Schools
33 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 5 secondary schools. Mile Oak Primary School is the nearest published school at 624 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN41 2RT
North Portslade · Brighton and Hove · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Brighton
- Ward
- North Portslade
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Hove and Portslade
- Postcode district
- BN41
- Postcode sector
- BN41 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN41 2RT
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 July 1990
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN41
- Postcode sector
- BN41 2
- Latitude
- 50.855083
- Longitude
- -0.235438
- British National Grid easting
- 524,298
- British National Grid northing
- 107,658
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Brighton and Hove · E06000043
- Electoral ward
- North Portslade · E05015407
- Parish or community
- E43000034
- Westminster constituency
- Hove and Portslade · E14001296
- Output area
- E00085405
- Lower layer super output area
- Brighton and Hove 005A · E01016916
- Middle layer super output area
- Brighton and Hove 005 · E02003495
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 BN41
Property
12 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1, Westway Close, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 2RT | 20 November 2020 | £390,000 |
| 5, Westway Close, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 2RT | 4 May 2018 | £365,000 |
| 3, Westway Close, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 2RT | 16 April 2014 | £210,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 33
- Primary
- 21
- Secondary
- 5
- 624 m
Mile Oak Primary School
Community school
- 843 m
Portslade Aldridge Community Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 1.4 km
Holmbush Primary Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 784
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 274
- Shoplifting 176
- Anti social behaviour 111
- Criminal damage and arson 57
- Public order 50
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 35
- Postcode households
- 16
- Residents per household
- 2.2
- BN41 2 residents
- 14,485
17 female, 18 male
Age bands in BN41 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.2%
2,626 residents
1,499 residents
3,736 residents
4,066 residents
2,484 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN41 2 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.
Planning applications
Mapped applications within 1,000 metres of this postcode point.
- Available records
- 8
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 5
- Latest available record date
- 6 February 2024
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/0162/24 Submitted 6 February 2024 985 m away
Single storey rear extension and rear dormer with rear decking.
163 Downsway Southwick West Sussex BN42 4WF
- AWDM/1526/23 Submitted 2 November 2023 985 m away
Householder application for permitted development for prior approval for single storey extension to rear of property measuring 4.5m from rear wall of the original dwelling, maximum height 3.78m and height of eaves of the extension 2.59m
163 Downsway Southwick West Sussex BN42 4WF
- AWDM/0553/23 Submitted 20 April 2023 948 m away
Construction of a raised permeable driveway/ parking space, with 1m high retaining gabion wall
151 Downsway Southwick West Sussex BN42 4WF
- AWDM/1620/21 Submitted 1 September 2021 956 m away
Hip to gable roof extension; 2no. rear dormers, front rooflights; new front steps with balustrade; and removal of earth bank in order to create a vehicular hardstanding area.
172 Downsway Southwick Brighton West Sussex BN42 4WF
- AWDM/0424/21 Submitted 16 March 2021 985 m away
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for proposed enlarged dormer to rear roofslope
163 Downsway Southwick Brighton West Sussex BN42 4WF
- AWDM/0563/20 Submitted 7 April 2020 906 m away
Application for certificate of lawfulness for proposed single-storey rear extension with dummy pitch to north-west elevation, rooms in roof with hip to gable roof enlargement to south-west, rear dormer to north-west and 4no. rooflights to south-east.
156 Downsway Southwick Brighton West Sussex BN42 4WF
- AWDM/0312/18 Submitted 21 March 2018 966 m away
Ground floor side extension to west elevation
176 Downsway Southwick Brighton West Sussex BN42 4WF
- AWDM/1706/17 Submitted 10 November 2017 903 m away
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed hip to gable roof extension, rear dormer with Juliet balcony, front roof lights and single-storey rear extension.
154 Downsway Southwick Brighton West Sussex BN42 4WF
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
5
within 5 km
MILE OAK MEDICAL CENTRE
CHALKY ROAD, PORTSLADE, BRIGHTON, BN41 2WF
ODS code G81073
755 m
PORTSLADE HEALTH CENTRE
CHURCH ROAD, PORTSLADE, BRIGHTON, BN41 1LX
ODS code G81046
2.9 km
HOVE MEDICAL CENTRE
WEST WAY, HOVE, BN3 8LD
ODS code G81001
3.0 km
ADUR HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
THE HEALTH CENTRE, POND ROAD, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, BN43 5US
ODS code H82023
3.6 km
WISH PARK SURGERY
191A PORTLAND ROAD, HOVE, BN3 5JA
ODS code G81083
4.0 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Chrisdory Road
BCT · Mile Oak
- 0.2 miles
Stanley Avenue
BCT · Mile Oak
- 0.3 miles
Mile Oak Road Shops
BCT · Mile Oak
- 0.3 miles
Graham Avenue Shops
BCT · Mile Oak
- 0.4 miles
Hole in the Wall
BCT · Mile Oak
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Brighton and Hove 005A, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
19,202 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 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
Recorded crime
784 published events cover 12 months, averaging 65.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 274 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.