Schools
50 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 7 secondary schools. Benfield Primary School is the nearest published school at 217 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN4 2BD
South Portslade · Brighton and Hove · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- South Portslade
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Hove and Portslade
- Postcode district
- BN4
- Postcode sector
- BN4 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN4 2BD
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1990
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN4
- Postcode sector
- BN4 2
- Latitude
- 50.838914
- Longitude
- -0.211874
- British National Grid easting
- 526,000
- British National Grid northing
- 105,900
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Brighton and Hove · E06000043
- Electoral ward
- South Portslade · E05015414
- Parish or community
- E43000034
- Westminster constituency
- Hove and Portslade · E14001296
- Output area
- E00085733
- Lower layer super output area
- Brighton and Hove 012E · E01016978
- Middle layer super output area
- Brighton and Hove 012 · E02003502
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 BN4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 50
- Primary
- 30
- Secondary
- 7
- 217 m
Benfield Primary School
Academy converter
- 347 m
Brackenbury Primary School
Community school
- 370 m
St Nicolas CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,998
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,081
- Anti social behaviour 493
- Public order 280
- Shoplifting 259
- Criminal damage and arson 234
Planning applications
Mapped applications within 1,000 metres of this postcode point.
- Available records
- 137
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 61
- Latest available record date
- 29 July 2025
Adur District Council
Partial beta coverage
This beta dataset covers only Adur, Camden, Doncaster and Worthing and is not a complete national planning register. Doncaster records have no published coordinates, so they cannot be matched to local reports.
Latest available applications
- AWDM/0899/25 Submitted 29 July 2025 929 m away
Vehicle access and hardstanding
155 Manor Hall Road Southwick West Sussex BN42 4NQ
- AWDM/0751/25 Submitted 13 June 2025 874 m away
Retention of altered pre-existing outbuildings (retrospective application)
Fishersgate Forge Mill Road Southwick West Sussex BN41 1PD
- AWDM/0655/25 Submitted 23 May 2025 910 m away
Advert consent for internally and externally illuminated street totem and building signage; flags and poles to car dealership
Eastbrook Garage 312 Old Shoreham Road Southwick West Sussex BN42 4LN
- AWDM/0368/25 Submitted 24 March 2025 714 m away
Proposed flat roof rear extension
29 Manor Close Southwick West Sussex BN42 4NW
- AWDM/0385/25 Submitted 24 March 2025 842 m away
Removal of conservatory and extension and erection of new single storey rear extension and room in roof with rear dormer and front roof lights. Rear first floor Juliet balcony.
24 St Richards Road Southwick West Sussex BN41 1PA
- AWDM/0355/25 Submitted 21 March 2025 776 m away
Installing a gravel drive and vehicular access to the front of the property
19 Gardner Road Southwick West Sussex BN41 1PN
- AWDM/0202/25 Submitted 18 February 2025 910 m away
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 17 (Soft and Hard Landscaping) of application reference number AWDM/1032/21.
Eastbrook Garage 312 Old Shoreham Road Southwick West Sussex BN42 4LN
- AWDM/0055/25 Submitted 16 January 2025 689 m away
Erection of one detached two storey house
212 Manor Hall Road Southwick West Sussex BN42 4NH
- AWDM/1224/24 Submitted 1 October 2024 993 m away
Proposed vehicular access and hard surfacing.
129 Manor Hall Road Southwick West Sussex BN42 4NQ
- AWDM/0713/24 Submitted 10 June 2024 813 m away
2no. externally illuminated totem street signs; 1 no. non-illuminated 5m high totem street sign; 4no. non-illuminated way finding signs; 3no. internally illuminated car brand totem signs, 1no. fascia sign with halo lighting and various non illuminated brand facade signage on south, east and west elevations
Land Opposite 269 To 287 Old Shoreham Road Southwick West Sussex
- AWDM/0729/24 Submitted 10 June 2024 677 m away
Change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to independent school (F1) (retrospective)
221 Manor Hall Road Southwick West Sussex BN42 4NR
- AWDM/0270/24 Submitted 27 March 2024 989 m away
Self contained garden studio
131 Manor Hall Road Southwick West Sussex BN42 4NQ
Source: MHCLG Planning Data, snapshot 2025-09-17, version 2025-09-17-beta. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Record dates use the submitted date where published, otherwise the decision date.
GP practices
13
within 5 km
PORTSLADE HEALTH CENTRE
CHURCH ROAD, PORTSLADE, BRIGHTON, BN41 1LX
ODS code G81046
591 m
HOVE MEDICAL CENTRE
WEST WAY, HOVE, BN3 8LD
ODS code G81001
1.3 km
WISH PARK SURGERY
191A PORTLAND ROAD, HOVE, BN3 5JA
ODS code G81083
1.7 km
MILE OAK MEDICAL CENTRE
CHALKY ROAD, PORTSLADE, BRIGHTON, BN41 2WF
ODS code G81073
1.7 km
TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE
1 GOLDSTONE VILLAS, HOVE, BN3 3AT
ODS code G81070
2.9 km
CHARTER MEDICAL CENTRE
88 DAVIGDOR ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1RF
ODS code G81034
4.0 km
WELLBN HEALTHCARE
18-19 WESTERN ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1AE
ODS code G81638
4.2 km
ADUR HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
THE HEALTH CENTRE, POND ROAD, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, BN43 5US
ODS code H82023
4.4 km
BEACONSFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
175 PRESTON ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6AG
ODS code G81042
4.5 km
STANFORD MEDICAL CENTRE
175 PRESTON ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6AG
ODS code G81038
4.5 km
MONTPELIER SURGERY
2 VICTORIA ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 3FS
ODS code G81044
4.6 km
SEVEN DIALS MEDICAL CENTRE
24 MONTPELIER CRESCENT, BRIGHTON, BN1 3JJ
ODS code G81047
4.6 km
THE HAVEN PRACTICE
100 BEACONSFIELD VILLAS, BRIGHTON, BN1 6HE
ODS code G81646
4.9 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Romany Close
BCT · Portslade
- 0.1 miles
Romany Close
BCT · Portslade
- 0.1 miles
Highlands Road
BCT · Portslade
- 0.1 miles
Benfield Way
BCT · Portslade
- 0.1 miles
Highlands Road
BCT · Portslade
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Brighton and Hove 012E, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
6,207 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 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
2,998 published events cover 12 months, averaging 249.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,081 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.