Schools
61 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 6 secondary schools. Brighton College is the nearest published school at 146 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN2 1LD
Kemptown · Brighton and Hove · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Kemptown
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven
- Postcode district
- BN2
- Postcode sector
- BN2 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN2 1LD
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 2002
- Terminated
- 1 August 2009
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN2
- Postcode sector
- BN2 1
- Latitude
- 50.819334
- Longitude
- -0.123038
- British National Grid easting
- 532,310
- British National Grid northing
- 103,878
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Brighton and Hove · E06000043
- Electoral ward
- Kemptown · E05015405
- Parish or community
- E43000034
- Westminster constituency
- Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven · E14001129
- Output area
- E00085505
- Lower layer super output area
- Brighton and Hove 031E · E01016944
- Middle layer super output area
- Brighton and Hove 031 · E02003521
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 BN2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 61
- Primary
- 33
- Secondary
- 6
- 146 m
Brighton College
Other independent school
- 182 m
Brighton College Prep School
Other independent school
- 330 m
Hamilton Lodge School and College for Deaf Children
Non-maintained special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 11,977
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,968
- Shoplifting 1,680
- Anti social behaviour 1,440
- Public order 1,298
- Other theft 935
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BN2 1 residents
- 10,213
Age bands in BN2 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 6.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 14.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 36.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.6%
674 residents
1,499 residents
3,826 residents
3,002 residents
1,411 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.
GP practices
25
within 5 km straight-line
ARDINGLY COURT SURGERY
1 ARDINGLY STREET, BRIGHTON, BN2 1SS
ODS code G81006
727 m
PAVILION SURGERY
2 OLD STEINE, BRIGHTON, BN1 1EJ
ODS code G81054
959 m
REGENCY SURGERY
4 OLD STEINE, BRIGHTON, BN1 1FZ
ODS code G81656
968 m
ARCH HEALTHCARE
MORLEY STREET, BRIGHTON, BN2 9DH
ODS code G81689
1.1 km
BROADWAY SURGERY
WELLSBOURNE HEALTH CENTRE, 179 WHITEHAWK ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN2 5FL
ODS code G81669
1.3 km
WELLSBOURNE HEALTHCARE CIC
WELLSBOURNE HEALTH CENTRE, 179 WHITEHAWK ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN2 5FL
ODS code Y06007
1.3 km
SHIP STREET SURGERY
65-67 SHIP STREET, BRIGHTON, BN1 1AE
ODS code G81694
1.3 km
PARK CRESCENT HEALTH CENTRE
1 LEWES ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN2 3HP
ODS code G81028
1.5 km
ST. PETER'S MEDICAL CENTRE
30-36 OXFORD STREET, BRIGHTON, BN1 4LA
ODS code G81011
1.6 km
BRIGHTON STATION HEALTH CENTRE
ASPECT HOUSE, 84-87 QUEENS ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 3XE
ODS code Y02676
1.6 km
MONTPELIER SURGERY
2 VICTORIA ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 3FS
ODS code G81044
2.0 km
SEVEN DIALS MEDICAL CENTRE
24 MONTPELIER CRESCENT, BRIGHTON, BN1 3JJ
ODS code G81047
2.1 km
PRESTON PARK SURGERY
2A FLORENCE ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6DP
ODS code G81018
2.4 km
WELLBN HEALTHCARE
18-19 WESTERN ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1AE
ODS code G81638
2.4 km
CHARTER MEDICAL CENTRE
88 DAVIGDOR ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1RF
ODS code G81034
2.7 km
BEACONSFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
175 PRESTON ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6AG
ODS code G81042
2.8 km
STANFORD MEDICAL CENTRE
175 PRESTON ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6AG
ODS code G81038
2.8 km
THE AVENUE SURGERY
1 THE AVENUE, MOULSECOOMB, BRIGHTON, BN2 4GF
ODS code G81075
2.9 km
THE HAVEN PRACTICE
100 BEACONSFIELD VILLAS, BRIGHTON, BN1 6HE
ODS code G81646
3.0 km
SCHOOL HOUSE SURGERY
SCHOOL HOUSE, HERTFORD ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 7GF
ODS code G81613
3.0 km
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Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Kemp Town Shops
BCT · Kemp Town
- 0.0 miles
Kemp Town Shops
BCT · Kemp Town
- 0.1 miles
College Place
BCT · Kemp Town
- 0.1 miles
Burlington Street
BCT · Kemp Town
- 0.1 miles
Upper Bedford Street
BCT · Kemp Town
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Brighton and Hove 031E, 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
10,779 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 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
11,977 published events cover 12 months, averaging 998.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,968 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.