BN3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Brighton and Hove, Aldrington and West Blatchington, in Brighton and Hove.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an BN3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in BN3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BN3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BN3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BN3 at a rate of 83.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 101.8 per 1,000 people across the BN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 703 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BN3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,923), anti-social behaviour (1,521) and other crime (1,439).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BN3 was 84.1 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in BN3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BN3 has no single figure. Of its 50 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BN3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton and Hove 006A | 1,540 | 46.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Brighton and Hove 006B | 1,515 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Brighton and Hove 006C | 1,689 | 88.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Brighton and Hove 006D | 1,419 | 106.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.0% |
| Brighton and Hove 006E | 1,588 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| Brighton and Hove 007A | 1,673 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.2% |
| Brighton and Hove 007B | 1,319 | 17.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Brighton and Hove 007C | 1,494 | 30.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| Brighton and Hove 007D | 1,517 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| Brighton and Hove 007E | 1,581 | 30.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 83.7% |
| Brighton and Hove 011A | 1,651 | 91.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| Brighton and Hove 013A | 1,538 | 153.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| Brighton and Hove 013B | 1,387 | 116.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Brighton and Hove 013C | 1,552 | 119.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| Brighton and Hove 013D | 1,471 | 51.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.7% |
| Brighton and Hove 013E | 1,529 | 82.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Brighton and Hove 016A | 1,837 | 118.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 71.1% |
| Brighton and Hove 016B | 1,689 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Brighton and Hove 016C | 1,739 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.3% |
| Brighton and Hove 016D | 1,898 | 87.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Brighton and Hove 019A | 1,684 | 305.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.3% |
| Brighton and Hove 019B | 1,767 | 66.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.5% |
| Brighton and Hove 019C | 1,791 | 50.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| Brighton and Hove 019D | 1,799 | 111.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 76.5% |
| Brighton and Hove 019E | 1,850 | 23.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.1% |
| Brighton and Hove 020A | 1,608 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.0% |
| Brighton and Hove 020B | 1,906 | 42.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 78.1% |
| Brighton and Hove 020C | 1,540 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.9% |
| Brighton and Hove 020D | 1,792 | 108.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.2% |
| Brighton and Hove 020E | 1,804 | 43.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 80.6% |
| Brighton and Hove 021C | 1,766 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.8% |
| Brighton and Hove 021D | 1,723 | 70.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.1% |
| Brighton and Hove 021E | 1,668 | 67.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.7% |
| Brighton and Hove 023A | 1,723 | 54.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.4% |
| Brighton and Hove 023B | 1,489 | 82.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.0% |
| Brighton and Hove 023C | 1,555 | 143.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.3% |
| Brighton and Hove 023D | 1,719 | 100.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.8% |
| Brighton and Hove 026A | 1,528 | 89.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 16.7% |
| Brighton and Hove 026B | 1,579 | 95.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 46.4% |
| Brighton and Hove 026C | 1,869 | 51.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 51.0% |
| Brighton and Hove 026D | 1,576 | 129.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.0% |
| Brighton and Hove 026E | 1,628 | 67.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 49.8% |
| Brighton and Hove 028A | 1,580 | 196.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 40.4% |
| Brighton and Hove 028B | 1,463 | 84.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 32.0% |
| Brighton and Hove 028C | 1,388 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 49.9% |
| Brighton and Hove 028D | 1,631 | 49.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 64.8% |
| Brighton and Hove 028E | 1,514 | 91.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 79.2% |
| Brighton and Hove 029A | 1,614 | 105.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 41.2% |
| Brighton and Hove 029B | 1,725 | 120.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 31.5% |
| Brighton and Hove 029C | 1,601 | 65.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 27.0% |
MPs for BN3
- Peter KyleLabourMP for Hove and Portslade100% of BN3’s postcodes
- Siân BerryGreen PartyMP for Brighton Pavilion0.1% of BN3’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in BN311
Postcode sectors in BN38
Council1
Towns in BN31
Postcode districts next to BN34
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BN postcode area2
BN3 in brief
BN3 is a postcode district covering Brighton and Hove, Aldrington and West Blatchington, in Brighton and Hove.
About 82,452 people lived in BN3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £445,000 in 2025 across 1,317 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 83.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BN3 was £445,000 in 2025.
BN3 had 80,401 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in BN3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BN3, 78.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.