Schools
40 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 6 secondary schools. Orchards Infant School is the nearest published school at 506 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN12 6FR
Castle · Worthing · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Castle
- Local authority
- Worthing
- Constituency
- Worthing West
- Postcode district
- BN12
- Postcode sector
- BN12 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN12 6FR
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 March 2023
- Terminated
- 1 March 2025
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN12
- Postcode sector
- BN12 6
- Latitude
- 50.818077
- Longitude
- -0.410914
- British National Grid easting
- 512,036
- British National Grid northing
- 103,263
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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 40
- Primary
- 25
- Secondary
- 6
- 506 m
Orchards Infant School
Academy sponsor led
- 562 m
Orchards Junior School
Academy converter
- 576 m
West Park CofE Primary (Controlled) School
Voluntary controlled school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,920
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 951
- Shoplifting 512
- Anti social behaviour 436
- Criminal damage and arson 234
- Public order 213
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BN12 6 residents
- 9,017
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
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.
Planning applications
Mapped applications within 1,000 metres of this postcode point.
- Available records
- 1,289
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 531
- 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 632 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 767 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 862 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 475 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 962 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/0807/25 Submitted 19 June 2025 978 m away
Application for consent under Worthing Tree Preservation Order No.54 of 1997 to reduce reduce radial spread by up to 1.5 to 2 metres, and crown lift up to 4.5 metres, one Horse Chestnut tree T1 of area A2
316 Tarring Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 5BL
Worthing Borough Council Open council record - AWDM/0698/25 Submitted 16 June 2025 723 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 592 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 702 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 360 m away
Single storey rear extension
26 Bolsover Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 1NT
- AWDM/0628/25 Submitted 19 May 2025 744 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 610 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
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
42 m
CORNERWAYS SURGERY
145 GEORGE V AVENUE, WORTHING, BN11 5RZ
ODS code H82076
527 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
2.4 km
WORTHING MEDICAL GROUP
23 SHELLEY ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 4BS
ODS code H82045
2.5 km
BARN SURGERY
22 FERRING STREET, FERRING, WORTHING, BN12 5HJ
ODS code H82087
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
3.6 km
SELDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
6 SELDEN ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 2LL
ODS code H82061
3.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Durrington-on-Sea Rail Station
RSE · Durrington
- 0.0 miles
Durrington-on-Sea Rail Station
RLY · Durrington
- 0.1 miles
Durrington-on-Sea Rail Station
RSE · Durrington
- 0.1 miles
Strand Parade
BCT · Durrington
- 0.1 miles
Strand Parade
BCT · 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,920 published events cover 12 months, averaging 243.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 951 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.