BN3 8EX

Hangleton & Knoll · Brighton and Hove · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Brighton and Hove
Constituency
Hove and Portslade
Postcode district
BN3
Postcode sector
BN3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BN3 8FD 523 m
BN3 8EG 528 m
BN3 8EJ 564 m
BN3 8FB 585 m
BN3 8EH 614 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN3 8EX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN3
Postcode sector
BN3 8
Latitude
50.857864
Longitude
-0.206660
British National Grid easting
526,316
British National Grid northing
108,016

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Brighton and Hove · E06000043
Parish or community
E43000034
Westminster constituency
Hove and Portslade · E14001296
Output area
E00085223
Lower layer super output area
Brighton and Hove 006D · E01016885
Middle layer super output area
Brighton and Hove 006 · E02003496

Postcode source versions

Explore BN3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
51
Primary
29
Secondary
9
  1. King's School

    Free schools

    1.1 km
  2. West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km
  3. Hangleton Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
686
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 308
  • Anti social behaviour 116
  • Criminal damage and arson 59
  • Public order 58
  • Other theft 39

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BN3 8 residents
8,410

Age bands in BN3 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.1%

1,592 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.8%

901 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.4%

2,036 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

2,230 residents

Age 65 and over
18.9%

1,577 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • MILE OAK MEDICAL CENTRE

    CHALKY ROAD, PORTSLADE, BRIGHTON, BN41 2WF

    ODS code G81073

    1.6 km

  • HOVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WEST WAY, HOVE, BN3 8LD

    ODS code G81001

    1.6 km

  • PORTSLADE HEALTH CENTRE

    CHURCH ROAD, PORTSLADE, BRIGHTON, BN41 1LX

    ODS code G81046

    2.7 km

  • WISH PARK SURGERY

    191A PORTLAND ROAD, HOVE, BN3 5JA

    ODS code G81083

    2.9 km

  • TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 GOLDSTONE VILLAS, HOVE, BN3 3AT

    ODS code G81070

    3.8 km

  • CHARTER MEDICAL CENTRE

    88 DAVIGDOR ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1RF

    ODS code G81034

    4.6 km

  • BEACONSFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    175 PRESTON ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6AG

    ODS code G81042

    4.6 km

  • STANFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    175 PRESTON ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6AG

    ODS code G81038

    4.6 km

  • THE HAVEN PRACTICE

    100 BEACONSFIELD VILLAS, BRIGHTON, BN1 6HE

    ODS code G81646

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Warenne Road

    BCT · Hangleton

    0.3 miles
  • Warenne Road

    BCT · Hangleton

    0.3 miles
  • Northfield Rise

    BCT · Hangleton

    0.4 miles
  • Northfield Rise

    BCT · Hangleton

    0.4 miles
  • Bottom of Downsview

    BCT · Hangleton

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Brighton and Hove 006D, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,570 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
3 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

Schools

51 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 9 secondary schools. King's School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

686 published events cover 12 months, averaging 57.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 308 events.

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