BN2 7DP

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 7EA 76 m
BN2 7DQ 168 m
BN2 7DR 203 m
BN2 7DJ 206 m
BN2 7DL 221 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN2 7DP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN2
Postcode sector
BN2 7
Latitude
50.809454
Longitude
-0.053541
British National Grid easting
537,234
British National Grid northing
102,906

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Brighton and Hove · E06000043
Parish or community
E04001292
Output area
E00085651
Lower layer super output area
Brighton and Hove 033D · E01016960
Middle layer super output area
Brighton and Hove 033 · E02003523

Postcode source versions

Explore BN2

35 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
17, Gorham Avenue, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7DP 10 October 2024 £700,000
22, Gorham Avenue, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7DP 22 March 2023 £1,000,111
45, Gorham Avenue, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7DP 8 July 2022 £775,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
12
Secondary
2
  1. St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean

    Voluntary aided school

    385 m
  2. Our Lady of Lourdes RC School

    Voluntary aided school

    591 m
  3. Saltdean Primary School

    Community school

    967 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
384
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 134
  • Anti social behaviour 66
  • Public order 42
  • Criminal damage and arson 31
  • Shoplifting 26

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
100

51 female, 49 male

Postcode households
45
Residents per household
2.2
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 2.3% 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

5

within 5 km

  • SALTDEAN AND ROTTINGDEAN MED PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G81076

    1.5 km

  • WOODINGDEAN MEDICAL CENTRE

    WARREN ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN2 6BA

    ODS code G81065

    3.5 km

  • HAVENSHEALTH

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

    ODS code G81100

    4.0 km

  • BROADWAY SURGERY

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

    ODS code G81669

    4.2 km

  • WELLSBOURNE HEALTHCARE CIC

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

    ODS code Y06007

    4.2 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bazehill Road

    BCT · Rottingdean

    0.3 miles
  • The Pond

    BCT · Rottingdean

    0.3 miles
  • Bazehill Road

    BCT · Rottingdean

    0.3 miles
  • Chorley Avenue

    BCT · Saltdean

    0.3 miles
  • Cricket Ground

    BCT · Rottingdean

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Brighton and Hove 033D, 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

25,458 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
4 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.

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 £887,556 from 6 recorded sales in BN2 7DP. 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

21 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean is the nearest published school at 385 m.

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

Recorded crime

384 published events cover 12 months, averaging 32 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 134 events.

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