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BN2 8AF

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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BN2 7GN 100 m
BN2 8AU 102 m
BN2 8AE 129 m
BN2 8AD 130 m
BN2 8AJ 150 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN2 8AF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN2
Postcode sector
BN2 8
Latitude
50.803782
Longitude
-0.047248
British National Grid easting
537,694
British National Grid northing
102,287

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Brighton and Hove · E06000043
Parish or community
E43000034
Output area
E00085636
Lower layer super output area
Brighton and Hove 033C · E01016959
Middle layer super output area
Brighton and Hove 033 · E02003523

Postcode source versions

Explore BN2

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
27, Lenham Road East, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8AF 4 July 2025 £850,000
8, Lenham Road East, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8AF 6 May 2021 £640,000
25, Lenham Road East, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8AF 17 March 2021 £465,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
10
Secondary
2
  1. St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean

    Voluntary aided school

    665 m
  2. Saltdean Primary School

    Community school

    695 m
  3. Our Lady of Lourdes RC School

    Voluntary aided school

    890 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
403
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 147
  • Anti social behaviour 67
  • Public order 43
  • Criminal damage and arson 31
  • Other theft 26

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
49
22 female, 27 male
Postcode households
16
Residents per household
3.1
BN2 8 residents
8,700

Age bands in BN2 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%
1,212 residents
Age 15 to 24
8.7%
761 residents
Age 25 to 44
19.8%
1,734 residents
Age 45 to 64
30.6%
2,683 residents
Age 65 and over
27.1%
2,375 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN2 8 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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • SALTDEAN AND ROTTINGDEAN MED PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G81076

    826 m

  • HAVENSHEALTH

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

    ODS code G81100

    3.4 km

  • WOODINGDEAN MEDICAL CENTRE

    WARREN ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN2 6BA

    ODS code G81065

    4.3 km

  • BROADWAY SURGERY

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

    ODS code G81669

    4.9 km

  • WELLSBOURNE HEALTHCARE CIC

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

    ODS code Y06007

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Lenham Road East

    BCT · Saltdean

    102 m
  • Grand Crescent

    BCT · Saltdean

    160 m
  • Lenham Road East

    BCT · Saltdean

    185 m
  • Founthill Road

    BCT · Saltdean

    192 m
  • Cranleigh Avenue

    BCT · Saltdean

    237 m

Relative deprivation

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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,048 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
8 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 £850,000 from 1 recorded sale in BN2 8AF. 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

15 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean is the nearest published school at 665 m.

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

Recorded crime

403 published events cover 12 months, averaging 34 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 147 events.

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