BN2 7BS

Rottingdean & West Saltdean · 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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BN2 7GY 0 m
BN2 7BN 472 m
BN2 7FB 508 m
BN2 7EG 533 m
BN2 7DX 555 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN2 7BS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 March 2024
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN2
Postcode sector
BN2 7
Latitude
50.808108
Longitude
-0.068345
British National Grid easting
536,195
British National Grid northing
102,729

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Brighton and Hove · E06000043
Parish or community
E43000034
Output area
E00085612
Lower layer super output area
Brighton and Hove 032C · E01016957
Middle layer super output area
Brighton and Hove 032 · E02003522

Postcode source versions

Explore BN2

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Ian Fraser House, Greenways, Ovingdean, Brighton, BN2 7BS 11 December 2023 £13,200,000
Ian Fraser House, Greenways, Ovingdean, Brighton, BN2 7BS 11 December 2023 £11,000,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
18
Secondary
1
  1. Our Lady of Lourdes RC School

    Voluntary aided school

    678 m
  2. St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean

    Voluntary aided school

    907 m
  3. Oxford International College, Brighton

    Other independent school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
231
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 75
  • Anti social behaviour 52
  • Public order 26
  • Other theft 21
  • Criminal damage and arson 17

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
28

9 female, 19 male

Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BN2 7 residents
4,378

Age bands in BN2 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11%

473 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.7%

328 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.2%

736 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.2%

1,378 residents

Age 65 and over
31.9%

1,367 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN2 7 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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • SALTDEAN AND ROTTINGDEAN MED PRACTICE

    GRAND OCEAN MEDICAL CENTRE, LONGRIDGE AVENUE, SALTDEAN, BRIGHTON, BN2 8BU

    ODS code G81076

    2.4 km

  • WOODINGDEAN MEDICAL CENTRE

    WARREN ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN2 6BA

    ODS code G81065

    3.2 km

  • BROADWAY SURGERY

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

    ODS code G81669

    3.4 km

  • WELLSBOURNE HEALTHCARE CIC

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

    ODS code Y06007

    3.4 km

  • ARDINGLY COURT SURGERY

    1 ARDINGLY STREET, BRIGHTON, BN2 1SS

    ODS code G81006

    4.8 km

  • HAVENSHEALTH

    ANCHOR HEALTHCARE CENTRE, MERIDIAN WAY, PEACEHAVEN, BN10 8NF

    ODS code G81100

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • The Cliffs

    BCT · Ovingdean

    0.1 miles
  • The Cliffs

    BCT · Ovingdean

    0.1 miles
  • Greenways

    BCT · Ovingdean

    0.1 miles
  • Greenways

    BCT · Ovingdean

    0.2 miles
  • Beacon Hill

    BCT · Ovingdean

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Brighton and Hove 032C, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,809 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
10 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 £12,100,000 from 2 recorded sales in BN2 7BS. 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

28 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 1 secondary schools. Our Lady of Lourdes RC School is the nearest published school at 678 m.

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

Recorded crime

231 published events cover 12 months, averaging 19.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 75 events.

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