The Square Patcham, Brighton and Hove

14 addresses across 2 postcodes (BN1), about 50 m long. USRN 4404206.

1 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £600,000 across 1 sale. 11 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, E: 10). 19 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Brighton and Hove costs £2,581 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 17% to 82% of premises. 150 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often shoplifting.

Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20221£600,000£600,000£600,000
Most recent sales (1)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
18 Nov 202219 - 20 BN1 8YPDetached£600,000

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 13 October 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from March 2018 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

11 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 48 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (7); House, end-terrace (4). Built: before 1900 (10); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (7); owner-occupied (4).

Council tax

What each band costs in Brighton and Hove in 2026-27: Band D £2,581 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,720£2,007£2,294£2,581£3,154£3,727£4,301£5,161

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (28% of about 710 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: yes, Patcham. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: 8.
  • Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Green belt: no.

Listed buildings

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 30 September 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 6 addresses are in areas at high risk, 13 at medium risk and 12 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

Groundwater flooding is possible in 2 of these postcodes: an address there is in a groundwater flood alert area.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
BN1 8YPnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 2 possible
BN1 8YAnot in 2 or 3 6 / 13 / 10 possible

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
BN1 8YA100%82%82%0%
BN1 8YP100%17%17%0%

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 31 October 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
Patcham Infant SchoolPrimary3–7470 m Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework)
Patcham Junior SchoolPrimary7–11580 m No published inspection
Patcham High SchoolSecondary11–16600 m No published inspection
Westdene Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.0 km No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding
Varndean College16 plus16–991.6 km No published inspection
Carden Nursery and Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.6 km Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met
Dorothy Stringer SchoolSecondary11–161.8 km Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Varndean SchoolSecondary11–161.9 km Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework)

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 31 October 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Elizabethan Cottage Tandoori BN1 8YATakeaway/sandwich shop20 mAwaiting publication
The Village Bakery BN1 8YARetailers - other80 m5 Very good17 Sep 2025
The Secret Garden At The Coach House Tearooms BN1 8YARestaurant/Cafe/Canteen80 m4 Good19 Mar 2024
Miller And Carter BN1 8YQHotel/bed & breakfast/guest house90 m5 Very good17 Sep 2025
Patcham Service Station BN1 8YBRetailers - other150 m5 Very good24 Jan 2025
Co-op BN1 8XRRetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets220 m5 Very good8 Feb 2016
Patcham Fish And Chips BN1 8QFTakeaway/sandwich shop300 m5 Very good16 Apr 2025
Salmons News BN1 8XQRetailers - other320 m5 Very good19 Mar 2019
Place Farm House Residential Care Home BN1 8QEHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises320 m5 Very good24 Jun 2022
AM PM News BN1 8QERetailers - other320 m5 Very good4 May 2018
Honey's Cafe BN1 8QERestaurant/Cafe/Canteen320 m5 Very good22 Aug 2023
Opal Medispa BN1 8TARetailers - other460 mExempt
Patcham Infants School BN1 8WWSchool/college/university470 m5 Very good14 Oct 2026
Patcham Infant Breakfast And After School Club BN1 8WWSchool/college/university470 m5 Very good14 Jan 2020
Domino's Pizza BN1 8TATakeaway/sandwich shop490 m5 Very good31 Jul 2025

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

150 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Shoplifting70
Violence and sexual offences20
Anti-social behaviour14
Public order13
Other theft13
Criminal damage and arson11
Robbery4
Burglary2
Drugs1
Other crime1
Vehicle crime1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Supermarket (87); On or near Petrol Station (26); On or near Brompton Close (12); On or near Old Patcham Mews (8); On or near Church Hill (7).

What has changed

Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

Nearby streets

Old Patcham Mews · Church Hill · Old London Road · Highview Way · Ashley Close · Highview Road · Brompton Close · Highview Avenue North · Brangwyn Crescent · The Village Barn · Saxon Way · Court Close

All the streets in BN1 and across Brighton and Hove.

What this page cannot tell you

  • Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
  • What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
  • How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
  • Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
  • Anything about planning applications, roadworks, noise, air quality or council tax yet.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.