BN3 postcode area guide — Brighton and Hove
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BN3 postcode district in Brighton and Hove — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BN3
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
98.2%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
83%
Gigabit-capable
74.6%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the BN3 postcode district (Brighton and Hove) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 1,421 postcodes Ofcom measures in BN3, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 98.2% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 74.6%.
Around 0% of premises in BN3 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in BN3
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BN3 1AE | 100% | 45.1% |
| BN3 1AF | 100% | 9.5% |
| BN3 1AG | 100% | 0% |
| BN3 1AH | 100% | 0% |
| BN3 1AJ | 88.9% | 29.6% |
| BN3 1AL | 100% | 87.5% |
| BN3 1AN | 100% | 25% |
| BN3 1AP | 100% | 0% |
| BN3 1AQ | 100% | 0% |
| BN3 1AR | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Brighton and Hove
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Brighton And Hove district (145,459 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
97.7%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.8%
5G outdoors — all networks
89.7%
Voice indoors — all networks
98%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in BN3
Police recorded 485 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BN3 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 136 | 28.0% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 120 | 24.7% |
| Shoplifting | 57 | 11.8% |
| Public order | 49 | 10.1% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 29 | 6.0% |
| Other theft | 28 | 5.8% |
| Vehicle crime | 18 | 3.7% |
| Drugs | 14 | 2.9% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in BN3
Based on 920 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in BN3 is £429,000, up 2.1% on the previous year (£420,000).
Detached
£960,000
83 sales
Semi-detached
£674,000
139 sales
Terraced
£625,000
150 sales
Flat / maisonette
£320,000
516 sales
Latest recorded sales in BN3
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £372,000 | Flat | Denmark Villas | BN3 3TE |
| 20 May 2026 | £490,000 | Semi-detached | Broad Rig Avenue | BN3 8EW |
| 19 May 2026 | £195,000 | Flat | Brunswick Road | BN3 1DH |
| 15 May 2026 | £1,520,000 | Detached | Hove Park Road | BN3 6LA |
| 15 May 2026 | £225,000 | Flat | St Catherines Terrace | BN3 2RQ |
| 12 May 2026 | £160,000 | Flat | Wilbury Road | BN3 3PA |
| 11 May 2026 | £188,000 | Flat | St Aubyns | BN3 2TH |
| 8 May 2026 | £524,000 | Terraced | Cambridge Grove | BN3 3ED |
| 8 May 2026 | £730,000 | Detached | The Droveway | BN3 6PP |
| 8 May 2026 | £725,000 | Terraced | Goldstone Lane | BN3 7RN |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Brighton and Hove demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Brighton and Hove district (277,104 residents, 121,402 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15.1% |
| 15–29 | 30.5% |
| 30–44 | 21.3% |
| 45–64 | 19.1% |
| 65+ | 14.1% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 51.4% |
| Private rented | 32.9% |
| Social rented | 5.3% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around BN3
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal Newman Catholic School | Secondary | 11–18 | 2,657 | BN3 6ND |
| Blatchington Mill School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,622 | BN3 7BW |
| Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre | Secondary | 11–18 | 941 | BN3 7BN |
| King's School | Secondary | 11–19 | 925 | BN3 8BN |
| Hove Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 671 | BN3 5JA |
| Goldstone Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 659 | BN3 7JW |
| St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 648 | BN3 3YT |
| Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove | Primary | 4–11 | 614 | BN3 7QA |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in BN3
667 rated food businesses operate in BN3. 506 hold the top rating of 5, 76 are rated 4, and 12 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 17 Grams, 44 Poets, 800 Degrees Pizza, 9 Vines, A1 Newsagents.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in BN3
From a sample of 595 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 BN3 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 37% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
1%
Band B
2%
Band C
34%
Band D
39%
Band E
17%
Band F
5%
Band G
2%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Brighton and Hove
Landlines around BN3 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.