Schools
44 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 7 secondary schools. Hawthorns Primary School is the nearest published school at 27 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN13 3AP
Northbrook · Worthing · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Worthing
- Ward
- Northbrook
- Local authority
- Worthing
- Constituency
- Worthing West
- Postcode district
- BN13
- Postcode sector
- BN13 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN13 3AP
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 December 2001
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN13
- Postcode sector
- BN13 3
- Latitude
- 50.829319
- Longitude
- -0.422147
- British National Grid easting
- 511,218
- British National Grid northing
- 104,496
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Worthing · E07000229
- Electoral ward
- Northbrook · E05007702
- Parish or community
- E43000150
- Westminster constituency
- Worthing West · E14001599
- Output area
- E00162260
- Lower layer super output area
- Worthing 003D · E01031818
- Middle layer super output area
- Worthing 003 · E02006623
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 BN13
Property
4 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1, Poplar Road, Worthing, BN13 3AP | 24 August 2018 | £232,500 |
| 1, Poplar Road, Worthing, BN13 3AP | 3 August 2018 | £232,500 |
| 1, Poplar Road, Worthing, BN13 3AP | 17 December 2004 | £147,500 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 44
- Primary
- 28
- Secondary
- 7
- 27 m
Hawthorns Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 313 m
The Laurels Primary School, Worthing
Academy converter
- 705 m
Palatine Primary School
Community special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,338
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 882
- Anti social behaviour 371
- Shoplifting 243
- Criminal damage and arson 182
- Public order 156
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 2
- Postcode households
- 1
- Residents per household
- 2.0
- BN13 3 residents
- 10,884
1 female, 1 male
Age bands in BN13 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.5%
2,049 residents
1,022 residents
2,728 residents
2,929 residents
2,397 residents
This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN13 3 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
- 809
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 357
- Latest available record date
- 31 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/0998/25 Submitted 31 July 2025 992 m away
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for Change of Use from Residential (C3) to House in Multiple Occupation (C4)
17 Franklin Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 2PG
Worthing Borough Council Open council record - AWDM/0924/25 Submitted 21 July 2025 481 m away
Retrospective application for a lean-to Greenhouse attached to garage
14 Lyn Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 3HR
- AWDM/0903/25 Submitted 10 July 2025 780 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/0796/25 Submitted 9 July 2025 620 m away
Proposed new rear hipped dormer (west) replacing existing rear gable dormer
4 Aster Vale Worthing West Sussex BN13 3FT
- AWDM/0896/25 Submitted 8 July 2025 686 m away
Application for consent under Worthing Tree Preservation Order No.45 of 1995 to reduce radial spread to East and Southeast by up to 1.5 to 2 metres one Holm Oak tree T1.
17 Taw Close Worthing West Sussex BN13 3PQ
Worthing Borough Council Open council record - AWDM/0861/25 Submitted 2 July 2025 931 m away
Demolish fire damaged dwelling and erect replacement single dwelling.
14 Twyford Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 2NP
- AWDM/0832/25 Submitted 25 June 2025 928 m away
Proposed replacement conservatory roof
34 Lobelia Drive Worthing West Sussex BN13 3GL
- AWDM/0814/25 Submitted 20 June 2025 523 m away
Conversion of existing detached garage building (including raising the roof) to create an annexe for a dependant relative.
3 Adelaide Close Worthing West Sussex BN13 3HN
- AWDM/0815/25 Submitted 20 June 2025 966 m away
Proposed single storey rear extension.
1 Henfield Close Worthing West Sussex BN12 6BE
- AWDM/0686/25 Submitted 17 June 2025 447 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 581 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 333 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
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
STRAND MEDICAL GROUP
1B THE CAUSEWAY, GORING-BY-SEA, WORTHING, BN12 6FA
ODS code H82011
1.4 km
CORNERWAYS SURGERY
145 GEORGE V AVENUE, WORTHING, BN11 5RZ
ODS code H82076
2.0 km
ST. LAWRENCE SURGERY
79 ST. LAWRENCE AVENUE, WORTHING, BN14 7JL
ODS code H82009
2.3 km
BARN SURGERY
22 FERRING STREET, FERRING, WORTHING, BN12 5HJ
ODS code H82087
2.5 km
LIME TREE SURGERY
LIME TREE AVENUE, FINDON VALLEY, WORTHING, BN14 0DL
ODS code H82034
2.9 km
BROADWATER MEDICAL CENTRE
5-11 BROADWATER BOULEVARD, WORTHING, BN14 8JE
ODS code H82046
3.4 km
VICTORIA ROAD SURGERY
50 VICTORIA ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 1XE
ODS code H82041
3.5 km
WORTHING MEDICAL GROUP
23 SHELLEY ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 4BS
ODS code H82045
3.8 km
SELDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
6 SELDEN ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 2LL
ODS code H82061
4.8 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
Montreal Way
BCT · Durrington
- 0.1 miles
Montreal Way
BCT · Durrington
- 0.1 miles
Faraday Close
BCT · Durrington
- 0.1 miles
Faraday Close
BCT · Durrington
- 0.2 miles
Tesco
BCT · Durrington
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Worthing 003D, 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
12,654 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 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
Recorded crime
2,338 published events cover 12 months, averaging 194.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 882 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.