BN5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Henfield, Nep Town and West End, in Horsham.
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 BN5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 8% of people in BN5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BN5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BN5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BN5 at a rate of 55.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 101.8 per 1,000 people across the BN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 37 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BN5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (177), other crime (101) and anti-social behaviour (77).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BN5 was 50.1 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 BN5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BN5 has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BN5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horsham 014A | 1,343 | 42.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 23.5% |
| Horsham 014B | 1,530 | 98.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 50.3% |
| Horsham 014C | 2,540 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 73.2% |
| Horsham 014D | 1,900 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.2% |
MPs for BN5
- Andrew GriffithConservativeMP for Arundel and South Downs91% of BN5’s postcodes
- Alison BennettLiberal DemocratMP for Mid Sussex5.2% of BN5’s postcodes
- John MilneLiberal DemocratMP for Horsham3.5% of BN5’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 BN51
Postcode sectors in BN52
Council1
Postcode districts next to BN58
More in the BN postcode area2
BN5 in brief
BN5 is a postcode district covering Henfield, Nep Town and West End, in Horsham.
About 8,259 people lived in BN5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £560,000 in 2025 across 110 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 55.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BN5 was £560,000 in 2025.
BN5 had 8,257 usual residents at the census.
About 8% of people in BN5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BN5, 62.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.