Schools
73 open schools are in scope, including 40 primary and 9 secondary schools. St Christopher's School is the nearest published school at 386 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN3 5QW
Westbourne & Poets' Corner · Brighton and Hove · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Hove and Portslade
- Postcode district
- BN3
- Postcode sector
- BN3 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN3 5QW
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 October 2009
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN3
- Postcode sector
- BN3 5
- Latitude
- 50.833393
- Longitude
- -0.184009
- British National Grid easting
- 527,977
- British National Grid northing
- 105,334
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Brighton and Hove · E06000043
- Electoral ward
- Westbourne & Poets' Corner · E05015416
- Parish or community
- E43000034
- Westminster constituency
- Hove and Portslade · E14001296
- Output area
- E00085794
- Lower layer super output area
- Brighton and Hove 023A · E01016987
- Middle layer super output area
- Brighton and Hove 023 · E02003513
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BN3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 73
- Primary
- 40
- Secondary
- 9
- 386 m
St Christopher's School
Other independent school
- 426 m
The Lioncare School
Other independent special school
- 539 m
Hove Junior School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,347
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,293
- Anti social behaviour 676
- Shoplifting 636
- Public order 371
- Other theft 364
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BN3 5 residents
- 11,478
Age bands in BN3 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.7%
2,175 residents
1,135 residents
3,286 residents
3,439 residents
1,595 residents
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.
GP practices
22
within 5 km straight-line
WISH PARK SURGERY
191A PORTLAND ROAD, HOVE, BN3 5JA
ODS code G81083
405 m
TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE
1 GOLDSTONE VILLAS, HOVE, BN3 3AT
ODS code G81070
882 m
HOVE MEDICAL CENTRE
WEST WAY, HOVE, BN3 8LD
ODS code G81001
1.5 km
CHARTER MEDICAL CENTRE
88 DAVIGDOR ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1RF
ODS code G81034
1.9 km
PORTSLADE HEALTH CENTRE
CHURCH ROAD, PORTSLADE, BRIGHTON, BN41 1LX
ODS code G81046
2.1 km
WELLBN HEALTHCARE
18-19 WESTERN ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1AE
ODS code G81638
2.2 km
MONTPELIER SURGERY
2 VICTORIA ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 3FS
ODS code G81044
2.6 km
BEACONSFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
175 PRESTON ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6AG
ODS code G81042
2.6 km
STANFORD MEDICAL CENTRE
175 PRESTON ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6AG
ODS code G81038
2.6 km
SEVEN DIALS MEDICAL CENTRE
24 MONTPELIER CRESCENT, BRIGHTON, BN1 3JJ
ODS code G81047
2.6 km
BRIGHTON STATION HEALTH CENTRE
ASPECT HOUSE, 84-87 QUEENS ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 3XE
ODS code Y02676
3.1 km
THE HAVEN PRACTICE
100 BEACONSFIELD VILLAS, BRIGHTON, BN1 6HE
ODS code G81646
3.1 km
PRESTON PARK SURGERY
2A FLORENCE ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6DP
ODS code G81018
3.1 km
SHIP STREET SURGERY
65-67 SHIP STREET, BRIGHTON, BN1 1AE
ODS code G81694
3.3 km
ST. PETER'S MEDICAL CENTRE
30-36 OXFORD STREET, BRIGHTON, BN1 4LA
ODS code G81011
3.5 km
MILE OAK MEDICAL CENTRE
CHALKY ROAD, PORTSLADE, BRIGHTON, BN41 2WF
ODS code G81073
3.6 km
REGENCY SURGERY
4 OLD STEINE, BRIGHTON, BN1 1FZ
ODS code G81656
3.6 km
ARCH HEALTHCARE
MORLEY STREET, BRIGHTON, BN2 9DH
ODS code G81689
3.6 km
PAVILION SURGERY
2 OLD STEINE, BRIGHTON, BN1 1EJ
ODS code G81054
3.6 km
ARDINGLY COURT SURGERY
1 ARDINGLY STREET, BRIGHTON, BN2 1SS
ODS code G81006
3.8 km
Showing 20 of 22 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Scott Road
BCT · Hove
- 0.1 miles
Westbourne Street
BCT · Hove
- 0.1 miles
Westbourne Street
BCT · Hove
- 0.2 miles
Scott Road
BCT · Hove
- 0.2 miles
Aldrington Rail Station
RSE · Hove
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Brighton and Hove 023A, 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
23,982 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
4,347 published events cover 12 months, averaging 362.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,293 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.