BN2 1AL
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Property report — BN2 1AL
Open-data due diligence for BN2 1AL and the area around it.
BN2 1AL in brief: 47 recorded sales (£43,000–£2,780,000) · no modelled flood risk · 6 schools nearby.
What scope is each figure? Sold sales, broadband and flood risk are for BN2 1AL itself. Where open data isn't published that finely (population, crime, schools), we show the BN2 1 sector — each figure below is tagged with its scope.
Avg sold price
£434,834
Population
19,480
Crimes recorded
181
Schools
28
Flood risk
None modelled
Gigabit broadband
80%
Sold-price trend (1995–2026)
Annual sold price in BN2 1, 1995–2026 — mean (blue) and median (terracotta). The median is the typical sale; a wide gap to the mean means a few high-value sales pull the average up. 2026 is a part year (47 sales so far). Hover a point for both figures. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
Sold prices on this postcode
| Date | Price | Address | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-11 | £280,000 | BASEMENT FLAT, 12 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 2025-05-15 | £2,780,000 | 9 ROYAL CRESCENT | Terraced |
| 2023-02-24 | £404,000 | FLAT 1, 2 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 2022-12-09 | £895,000 | MAISONETTE, 2 ROYAL CRESCENT | Detached |
| 2022-09-02 | £425,000 | FLAT 3, 6 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 2022-06-28 | £480,000 | BASEMENT FLAT, 13 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 2021-06-25 | £2,000,000 | 14 ROYAL CRESCENT | Terraced |
| 2021-06-18 | £2,300,000 | 8 ROYAL CRESCENT | Other |
| 2020-05-13 | £1,880,000 | 5 ROYAL CRESCENT | Terraced |
| 2019-07-24 | £1,880,000 | 11 ROYAL CRESCENT | Terraced |
| 2017-08-22 | £1,450,000 | 13 ROYAL CRESCENT | Terraced |
| 2016-10-13 | £825,000 | 12 ROYAL CRESCENT | Other |
| 2014-10-21 | £249,000 | BASEMENT FLAT, 10 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 2014-10-21 | £1,350,000 | 10 ROYAL CRESCENT | Terraced |
| 2013-05-17 | £1,600,000 | 11 ROYAL CRESCENT | Terraced |
| 2011-09-01 | £1,525,000 | 9 ROYAL CRESCENT | Terraced |
| 2011-07-18 | £275,000 | BASEMENT FLAT, 2 ROYAL CRESCENT | Terraced |
| 2009-12-10 | £1,310,000 | 8 ROYAL CRESCENT | Terraced |
| 2007-10-12 | £1,425,000 | 9 ROYAL CRESCENT | Terraced |
| 2007-05-17 | £1,525,000 | 4 ROYAL CRESCENT | Detached |
| 2007-01-09 | £500,000 | MAISONETTE, 2 ROYAL CRESCENT | Detached |
| 2006-11-30 | £298,000 | FLAT 2, 6 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 2006-11-08 | £282,500 | BASEMENT, 2 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 2005-10-11 | £820,000 | 3 ROYAL CRESCENT | Terraced |
| 2004-12-21 | £1,233,000 | 5 ROYAL CRESCENT | Terraced |
| 2004-08-17 | £120,000 | BASEMENT, 2 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 2004-01-23 | £220,000 | FLAT 4, 6 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 2003-11-14 | £225,000 | FLAT 2, 6 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 2003-08-11 | £210,000 | FLAT 5, 6 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 2002-08-15 | £179,950 | FLAT 3, 1 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 2002-04-10 | £660,000 | 14 ROYAL CRESCENT | Detached |
| 2002-04-05 | £830,000 | 5 ROYAL CRESCENT | Terraced |
| 2001-07-27 | £765,000 | 11 ROYAL CRESCENT | Terraced |
| 2001-05-04 | £141,500 | FLAT 5, 6 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 2000-09-28 | £760,000 | 4 ROYAL CRESCENT | Detached |
| 1999-10-08 | £115,000 | FLAT 3, 1 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 1999-08-24 | £100,000 | BASEMENT, 13 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 1998-07-31 | £60,000 | BASEMENT, 12 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 1998-07-10 | £416,000 | 9 ROYAL CRESCENT | Terraced |
| 1998-05-29 | £64,000 | FLAT 3, 1 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 1998-03-20 | £43,000 | FLAT 2, 1 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 1997-12-08 | £64,000 | THIRD FLOOR FLAT, 8 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 1997-11-10 | £50,000 | SECOND FLOOR FLAT, 8 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 1997-07-25 | £70,000 | FLAT 4, 6 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 1997-01-17 | £43,000 | BASEMENT, 2 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
| 1996-10-30 | £235,000 | 11 ROYAL CRESCENT | Terraced |
| 1996-01-12 | £51,500 | GROUND FLOOR FLAT, 2 ROYAL CRESCENT | Flat |
47 recorded sales on BN2 1AL. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid (© Crown copyright). Shown for this postcode only.
