Property market
The five-year median is £437,500 from 4 recorded sales in BN12 5BY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Arun is £321,927 in June 2026, up 3.1% year on year.
BN12 5BY
Ferring · Arun · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN12 5BY
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN12
- Postcode sector
- BN12 5
- Latitude
- 50.814321
- Longitude
- -0.442513
- British National Grid easting
- 509,819
- British National Grid northing
- 102,798
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Arun · E07000224
- Electoral ward
- Ferring · E05009812
- Parish or community
- E04009862
- Westminster constituency
- Worthing West · E14001599
- Output area
- E00160228
- Lower layer super output area
- Arun 008D · E01031424
- Middle layer super output area
- Arun 008 · E02006549
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 267, Goring Way, Ferring, Worthing, BN12 5BY | 5 March 2026 | £466,000 |
| 247, Goring Way, Ferring, Worthing, BN12 5BY | 27 September 2024 | £360,000 |
| 251, Goring Way, Ferring, Worthing, BN12 5BY | 20 November 2023 | £455,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 33
- Primary
- 23
- Secondary
- 5
- 76 m
Ferring C of E Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
- 657 m
St Oscar Romero Catholic School
Voluntary aided school
- 1.5 km
Goring-By-Sea CofE (Aided) Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 889
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 329
- Anti social behaviour 143
- Criminal damage and arson 90
- Shoplifting 77
- Public order 68
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 31
- Postcode households
- 18
- Residents per household
- 1.7
- BN12 5 residents
- 4,749
17 female, 14 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 0.7% 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+
- 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.
Planning applications
Mapped applications within 1,000 metres of this postcode point.
- Available records
- 228
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 104
- 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 540 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/0742/25 Submitted 9 June 2025 961 m away
Proposed single storey side extension
14A Coleridge Crescent Worthing West Sussex BN12 6LT
- AWDM/0682/25 Submitted 3 June 2025 601 m away
Removal of rear conservatory. Proposed rear extension.
26 Fernhurst Drive Worthing West Sussex BN12 5AU
- AWDM/0699/25 Submitted 30 May 2025 754 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/0645/25 Submitted 23 May 2025 720 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 720 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 930 m away
Air Source Heat Pump to rear of property
119 Ardingly Drive Worthing West Sussex BN12 4TW
- AWDM/0518/25 Submitted 23 April 2025 178 m away
Single storey rear extension
175 Singleton Crescent Worthing West Sussex BN12 5DJ
- AWDM/0456/25 Submitted 1 April 2025 942 m away
Single-storey rear extension to replace existing lean-to and store to rear of garage/utility, with associated external alterations including new window to west side elevation.
20 Wadhurst Drive Worthing West Sussex BN12 4XA
- AWDM/0440/25 Submitted 31 March 2025 948 m away
Proposed single storey rear extension and internal alterations
21 Bury Drive Worthing West Sussex BN12 4XB
- AWDM/0411/25 Submitted 27 March 2025 288 m away
Demolish existing detached garage and erect single storey extension to west side
28 Midhurst Drive Worthing West Sussex BN12 5BG
- AWDM/0461/25 Submitted 3 March 2025 822 m away
Section 211 Notice under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to reduce crown height by up to 3 metres one Beech tree T39 and to fell and replace one Box tree T51 in the Goring Hall Conservation Area.
Goring Hall Hospital Bodiam Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 5AT
Worthing Borough Council Open council record
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
7
within 5 km
BARN SURGERY
22 FERRING STREET, FERRING, WORTHING, BN12 5HJ
ODS code H82087
342 m
STRAND MEDICAL GROUP
1B THE CAUSEWAY, GORING-BY-SEA, WORTHING, BN12 6FA
ODS code H82011
2.3 km
CORNERWAYS SURGERY
145 GEORGE V AVENUE, WORTHING, BN11 5RZ
ODS code H82076
2.7 km
WILLOW GREEN SURGERY
STATION ROAD, EAST PRESTON, LITTLEHAMPTON, BN16 3AH
ODS code H82059
3.4 km
ST. LAWRENCE SURGERY
79 ST. LAWRENCE AVENUE, WORTHING, BN14 7JL
ODS code H82009
3.9 km
WORTHING MEDICAL GROUP
23 SHELLEY ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 4BS
ODS code H82045
4.6 km
VICTORIA ROAD SURGERY
50 VICTORIA ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 1XE
ODS code H82041
4.6 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Sea Lane
BCT · Ferring
- 0.1 miles
Sea Lane
BCT · Ferring
- 0.1 miles
Glynde Avenue
BCT · Goring by Sea
- 0.1 miles
Little Twitten Recreation Ground
BCT · South Ferring
- 0.1 miles
Little Twitten Recreation Ground
BCT · South Ferring
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Arun 008D, 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
27,250 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 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.
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
Schools
33 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. Ferring C of E Primary School is the nearest published school at 76 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
889 published events cover 12 months, averaging 74.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 329 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.