Schools
43 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 7 secondary schools. Orchards Junior School is the nearest published school at 676 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN12 6JQ
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 6JQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1995
- Terminated
- 1 June 1996
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN12
- Postcode sector
- BN12 6
- Latitude
- 50.823104
- Longitude
- -0.425452
- British National Grid easting
- 511,000
- British National Grid northing
- 103,800
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
- E00162073
- Lower layer super output area
- Worthing 006C · E01031786
- Middle layer super output area
- Worthing 006 · E02006626
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
- 43
- Primary
- 28
- Secondary
- 7
- 676 m
Orchards Junior School
Academy converter
- 712 m
Orchards Infant School
Academy sponsor led
- 717 m
The Laurels Primary School, Worthing
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,193
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 824
- Anti social behaviour 353
- Shoplifting 227
- Criminal damage and arson 184
- Public order 149
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
- 693
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 318
- Latest available record date
- 4 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/0739/25 Submitted 4 July 2025 667 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/0815/25 Submitted 20 June 2025 240 m away
Proposed single storey rear extension.
1 Henfield Close Worthing West Sussex BN12 6BE
- AWDM/0709/25 Submitted 16 June 2025 982 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/0696/25 Submitted 10 June 2025 946 m away
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed single storey side extension
136 Barrington Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 4RS
- AWDM/0742/25 Submitted 9 June 2025 589 m away
Proposed single storey side extension
14A Coleridge Crescent Worthing West Sussex BN12 6LT
- AWDM/0685/25 Submitted 29 May 2025 135 m away
Advert Consent for retention of signage to include, 1x double legged internally illuminated totem sign to existing posts, 1x externally illuminated fascia sign, 1x non illuminated transom panel, 1x externally illuminated logo sign, 2x single sided non illuminated post mounted car park signs, 3x non illuminated post mounted signs. Retrospective application
Hungry Horse Palatine Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 6JN
Worthing Borough Council Open council record - AWDM/0617/25 Submitted 19 May 2025 427 m away
Installation of 1no. bike shelter.
David Lloyd Leisure Romany Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 3DL
- AWDM/0309/25 Submitted 16 May 2025 757 m away
Air Source Heat Pump to rear of property
119 Ardingly Drive Worthing West Sussex BN12 4TW
- AWDM/0437/25 Submitted 24 April 2025 110 m away
Erection of single storey rear extension to Units D and E, with internal and external alterations to combine the two units into one including replacement shopfronts and removal of rear external stairs (Unit D)
Unit D Limbrick Corner Palatine Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 6JJ
- AWDM/0486/25 Submitted 15 April 2025 860 m away
Single story rear extension and loft conversion with rooflights to north and south sides
32 Frobisher Way Worthing West Sussex BN12 6EX
- AWDM/0493/25 Submitted 14 April 2025 957 m away
Single storey rear extension (finished in render)
6 Palatine Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 6JP
- AWDM/0366/25 Submitted 14 April 2025 420 m away
Front access ramp and platform to provide wheelchair access.
26 Patching Close Worthing West Sussex BN12 6AU
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
10
within 5 km straight-line
STRAND MEDICAL GROUP
1B THE CAUSEWAY, GORING-BY-SEA, WORTHING, BN12 6FA
ODS code H82011
1.1 km
CORNERWAYS SURGERY
145 GEORGE V AVENUE, WORTHING, BN11 5RZ
ODS code H82076
1.7 km
BARN SURGERY
22 FERRING STREET, FERRING, WORTHING, BN12 5HJ
ODS code H82087
1.8 km
ST. LAWRENCE SURGERY
79 ST. LAWRENCE AVENUE, WORTHING, BN14 7JL
ODS code H82009
2.5 km
VICTORIA ROAD SURGERY
50 VICTORIA ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 1XE
ODS code H82041
3.5 km
LIME TREE SURGERY
LIME TREE AVENUE, FINDON VALLEY, WORTHING, BN14 0DL
ODS code H82034
3.5 km
BROADWATER MEDICAL CENTRE
5-11 BROADWATER BOULEVARD, WORTHING, BN14 8JE
ODS code H82046
3.6 km
WORTHING MEDICAL GROUP
23 SHELLEY ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 4BS
ODS code H82045
3.7 km
WILLOW GREEN SURGERY
STATION ROAD, EAST PRESTON, LITTLEHAMPTON, BN16 3AH
ODS code H82059
4.7 km
SELDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
6 SELDEN ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 2LL
ODS code H82061
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Melville Way
BCT · Durrington
- 0.0 miles
Melville Way
BCT · Durrington
- 0.1 miles
Kithurst Crescent
BCT · Durrington
- 0.1 miles
Limbrick Way
BCT · Durrington
- 0.1 miles
Limbrick Way
BCT · Durrington
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Worthing 006C, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
11,105 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
2,193 published events cover 12 months, averaging 182.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 824 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.