Nearest schools
| School | Distance | Phase | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's Park Primary School | 0.3 mi | Primary | Requires improvement (2023) |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School | 0.5 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Carlton Hill Primary School | 0.5 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| St Luke's Primary School | 0.6 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| St Mark's CofE Primary School | 0.7 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Middle Street Primary School | 0.8 mi | Primary | Good (2024) |
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Ofsted = latest overall effectiveness (newer inspections may be ungraded). Sources: Get Information about Schools (DfE) · Ofsted.
What's nearby
Nearest GP surgeries: ARDINGLY COURT SURGERY (0.4 mi) · PAVILION SURGERY (0.5 mi) · REGENCY SURGERY (0.5 mi)
Nearest hospitals: ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL (0.3 mi) · ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL (0.3 mi) · ROYAL ALEXANDRA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (0.3 mi)
Nearest listed buildings: NUMBERS 1-14 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS (Grade II*) (0.0 mi) · ROYAL CRESCENT HOTEL AND ATTACHED WALLS AND RAILINGS (Grade II) (0.0 mi) · NUMBERS 84-89 AND ATTACHED WALLS AND PIERS AND RAILINGS (Grade II) (0.0 mi)
Nearest pharmacies: KEMPTOWN PHARMACY (0.1 mi) · BRIGHTON COMMUNITY PHARMACY (0.4 mi) · KAMSONS PHARMACY (0.5 mi)
Nearest stations: Brighton (1.0 mi) · London Road (Brighton) (1.3 mi) · Moulsecoomb (2.0 mi)
Nearest supermarkets: Nature's Food Basket (0.1 mi) · The Co-operative Food (0.1 mi) · Seed'N'Sprout (0.3 mi)
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Source: NaPTAN (DfT).
Who lives here
- Median age
- 39
- One-person households
- 49%
- Households with children
- 12%
- Households
- 10,538
Owned 34% · Social rent 21% · Private rent 45%
Census 2021 (ONS), for BN2 1.
Recorded crime trend
Recorded crimes per month in BN2 1 (May 24–Apr 26, average 178/month). Hover a point to read the count. Source: Police.uk street-level data.
Flood risk
No modelled flood risk is recorded for BN2 1AL in the Environment Agency dataset. This is reassuring but not a guarantee — Check the exact address on the official Environment Agency map →
Source: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (the official dataset name). Indicative catchment data, not an official property flood search.
How granular is this?
| Measure | DistrictBN2 | SectorBN2 1 | PostcodeBN2 1AL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sold price | £435,052 | £434,834 | £710,946 |
| Population | 104,570 | 19,480 | — |
| Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived) | 5/10 | 3/10 | — |
| Crimes recorded | 778 | 181 | — |
| Schools | 28 | — | — |
| Flood risk | High | High | Low |
| Gigabit broadband | 89% | 80% | 72% |
| Superfast broadband | 98% | 96% | 100% |
— = no separate figure is published at that level. Most open data is published down to the sector (BN2 1); the postcode column is built from the layers that go finer (sold transactions, Ofcom broadband). Sources: HM Land Registry · Police.uk · Ofsted/GIAS · ONS & IoD2025 · Environment Agency · Ofcom.
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Report generated 2 July 2026. Open data is refreshed periodically; HM Land Registry Price Paid typically lags by around two months, so the most recent sales may not appear yet.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026
Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
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