What is the safest area of Brighton?

Of the BN districts with recorded-crime data, BN8 has the lowest crime rate (36 per 1,000), and BN1 the highest (1,045). Crime is heavily concentrated around the city centre, so residential districts on the edge usually record far less.

Where are the cheapest and most expensive areas of Brighton?

By average sold price across BN districts, BN21 is the cheapest (£282,791) and BN6 the most expensive (£664,381), with a city average of £438,231. Prices are averages of what actually sold, from HM Land Registry.

Brighton by area

The BN postcode area covers Brighton and its immediate surrounds, spanning 37 postcode districts. A city is never one thing, so here is how those districts actually compare on the numbers that matter, from the lowest to the highest, with the city average and the national picture for context. Every district links to its full data.

The spread across Brighton

bar = range across districts (lowest to highest) · line = city average · dashed = national

Recorded crime, per 1,000 (30 districts with data)

Lowest: BN8 (36)City avg 319 · UK district avg 250Highest: BN1 (1,045)

Average sold price

Cheapest: BN21 (£282,791)City avg £438,231Priciest: BN6 (£664,381)

Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)

Most deprived: BN50 (2/10)City avg 5.9/10 · national midpoint 5.5Least deprived: BN12 (8/10)

Every Brighton district, safest first

District	Crime /1,000	Avg price	Deprivation
BN8	36	£586,299	6/10
BN5	105	£610,424	8/10
BN18	109	£485,965	6/10
BN24	109	£370,656	6/10
BN44	122	£479,702	8/10
BN25	132	£382,194	7/10
BN26	134	£390,845	7/10
BN20	174	£437,286	8/10
BN15	177	£358,939	6/10
BN12	183	£457,546	8/10
BN6	187	£664,381	8/10
BN14	193	£424,897	8/10
BN27	195	£384,824	6/10
BN7	197	£577,492	7/10
BN13	201	£381,198	6/10
BN16	210	£472,591	7/10
BN43	276	£439,528	7/10
BN10	277	£348,584	5/10
BN22	399	£302,648	4/10
BN3	418	£552,909	6/10
BN17	422	£340,587	4/10
BN23	435	£291,474	5/10
BN99	442	—	3/10
BN42	479	£444,805	6/10
BN9	484	£304,732	4/10
BN2	528	£473,071	5/10
BN41	568	£387,817	5/10
BN11	605	£353,862	5/10
BN21	738	£282,791	5/10
BN1	1,045	£533,895	6/10
BN45	—	£625,000	6/10

The BN postcode area is used as a practical proxy for Brighton; it includes some surrounding places and may not match the council boundary. Crime is per 1,000 properties from Police.uk and is weighted by city-centre and retail activity; districts with very few homes (business parks and the like) are left out of the crime figures because the per-1,000 rate is distorted where there are almost no residents. Prices are averages of recorded sales from HM Land Registry. Deprivation is the English Indices of Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived). All figures are indicative, not a regulated search. Read the crime and deprivation guides for how to interpret them.