Property market
The five-year median is £187,500 from 6 recorded sales in BN12 6BU. 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 6BU
Castle · Worthing · England
Updated September 2026
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Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN12 6BU
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN12
- Postcode sector
- BN12 6
- Latitude
- 50.818702
- Longitude
- -0.411858
- British National Grid easting
- 511,968
- British National Grid northing
- 103,331
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Worthing · E07000229
- Electoral ward
- Castle · E05007695
- Parish or community
- E43000150
- Westminster constituency
- Worthing West · E14001599
- Output area
- E00162064
- Lower layer super output area
- Worthing 007G · E01034829
- Middle layer super output area
- Worthing 007 · E02006627
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
56 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 19, Durrington Gardens, Goring By Sea, Worthing, BN12 6BU | 27 May 2026 | £190,000 |
| 10, Durrington Gardens, Goring By Sea, Worthing, BN12 6BU | 23 July 2025 | £185,000 |
| 23, Durrington Gardens, Goring By Sea, Worthing, BN12 6BU | 31 January 2025 | £185,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 40
- Primary
- 25
- Secondary
- 6
- 410 m
Orchards Infant School
Academy sponsor led
- 466 m
Orchards Junior School
Academy converter
- 595 m
West Park CofE Primary (Controlled) School
Voluntary controlled school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,948
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 976
- Shoplifting 512
- Anti social behaviour 441
- Criminal damage and arson 242
- Public order 206
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 68
- Postcode households
- 30
- Residents per household
- 2.3
- BN12 6 residents
- 9,017
35 female, 33 male
Age bands in BN12 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 22.5%
1,643 residents
904 residents
2,413 residents
2,208 residents
2,084 residents
This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN12 6 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
- 1,236
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 513
- Latest available record date
- 22 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/0936/25 Submitted 22 July 2025 640 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 806 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 447 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 943 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/0698/25 Submitted 16 June 2025 819 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 684 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 678 m away
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed single storey side extension
136 Barrington Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 4RS
- AWDM/0652/25 Submitted 27 May 2025 395 m away
Single storey rear extension
26 Bolsover Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 1NT
- AWDM/0628/25 Submitted 19 May 2025 773 m away
Advertisement Consent for replacement of internally illuminated double sided bus shelter display with double sided digital advertising display.
Advertising Right Bus Shelter Adshel Adjacent 169 Goring Road Worthing West Sussex
- AWDM/0584/25 Submitted 6 May 2025 598 m away
Proposed first floor roof alterations to include an extension to the front dormer, a larger rear dormer and a hip to part-hipped side gable roof extension
64 Melrose Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN13 1PA
- AWDM/0281/25 Submitted 24 April 2025 797 m away
Proposed replacement UPVC windows to Lounge and Bedroom
Flat 4 Eleanor Court Bruce Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN11 5JY
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
STRAND MEDICAL GROUP
1B THE CAUSEWAY, GORING-BY-SEA, WORTHING, BN12 6FA
ODS code H82011
72 m
CORNERWAYS SURGERY
145 GEORGE V AVENUE, WORTHING, BN11 5RZ
ODS code H82076
620 m
ST. LAWRENCE SURGERY
79 ST. LAWRENCE AVENUE, WORTHING, BN14 7JL
ODS code H82009
1.6 km
VICTORIA ROAD SURGERY
50 VICTORIA ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 1XE
ODS code H82041
2.5 km
BARN SURGERY
22 FERRING STREET, FERRING, WORTHING, BN12 5HJ
ODS code H82087
2.6 km
WORTHING MEDICAL GROUP
23 SHELLEY ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 4BS
ODS code H82045
2.6 km
BROADWATER MEDICAL CENTRE
5-11 BROADWATER BOULEVARD, WORTHING, BN14 8JE
ODS code H82046
2.8 km
LIME TREE SURGERY
LIME TREE AVENUE, FINDON VALLEY, WORTHING, BN14 0DL
ODS code H82034
3.5 km
SELDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
6 SELDEN ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 2LL
ODS code H82061
3.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Strand Parade
BCT · Durrington
- 0.1 miles
Strand Parade
BCT · Durrington
- 0.1 miles
Durrington-on-Sea Rail Station
RSE · Durrington
- 0.1 miles
Durrington-on-Sea Rail Station
RLY · Durrington
- 0.1 miles
Durrington-on-Sea Rail Station
RSE · Durrington
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Worthing 007G, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
16,873 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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
- 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
40 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 6 secondary schools. Orchards Infant School is the nearest published school at 410 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,948 published events cover 12 months, averaging 245.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 976 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.