
1 THE AVENUE, MOULSECOOMB, BRIGHTON, BN2 4GF
ODS code G81075
2.8 km
PARK CRESCENT HEALTH CENTRE
1 LEWES ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN2 3HP
ODS code G81028
3.2 km
CHARTER MEDICAL CENTRE
88 DAVIGDOR ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1RF
ODS code G81034
3.2 km
ST. PETER'S MEDICAL CENTRE
30-36 OXFORD STREET, BRIGHTON, BN1 4LA
ODS code G81011
3.3 km
SEVEN DIALS MEDICAL CENTRE
24 MONTPELIER CRESCENT, BRIGHTON, BN1 3JJ
ODS code G81047
3.3 km
BRIGHTON STATION HEALTH CENTRE
ASPECT HOUSE, 84-87 QUEENS ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 3XE
ODS code Y02676
3.5 km
MONTPELIER SURGERY
2 VICTORIA ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 3FS
ODS code G81044
3.6 km
TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE
1 GOLDSTONE VILLAS, HOVE, BN3 3AT
ODS code G81070
3.6 km
HOVE MEDICAL CENTRE
WEST WAY, HOVE, BN3 8LD
ODS code G81001
3.8 km
ARCH HEALTHCARE
MORLEY STREET, BRIGHTON, BN2 9DH
ODS code G81689
3.8 km
WELLBN HEALTHCARE
18-19 WESTERN ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1AE
ODS code G81638
3.9 km
HC UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX HEALTH CENTRE
HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, NEWICK HOUSE, UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX,REFECTORY ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 9DN
ODS code G81071
4.2 km
WISH PARK SURGERY
191A PORTLAND ROAD, HOVE, BN3 5JA
ODS code G81083
4.2 km
Showing 20 of 26 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Patchdean
BCT · Patcham
- 0.0 miles
Patchdean
BCT · Patcham
- 0.1 miles
Patchdean
BCT · Patcham
- 0.1 miles
Long Man of Wilmington
BCT · Hollingbury
- 0.1 miles
Long Man of Wilmington
BCT · Hollingbury
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Brighton and Hove 003A, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
21,099 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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
1,206 published events cover 12 months, averaging 100.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 407 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.