Property market
The five-year median is £420,000 from 5 recorded sales in BN12 5BW. 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 5BW
Goring · Worthing · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN12 5BW
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 2014
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN12
- Postcode sector
- BN12 5
- Latitude
- 50.817478
- Longitude
- -0.434472
- British National Grid easting
- 510,378
- British National Grid northing
- 103,161
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
- E00162184
- Lower layer super output area
- Worthing 013A · E01031802
- 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
27 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 20, Bluebell Way, Goring By Sea, Worthing, BN12 5BW | 15 January 2026 | £430,000 |
| 13, Bluebell Way, Goring By Sea, Worthing, BN12 5BW | 18 December 2024 | £380,000 |
| 10, Bluebell Way, Goring By Sea, Worthing, BN12 5BW | 15 October 2024 | £420,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 38
- Primary
- 25
- Secondary
- 6
- 169 m
St Oscar Romero Catholic School
Voluntary aided school
- 738 m
Ferring C of E Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
- 1.0 km
Goring-By-Sea CofE (Aided) Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,309
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 508
- Anti social behaviour 234
- Criminal damage and arson 131
- Public order 101
- Shoplifting 67
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 68
- Postcode households
- 29
- Residents per household
- 2.3
- BN12 5 residents
- 4,749
36 female, 32 male
Age bands in BN12 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 7.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 5.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 11%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 49.6%
363 residents
262 residents
514 residents
1,206 residents
2,307 residents
This postcode contained 1.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN12 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+
- 72.4%
- Gigabit-capable
- 72.4%
- 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
- 634
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 275
- Latest available record date
- 8 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/0892/25 Submitted 8 July 2025 375 m away
Part single storey rear extension and part conversion of the garage
18 Rudgwick Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 5AZ
Worthing Borough Council Open council record - AWDM/0739/25 Submitted 4 July 2025 803 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/0863/25 Submitted 2 July 2025 749 m away
Application to vary condition 1 (approved plans) for use of garage /storage to a study, lobby off kitchen diner and bike shed in rear garden: Condition 9 (windows) frosted window in South elevation, of approved AWDM/0282/25. ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: Proposed new build single-storey dwelling with access off Compton Avenue
26 Ilex Way Worthing West Sussex BN12 4UY
- AWDM/0792/25 Submitted 23 June 2025 916 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 719 m away
Proposed single storey rear extension.
1 Henfield Close Worthing West Sussex BN12 6BE
- AWDM/0742/25 Submitted 9 June 2025 317 m away
Proposed single storey side extension
14A Coleridge Crescent Worthing West Sussex BN12 6LT
- AWDM/0682/25 Submitted 3 June 2025 467 m away
Removal of rear conservatory. Proposed rear extension.
26 Fernhurst Drive Worthing West Sussex BN12 5AU
- AWDM/0699/25 Submitted 30 May 2025 607 m away
Section 211 Notice under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to reduce radial spread to the North by up to 2 metres, Quercus Ilex (Holm Oak) tree T1 and reduce radial spread to the North by up to 3 metres, Quercus Ilex tree T2 in the Goring Hall Conservation Area.
Trees South Of 4 Bodiam Avenue Worthing West Sussex
Worthing Borough Council Open council record - AWDM/0676/25 Submitted 28 May 2025 887 m away
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed rear dormer
5 Ashurst Close Worthing West Sussex BN12 4SP
- AWDM/0645/25 Submitted 23 May 2025 494 m away
Listed Building Consent for repairs to existing flint wall and rebuilding of damaged section
Bull Inn Goring Street Worthing West Sussex BN12 5AR
- AWDM/0644/25 Submitted 23 May 2025 494 m away
Repairs to existing flint wall and rebuilding of damaged section
Bull Inn Goring Street Worthing West Sussex BN12 5AR
- AWDM/0309/25 Submitted 16 May 2025 323 m away
Air Source Heat Pump to rear of property
119 Ardingly Drive Worthing West Sussex BN12 4TW
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 straight-line
BARN SURGERY
22 FERRING STREET, FERRING, WORTHING, BN12 5HJ
ODS code H82087
987 m
STRAND MEDICAL GROUP
1B THE CAUSEWAY, GORING-BY-SEA, WORTHING, BN12 6FA
ODS code H82011
1.7 km
CORNERWAYS SURGERY
145 GEORGE V AVENUE, WORTHING, BN11 5RZ
ODS code H82076
2.1 km
ST. LAWRENCE SURGERY
79 ST. LAWRENCE AVENUE, WORTHING, BN14 7JL
ODS code H82009
3.2 km
WILLOW GREEN SURGERY
STATION ROAD, EAST PRESTON, LITTLEHAMPTON, BN16 3AH
ODS code H82059
4.0 km
VICTORIA ROAD SURGERY
50 VICTORIA ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 1XE
ODS code H82041
4.1 km
WORTHING MEDICAL GROUP
23 SHELLEY ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 4BS
ODS code H82045
4.1 km
BROADWATER MEDICAL CENTRE
5-11 BROADWATER BOULEVARD, WORTHING, BN14 8JE
ODS code H82046
4.4 km
LIME TREE SURGERY
LIME TREE AVENUE, FINDON VALLEY, WORTHING, BN14 0DL
ODS code H82034
4.4 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Goring-by-Sea Rail Station
RSE · Goring by Sea
- 0.1 miles
Goring-by-Sea Rail Station
RSE · Goring by Sea
- 0.1 miles
Goring-by-Sea Rail Station
RLY · Goring by Sea
- 0.2 miles
Goring Street
BCT · Goring by Sea
- 0.2 miles
Goring Street
BCT · Goring by Sea
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Worthing 013A, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
25,994 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 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.
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
- 1
- 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
Schools
38 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Oscar Romero Catholic School is the nearest published school at 169 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,309 published events cover 12 months, averaging 109.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 508 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.