Property market
The five-year median is £415,000 from 1 recorded sale in BN12 4FS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Worthing is £296,227 in June 2026, down 5.1% year on year.
BN12 4FS
Goring · Worthing · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN12 4FS
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 August 2024
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN12
- Postcode sector
- BN12 4
- Latitude
- 50.816072
- Longitude
- -0.414233
- British National Grid easting
- 511,807
- British National Grid northing
- 103,035
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Worthing · E07000229
- Electoral ward
- Goring · E05007699
- Parish or community
- E43000150
- Westminster constituency
- Worthing West · E14001599
- Output area
- E00162188
- Lower layer super output area
- Worthing 013C · E01031804
- Middle layer super output area
- Worthing 013 · E02006633
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 BN12
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 20, Sword Street, Goring By Sea, Worthing, BN12 4FS | 30 June 2025 | £415,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 41
- Primary
- 25
- Secondary
- 7
- 258 m
West Park CofE Primary (Controlled) School
Voluntary controlled school
- 534 m
Goring-By-Sea CofE (Aided) Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 610 m
Orchards Infant School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,647
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 851
- Shoplifting 510
- Anti social behaviour 382
- Criminal damage and arson 210
- Public order 186
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BN12 4 residents
- 8,910
Age bands in BN12 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 13.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 17.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 31.1%
1,201 residents
817 residents
1,556 residents
2,542 residents
2,761 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.
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+
- 93.8%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 93.8%
- Gigabit-capable
- 93.8%
- 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.
Planning applications
Mapped applications within 1,000 metres of this postcode point.
- Available records
- 1,455
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 583
- Latest available record date
- 31 July 2025
Worthing Borough Council
Partial beta coverage
This beta dataset covers only Adur, Camden, Doncaster and Worthing and is not a complete national planning register. Doncaster records have no published coordinates, so they cannot be matched to local reports.
Latest available applications
- AWDM/0994/25 Submitted 31 July 2025 842 m away
Single storey rear extension
126 Sea Lane Worthing West Sussex BN12 4PU
Worthing Borough Council Open council record - AWDM/0936/25 Submitted 22 July 2025 308 m away
Single storey rear extension and conversion of attached garage into habitable space including to renew and raise height of flat roof plus false pitch roof to front
35 Clive Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 4SG
- AWDM/0886/25 Submitted 4 July 2025 863 m away
Application to Vary Condition No. 03 and 09 of previously approved AWDM/0642/19. Amendment: To extend the opening hours 12:00 to 23:00 Monday to Thursday, 12:00 to 23:30 Friday and Saturday and 12:00 to 22:00 Sunday and bank holidays and to allow tables and chairs on the pavement outside. ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: Change of use from Use Class A2 (bank) to Use Class A4 (drinking establishment) and replacement shopfront.
The Elephant In The Room 40 Goring Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 4AD
- AWDM/0739/25 Submitted 4 July 2025 638 m away
Change of use from an industrial storage unit, to a dance and leisure studio facility.
4 Woods Way Goring Worthing West Sussex BN12 4QY
- AWDM/0825/25 Submitted 30 June 2025 783 m away
Proposed rooms in roof consisting of hip to gable end roof extension, rear dormer and front roof lights
14 Melrose Close Worthing West Sussex BN13 1NY
- AWDM/0792/25 Submitted 23 June 2025 654 m away
Construct a platform and ramp to provide wheelchair access, replacement windows/doors.
5 Frampton Court Mulberry Lane Worthing West Sussex BN12 4NW
- AWDM/0815/25 Submitted 20 June 2025 985 m away
Proposed single storey rear extension.
1 Henfield Close Worthing West Sussex BN12 6BE
- AWDM/0698/25 Submitted 16 June 2025 760 m away
Application for consent under Worthing Tree Preservation Order No.60 of 2001 to crown lift to allow clearance to roof and building of up to 2 metres, one varigated False Acacia T2 and one Sycamore tree T3.
Oakgates 41 Goring Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 4AS
Worthing Borough Council Open council record - AWDM/0763/25 Submitted 12 June 2025 575 m away
Proposed garage conversion and front extension and porch.
114 Goring Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 4AA
- AWDM/0696/25 Submitted 10 June 2025 408 m away
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed single storey side extension
136 Barrington Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 4RS
- AWDM/0417/25 Submitted 4 June 2025 686 m away
Proposed change of use from Class E to Sui Generis (drinking establishment, eatery and deli) with outside seating area
332 Goring Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 4PE
- AWDM/0677/25 Submitted 28 May 2025 769 m away
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed single storey rear extension
60 Nutley Crescent Worthing West Sussex BN12 4LB
Source: MHCLG Planning Data, snapshot 2025-09-17, version 2025-09-17-beta. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Record dates use the submitted date where published, otherwise the decision date.
GP practices
9
within 5 km
STRAND MEDICAL GROUP
1B THE CAUSEWAY, GORING-BY-SEA, WORTHING, BN12 6FA
ODS code H82011
353 m
CORNERWAYS SURGERY
145 GEORGE V AVENUE, WORTHING, BN11 5RZ
ODS code H82076
688 m
ST. LAWRENCE SURGERY
79 ST. LAWRENCE AVENUE, WORTHING, BN14 7JL
ODS code H82009
1.9 km
BARN SURGERY
22 FERRING STREET, FERRING, WORTHING, BN12 5HJ
ODS code H82087
2.3 km
VICTORIA ROAD SURGERY
50 VICTORIA ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 1XE
ODS code H82041
2.6 km
WORTHING MEDICAL GROUP
23 SHELLEY ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 4BS
ODS code H82045
2.7 km
BROADWATER MEDICAL CENTRE
5-11 BROADWATER BOULEVARD, WORTHING, BN14 8JE
ODS code H82046
3.1 km
LIME TREE SURGERY
LIME TREE AVENUE, FINDON VALLEY, WORTHING, BN14 0DL
ODS code H82034
3.9 km
SELDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
6 SELDEN ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 2LL
ODS code H82061
3.9 km
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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Durrington-on-Sea Rail Station
RSE · Durrington
- 0.2 miles
Durrington-on-Sea Rail Station
RLY · Durrington
- 0.2 miles
Durrington-on-Sea Rail Station
RSE · Durrington
- 0.2 miles
Leisure Centre
BCT · Goring by Sea
- 0.2 miles
Burlington Road
BCT · Durrington
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Worthing 013C, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
32,344 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 10 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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
Schools
41 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 7 secondary schools. West Park CofE Primary (Controlled) School is the nearest published school at 258 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,647 published events cover 12 months, averaging 220.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 851 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.