Brighton property guide

A seafront city market where Regency squares meet packed Victorian terraces.

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Brighton, Brighton And Hove. Figures cover the 12 months to the end of June 2026 and are sourced from HM Land Registry, Police.uk and the DfE schools register. Fast trains reach London Victoria and London Bridge in about an hour.

Median sale price (12m)

£420,000

Sales registered (12m)

1,415

Open schools

388

About Brighton

Brighton and Hove's stock runs from Regency townhouses on the seafront squares to Victorian terraces in Hanover and Preston Park, with one of the largest converted-flat markets outside London.

Two universities, a big digital sector and heavy London commuting keep prices closer to the capital's than to the regional average.

House prices in Brighton

The median sale price in Brighton over the last 12 months was £420,000, across 1,415 recorded transactions. That is 5.0% higher than the previous 12 months.

Terraced homes were the most-traded type in Brighton, accounting for 475 of the period's sales at a median of £482,000.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£600,000	186
Semi-detached	£440,000	273
Terraced	£482,000	475
Flat	£280,000	436
Other	£390,500	45

See Brighton sold prices in detail

Schools in Brighton

Brighton has 388 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 230 primary, 39 secondary and 62 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to Brighton centre

School	Postcode	Distance
The Forest School	RH13 5NT	3.3 km
Millais School	RH13 5HR	3.7 km
Tanbridge House School	RH12 1SR	6.3 km
Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley	RH11 8JE	8.1 km
Thomas Bennett Community College	RH10 5AD	8.3 km

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Crime in Brighton

In Brighton, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (29.7%), anti-social behaviour (17.6%) and public order (9.8%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	29.7%
Anti-social behaviour	17.6%
Public order	9.8%
Criminal damage and arson	9.0%
Other theft	8.1%

See Brighton crime breakdown

Postcode districts in Brighton

Reported incident counts vary across postcode districts within the Brighton boundary, partly reflecting where Police.uk anonymises locations and partly reflecting genuine differences in foot traffic and population density.

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
BN1	67,810
BN2	67,810
BN41	67,810
BN42	67,810
BN45	63

Living near Brighton

Nearby towns include Hove.

Hove

Frequently asked questions about Brighton

The median sale price in Brighton over the last 12 months was £420,000, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 388 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Brighton area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Brighton over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 67,810 recorded incidents.

Sale prices come from HM Land Registry, crime statistics from the Police.uk open-data feed, schools data from the Department for Education, flood data from the Environment Agency, and energy ratings from the EPC public register.

The figures refresh monthly as new data is published by each source.

More Brighton property data

Brighton sold prices

Trends, recent sales, top streets

Crime in Brighton

By category and postcode district

Schools in Brighton

Primary, secondary and sixth-form

Planning applications near Brighton

Extensions, new homes and commercial schemes shape an area's prices before they reach the sold data. PlanIndex indexes applications from Brighton and Hove, with decisions and approval rates.

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