What is the safest area of Brighton?

Of the BN districts with recorded-crime data, BN8 has the lowest crime rate (58 per 1,000), and BN1 the highest (870). 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, BN9 is the cheapest (£303,043) and BN45 the most expensive (£1,027,966), with a city average of £466,882. 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 (58)City avg 273 · UK district avg 228Highest: BN1 (870)

Average sold price

Cheapest: BN9 (£303,043)City avg £466,882Priciest: BN45 (£1,027,966)

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	58	£634,790	6/10
BN5	77	£639,042	8/10
BN24	99	£383,615	6/10
BN18	101	£504,193	6/10
BN25	113	£389,201	7/10
BN26	128	£375,968	7/10
BN44	137	£505,559	8/10
BN12	147	£457,365	8/10
BN6	148	£666,841	8/10
BN27	150	£412,681	6/10
BN16	157	£471,682	7/10
BN20	163	£431,758	8/10
BN15	172	£352,813	6/10
BN13	181	£377,681	6/10
BN10	194	£351,449	5/10
BN7	201	£583,717	7/10
BN14	227	£451,178	8/10
BN43	284	£550,336	7/10
BN99	295	—	3/10
BN42	306	£431,808	6/10
BN17	313	£366,718	4/10
BN3	324	£547,348	6/10
BN22	353	£325,192	4/10
BN23	353	£518,869	5/10
BN11	418	£334,095	5/10
BN9	453	£303,043	4/10
BN2	484	£435,052	5/10
BN41	613	£364,808	5/10
BN21	665	£305,025	5/10
BN1	870	£506,677	6/10
BN45	—	£1,027,966	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.