Property market
The five-year median is £610,000 from 6 recorded sales in BN12 5QA. 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 5QA
Ferring · Arun · England
Updated September 2026
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Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN12 5QA
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN12
- Postcode sector
- BN12 5
- Latitude
- 50.806558
- Longitude
- -0.443736
- British National Grid easting
- 509,751
- British National Grid northing
- 101,933
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
- E00160237
- Lower layer super output area
- Arun 008B · E01031422
- 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
50 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 26, Somerset Road, Ferring, Worthing, BN12 5QA | 13 November 2025 | £595,000 |
| 34, Somerset Road, Ferring, Worthing, BN12 5QA | 30 April 2024 | £830,000 |
| 9, Somerset Road, Ferring, Worthing, BN12 5QA | 11 December 2023 | £560,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 30
- Primary
- 21
- Secondary
- 4
- 805 m
Ferring C of E Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
- 1.3 km
St Oscar Romero Catholic School
Voluntary aided school
- 1.8 km
Goring-By-Sea CofE (Aided) Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 478
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 134
- Anti social behaviour 88
- Shoplifting 64
- Criminal damage and arson 47
- Public order 42
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 60
- Postcode households
- 33
- Residents per household
- 1.8
- BN12 5 residents
- 4,749
35 female, 25 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 1.3% 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
- 90
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 44
- Latest available record date
- 27 March 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/0411/25 Submitted 27 March 2025 740 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 997 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 - AWDM/0283/25 Submitted 3 March 2025 997 m away
Application for consent under Worthing Tree Preservation Order No.18 of 1980 to fell and replace one Yew of group G9 and one Sycamore and one Ash of group G18.
Goring Hall Hospital Bodiam Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 5AT
Worthing Borough Council Open council record - AWDM/0284/25 Submitted 3 March 2025 997 m away
Section 211 Notice under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to fell and replace two Sycamore T10 & T15; Leylandii T11; Yew T16; Goat Willow T18; Cherry T41; and Elm T52; and to prune to clear cables and buildings by up to 0.5 metres one Cherry Plum T21 and remove broken branch from Leylandii T54 in the Goring Hall Conservation Area.
Goring Hall Hospital Bodiam Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 5AT
Worthing Borough Council Open council record - AWDM/0220/25 Submitted 19 February 2025 737 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/0106/25 Submitted 7 February 2025 955 m away
Rooflight in side facing elevation (south)
47 Aldsworth Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 4XG
- AWDM/1532/24 Submitted 26 November 2024 997 m away
Application for consent under Worthing Tree Preservation Order No.18 of 1980 to crown lift up to 5 metres, Yew trees of group G9.
Goring Hall Hospital Bodiam Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 5AT
- AWDM/1526/24 Submitted 25 November 2024 955 m away
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Rear Single Storey extension, 1no. roof light to Existing South facing roof slope, remove and replace existing chimney
47 Aldsworth Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 4XG
- AWDM/1458/24 Submitted 21 November 2024 808 m away
Detached garage to south side
42 Fernhurst Drive Worthing West Sussex BN12 5AU
- AWDM/1364/24 Submitted 28 October 2024 916 m away
First floor extension over existing garage at the Front of the property and changes to fenestration
9 Aldsworth Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 4XQ
- AWDM/1333/24 Submitted 18 October 2024 696 m away
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use of the land for leisure and wellbeing activities by the public.
Land South East Corner Of Amberley Drive Marine Drive Worthing West Sussex
- AWDM/1319/24 Submitted 16 October 2024 997 m away
Section 211 Notice under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to initiate pollard at 4 metres one Lime Tree T1, and to prune to allow clearance of up to 1 -1.5 metres to roof of utility building Holly tree T3 in the Goring Hall Conservation Area
Goring Hall Hospital Bodiam Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 5AT
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
8
within 5 km
BARN SURGERY
22 FERRING STREET, FERRING, WORTHING, BN12 5HJ
ODS code H82087
860 m
STRAND MEDICAL GROUP
1B THE CAUSEWAY, GORING-BY-SEA, WORTHING, BN12 6FA
ODS code H82011
2.7 km
CORNERWAYS SURGERY
145 GEORGE V AVENUE, WORTHING, BN11 5RZ
ODS code H82076
2.9 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
4.3 km
WORTHING MEDICAL GROUP
23 SHELLEY ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 4BS
ODS code H82045
4.7 km
VICTORIA ROAD SURGERY
50 VICTORIA ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 1XE
ODS code H82041
4.9 km
WESTCOURT MEDICAL CENTRE
12 THE STREET, RUSTINGTON, LITTLEHAMPTON, BN16 3NX
ODS code H82007
5.0 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
Jersey Road
BCT · South Ferring
- 0.2 miles
Sea Lane Gardens
BCT · South Ferring
- 0.2 miles
Sea Lane Gardens
BCT · South Ferring
- 0.2 miles
Ocean Close
BCT · South Ferring
- 0.3 miles
Florida Road
BCT · South Ferring
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Arun 008B, 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
29,707 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
- 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
- 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
30 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 4 secondary schools. Ferring C of E Primary School is the nearest published school at 805 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
478 published events cover 12 months, averaging 39.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 134 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.