Property market
The five-year median is £430,000 from 1 recorded sale in BN12 5LF. 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 5LF
Ferring · Arun · England
Updated September 2026
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Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN12 5LF
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN12
- Postcode sector
- BN12 5
- Latitude
- 50.815475
- Longitude
- -0.449444
- British National Grid easting
- 509,328
- British National Grid northing
- 102,916
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
- E00160229
- Lower layer super output area
- Arun 008C · E01031423
- 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
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 3, St Andrews Close, Ferring, Worthing, BN12 5LF | 28 November 2025 | £430,000 |
| 3, St Andrews Close, Ferring, Worthing, BN12 5LF | 21 February 2013 | £325,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 30
- Primary
- 23
- Secondary
- 4
- 481 m
Ferring C of E Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
- 1.1 km
St Oscar Romero Catholic School
Voluntary aided school
- 2.0 km
Goring-By-Sea CofE (Aided) Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 519
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 176
- Anti social behaviour 76
- Shoplifting 60
- Criminal damage and arson 49
- Public order 42
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 20
- Postcode households
- 12
- Residents per household
- 1.7
- BN12 5 residents
- 4,749
12 female, 8 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 0.4% 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+
- 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
- 48
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 19
- Latest available record date
- 23 April 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/0518/25 Submitted 23 April 2025 626 m away
Single storey rear extension
175 Singleton Crescent Worthing West Sussex BN12 5DJ
- AWDM/0411/25 Submitted 27 March 2025 774 m away
Demolish existing detached garage and erect single storey extension to west side
28 Midhurst Drive Worthing West Sussex BN12 5BG
- AWDM/0220/25 Submitted 19 February 2025 853 m away
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed single storey rear extension and new front porch
39 Midhurst Drive Worthing West Sussex BN12 5BD
- AWDM/1458/24 Submitted 21 November 2024 976 m away
Detached garage to south side
42 Fernhurst Drive Worthing West Sussex BN12 5AU
- AWDM/1169/24 Submitted 16 September 2024 973 m away
Proposed single storey side and rear extension.
4 Thakeham Close Worthing West Sussex BN12 5BA
- AWDM/0510/24 Submitted 19 April 2024 698 m away
Rooms in roof consisting of flat roof dormers to side elevations, new gable windows to front and rear elevations. White render and timber cladding to external walls. Re-roof of pitched roof areas using grey concrete tiles, and removal of 2No existing Velux windows and addition of a square rooflight to proposed flat roof dormer.
24 Glynde Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 5BH
- AWDM/1520/23 Submitted 13 November 2023 648 m away
Demolition and rebuilding of existing conservatory and garage and construction of single storey rear extension and front garage extension and associated internal alterations to existing bungalow
56 Singleton Crescent Worthing West Sussex BN12 5DQ
- AWDM/0598/23 Submitted 9 May 2023 818 m away
Single storey rear extension; render and cladding to West elevation. Part garage removed (resubmission of AWDM/2003/22)
133 Singleton Crescent Worthing West Sussex BN12 5DJ
- AWDM/0419/23 Submitted 20 March 2023 701 m away
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for Proposed rooms in roof consisting of rear dormer, extension to barn ends and front roof lights.
14 Eastergate Close Worthing West Sussex BN12 5DH
- AWDM/2003/22 Submitted 20 December 2022 818 m away
Single storey rear extension; render and cladding to West elevation. Part garage removed
133 Singleton Crescent Worthing West Sussex BN12 5DJ
- AWDM/0704/22 Submitted 27 April 2022 781 m away
Single storey front extension
217 Goring Way Worthing West Sussex BN12 5BU
- AWDM/0126/22 Submitted 25 January 2022 835 m away
Single storey rear extension
207 Goring Way Worthing West Sussex BN12 5BU
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
6
within 5 km
BARN SURGERY
22 FERRING STREET, FERRING, WORTHING, BN12 5HJ
ODS code H82087
227 m
STRAND MEDICAL GROUP
1B THE CAUSEWAY, GORING-BY-SEA, WORTHING, BN12 6FA
ODS code H82011
2.7 km
WILLOW GREEN SURGERY
STATION ROAD, EAST PRESTON, LITTLEHAMPTON, BN16 3AH
ODS code H82059
2.9 km
CORNERWAYS SURGERY
145 GEORGE V AVENUE, WORTHING, BN11 5RZ
ODS code H82076
3.2 km
ST. LAWRENCE SURGERY
79 ST. LAWRENCE AVENUE, WORTHING, BN14 7JL
ODS code H82009
4.3 km
WESTCOURT MEDICAL CENTRE
12 THE STREET, RUSTINGTON, LITTLEHAMPTON, BN16 3NX
ODS code H82007
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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Library
BCT · Ferring
- 0.1 miles
War Memorial
BCT · Ferring
- 0.1 miles
War Memorial
BCT · Ferring
- 0.1 miles
Library
BCT · Ferring
- 0.1 miles
Highdown Way
BCT · Ferring
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Arun 008C, 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
21,455 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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
- 2
- Medium risk addresses
- 3
- Low risk addresses
- 3
- 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
30 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 4 secondary schools. Ferring C of E Primary School is the nearest published school at 481 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
519 published events cover 12 months, averaging 43.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 176 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.