BN2 8AQ

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 8AS 80 m
BN2 8FE 114 m
BN2 8AN 117 m
BN2 8AP 137 m
BN2 8AL 144 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN2 8AQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN2
Postcode sector
BN2 8
Latitude
50.807616
Longitude
-0.045286
British National Grid easting
537,821
British National Grid northing
102,717

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Brighton and Hove · E06000043
Parish or community
E43000034
Output area
E00085635
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

54 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
15, Chorley Avenue, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8AQ 11 March 2024 £403,000
20, Chorley Avenue, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8AQ 29 September 2023 £390,000
16, Chorley Avenue, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8AQ 18 August 2023 £637,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
10
Secondary
2
  1. Saltdean Primary School

    Community school

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

    Voluntary aided school

    755 m
  3. Our Lady of Lourdes RC School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
425
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 159
  • Anti social behaviour 71
  • Public order 45
  • Criminal damage and arson 31
  • Other theft 27

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
108

53 female, 55 male

Postcode households
41
Residents per household
2.6
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 1.2% 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 Spring 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

    895 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

    4.0 km

  • BROADWAY SURGERY

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

    ODS code G81669

    4.8 km

  • WELLSBOURNE HEALTHCARE CIC

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

    ODS code Y06007

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Lustrells Crescent

    BCT · Saltdean

    0.1 miles
  • Chorley Avenue

    BCT · Saltdean

    0.1 miles
  • Lustrells Crescent

    BCT · Saltdean

    0.1 miles
  • Chorley Avenue

    BCT · Saltdean

    0.1 miles
  • Bishopstone Drive

    BCT · Saltdean

    0.1 miles

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 £396,500 from 4 recorded sales in BN2 8AQ. 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. Saltdean Primary School is the nearest published school at 375 m.

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

Recorded crime

425 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 159 events.

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