BN2 5PN

Whitehawk & Marina · Brighton and Hove · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Brighton
Local authority
Brighton and Hove
Postcode district
BN2
Postcode sector
BN2 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BN2 5PP 97 m
BN2 5LR 105 m
BN2 5LE 109 m
BN2 5LT 116 m
BN2 5PL 116 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN2 5PN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN2
Postcode sector
BN2 5
Latitude
50.825805
Longitude
-0.102729
British National Grid easting
533,722
British National Grid northing
104,634

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Brighton and Hove · E06000043
Parish or community
E43000034
Output area
E00085090
Lower layer super output area
Brighton and Hove 025A · E01016864
Middle layer super output area
Brighton and Hove 025 · E02003515

Postcode source versions

Explore BN2

26 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
9, Desmond Way, Brighton, BN2 5PN 11 March 2026 £397,900
1, Desmond Way, Brighton, BN2 5PN 5 January 2024 £387,500
6, Desmond Way, Brighton, BN2 5PN 13 October 2022 £450,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
57
Primary
31
Secondary
6
  1. City Academy Whitehawk

    Academy sponsor led

    388 m
  2. St Mark's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    808 m
  3. St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    987 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,654
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,400
  • Anti social behaviour 519
  • Public order 377
  • Criminal damage and arson 283
  • Shoplifting 266

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
51

25 female, 26 male

Postcode households
24
Residents per household
2.1
BN2 5 residents
13,217

Age bands in BN2 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.8%

2,187 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.9%

1,680 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.1%

3,644 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

3,556 residents

Age 65 and over
14.8%

1,919 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN2 5 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.

GP practices

25

within 5 km

  • BROADWAY SURGERY

    WELLSBOURNE HEALTH CENTRE, 179 WHITEHAWK ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN2 5FL

    ODS code G81669

    329 m

  • WELLSBOURNE HEALTHCARE CIC

    WELLSBOURNE HEALTH CENTRE, 179 WHITEHAWK ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN2 5FL

    ODS code Y06007

    329 m

  • WOODINGDEAN MEDICAL CENTRE

    WARREN ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN2 6BA

    ODS code G81065

    2.0 km

  • PARK CRESCENT HEALTH CENTRE

    1 LEWES ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN2 3HP

    ODS code G81028

    2.0 km

  • ARDINGLY COURT SURGERY

    1 ARDINGLY STREET, BRIGHTON, BN2 1SS

    ODS code G81006

    2.2 km

  • THE AVENUE SURGERY

    1 THE AVENUE, MOULSECOOMB, BRIGHTON, BN2 4GF

    ODS code G81075

    2.2 km

  • ARCH HEALTHCARE

    MORLEY STREET, BRIGHTON, BN2 9DH

    ODS code G81689

    2.2 km

  • ST. PETER'S MEDICAL CENTRE

    30-36 OXFORD STREET, BRIGHTON, BN1 4LA

    ODS code G81011

    2.4 km

  • REGENCY SURGERY

    4 OLD STEINE, BRIGHTON, BN1 1FZ

    ODS code G81656

    2.4 km

  • PAVILION SURGERY

    2 OLD STEINE, BRIGHTON, BN1 1EJ

    ODS code G81054

    2.4 km

  • BRIGHTON STATION HEALTH CENTRE

    ASPECT HOUSE, 84-87 QUEENS ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 3XE

    ODS code Y02676

    2.7 km

  • SHIP STREET SURGERY

    65-67 SHIP STREET, BRIGHTON, BN1 1AE

    ODS code G81694

    2.8 km

  • SCHOOL HOUSE SURGERY

    SCHOOL HOUSE, HERTFORD ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 7GF

    ODS code G81613

    2.9 km

  • PRESTON PARK SURGERY

    2A FLORENCE ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6DP

    ODS code G81018

    3.0 km

  • SEVEN DIALS MEDICAL CENTRE

    24 MONTPELIER CRESCENT, BRIGHTON, BN1 3JJ

    ODS code G81047

    3.2 km

  • MONTPELIER SURGERY

    2 VICTORIA ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 3FS

    ODS code G81044

    3.3 km

  • THE HAVEN PRACTICE

    100 BEACONSFIELD VILLAS, BRIGHTON, BN1 6HE

    ODS code G81646

    3.4 km

  • BEACONSFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    175 PRESTON ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6AG

    ODS code G81042

    3.5 km

  • STANFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    175 PRESTON ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6AG

    ODS code G81038

    3.5 km

  • WELLBN HEALTHCARE

    18-19 WESTERN ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1AE

    ODS code G81638

    3.8 km

Showing 20 of 25 matching practices.

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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Sadler Way

    BCT · Whitehawk

    0.1 miles
  • Sadler Way

    BCT · Whitehawk

    0.1 miles
  • Piltdown Road

    BCT · Whitehawk

    0.1 miles
  • Piltdown Road

    BCT · Whitehawk

    0.1 miles
  • Community Hub

    BCT · Whitehawk

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Brighton and Hove 025A, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,356 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
7 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

Property market

The five-year median is £397,900 from 3 recorded sales in BN2 5PN. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Brighton and Hove is £407,803 in June 2026, up 0.3% year on year.

Schools

57 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 6 secondary schools. City Academy Whitehawk is the nearest published school at 388 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

3,654 published events cover 12 months, averaging 304.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,400 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.