Property market
The five-year median is £447,000 from 7 recorded sales in BN12 6EL. 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 6EL
Castle · Worthing · England
Updated September 2026
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Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN12 6EL
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN12
- Postcode sector
- BN12 6
- Latitude
- 50.823167
- Longitude
- -0.414802
- British National Grid easting
- 511,750
- British National Grid northing
- 103,823
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
- E00162074
- Lower layer super output area
- Worthing 007A · E01031782
- 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
34 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 4, Harwood Avenue, Goring By Sea, Worthing, BN12 6EL | 25 March 2026 | £481,000 |
| 6, Harwood Avenue, Goring By Sea, Worthing, BN12 6EL | 5 December 2025 | £390,000 |
| 3, Harwood Avenue, Goring By Sea, Worthing, BN12 6EL | 28 October 2025 | £450,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 41
- Primary
- 25
- Secondary
- 7
- 161 m
Orchards Junior School
Academy converter
- 198 m
Orchards Infant School
Academy sponsor led
- 267 m
Palatine Primary School
Community special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,035
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,083
- Anti social behaviour 470
- Shoplifting 410
- Criminal damage and arson 257
- Public order 206
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 49
- Postcode households
- 21
- Residents per household
- 2.3
- BN12 6 residents
- 9,017
25 female, 24 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 0.5% 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
- 903
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 403
- Latest available record date
- 21 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/0946/25 Submitted 21 July 2025 850 m away
Householder application for permitted development for prior approval for single storey extension to rear of property measuring 3.645m from rear wall of the original dwelling, maximum height 3.3m and height of eaves of the extension 2.74m
176 Ringmer Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 1EB
- AWDM/0903/25 Submitted 10 July 2025 826 m away
Proposed single storey rear extension (existing conservatory removed); loft conversion with hip to gable roof extension, front and rear dormers and front roof lights.
6 Sunningdale Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 2NF
Worthing Borough Council Open council record - AWDM/0739/25 Submitted 4 July 2025 875 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 484 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/0823/25 Submitted 24 June 2025 998 m away
Construction of outbuilding/games room
117 Littlehampton Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 1QU
- AWDM/0815/25 Submitted 20 June 2025 818 m away
Proposed single storey rear extension.
1 Henfield Close Worthing West Sussex BN12 6BE
- AWDM/0799/25 Submitted 19 June 2025 825 m away
Construct a Platform and ramp at the Southern entrance to the property to create wheelchair access.
2 Carolyn House Littlehampton Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 1RE
- AWDM/0791/25 Submitted 17 June 2025 947 m away
Retention of rooms in roof consisting of hip to gable roof extension, rear dormer (grey cladding) and front roof lights.
73 Terringes Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN13 1JQ
- AWDM/0686/25 Submitted 17 June 2025 891 m away
Application for consent under Worthing Tree Preservation Order No.2 of 2022 to reduce radial spread by up to 1.5 metres, one Maple tree T1.
17 Vancouver Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 2SN
- AWDM/0709/25 Submitted 16 June 2025 563 m away
Application for consent under Worthing Tree Preservation Order No.15 of 1992 to reduce radial spread by up to 3 metres to the rear of 21 to 26 Hilden Close and 21 to 25 Hilden Park, Hybrid Black Poplar trees and Leyland Cypress trees of group G4, and to reduce selected Southern limb 4 metres from ground level by up to 3 metres of Hybrid Poplar of group G4 to the rear of 21 Hildon Park.
Sussex Police Authority Custody Suite Centenary House Durrington Lane Worthing West Sussex BN13 2PQ
- AWDM/0788/25 Submitted 16 June 2025 966 m away
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed Loft Conversion with rear dormer and front rooflights
3 Edmonton Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 2TB
- AWDM/0787/25 Submitted 16 June 2025 966 m away
Householder application for permitted development for prior approval for single storey extension to rear of property measuring 4.5m from rear wall of the original dwelling, maximum height 3m and height of eaves of the extension 2.8m
3 Edmonton Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 2TB
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
591 m
CORNERWAYS SURGERY
145 GEORGE V AVENUE, WORTHING, BN11 5RZ
ODS code H82076
1.1 km
ST. LAWRENCE SURGERY
79 ST. LAWRENCE AVENUE, WORTHING, BN14 7JL
ODS code H82009
1.7 km
BARN SURGERY
22 FERRING STREET, FERRING, WORTHING, BN12 5HJ
ODS code H82087
2.5 km
VICTORIA ROAD SURGERY
50 VICTORIA ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 1XE
ODS code H82041
2.8 km
BROADWATER MEDICAL CENTRE
5-11 BROADWATER BOULEVARD, WORTHING, BN14 8JE
ODS code H82046
2.9 km
WORTHING MEDICAL GROUP
23 SHELLEY ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 4BS
ODS code H82045
3.0 km
LIME TREE SURGERY
LIME TREE AVENUE, FINDON VALLEY, WORTHING, BN14 0DL
ODS code H82034
3.1 km
SELDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
6 SELDEN ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 2LL
ODS code H82061
4.1 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Windermere Crescent
BCT · Durrington
- 0.1 miles
Windermere Crescent
BCT · Durrington
- 0.2 miles
Palatine Road
BCT · Durrington
- 0.2 miles
Nelson Road
BCT · Durrington
- 0.2 miles
Palatine Road
BCT · Durrington
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Worthing 007A, 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
21,893 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 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
41 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 7 secondary schools. Orchards Junior School is the nearest published school at 161 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,035 published events cover 12 months, averaging 252.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,083 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.