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On Compton Road, in Withdean Woods
What it's like at BN1 5AN: every home that has sold on Compton Road since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 6 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Compton Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
5 of the 123 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Compton RoadTerraced | Apr 1997 | £48,000 | 68 m² | £706/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground Floor Flat And Shop, 2 - 4, Compton RoadFlat | Feb 2004 | £102,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 2 - 4, Compton RoadTerraced | Oct 2006 | £140,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Compton RoadTerraced | Nov 1999 | £154,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 10a, Compton RoadTerraced | Jan 2017 | £325,000 | 68 m² | £4,779/m² | 3 |
| 10b, Compton RoadFlat | Aug 2006 | £235,000 | 90 m² | £2,611/m² | 2 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 14, Compton RoadFlat | Feb 2006 | £127,500 | – | – | 3 |
| First Floor Flat, 14, Compton RoadFlat · company-owned | Sept 2024 | £240,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 16, Compton RoadTerraced | Nov 1998 | £50,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Compton RoadFlat · company-owned | Jun 2024 | £215,000 | 47 m² | £4,574/m² | 1 |
| 16a, Compton RoadFlat | Dec 2019 | £225,000 | 51 m² | £4,412/m² | 6 |
| Garden Flat, 18, Compton RoadTerraced | Jul 2006 | £143,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 1, 18, Compton RoadFlat | Aug 2020 | £250,000 | 45 m² | £5,556/m² | 5 |
| Flat 2, 18, Compton RoadFlat | Jul 2018 | £227,800 | – | – | 4 |
| 20, Compton RoadTerraced | Feb 2026 | £880,000 | 111 m² | £7,928/m² | 2 |
| 22, Compton RoadTerraced | Dec 2017 | £651,500 | 182 m² | £3,580/m² | 3 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 30, Compton RoadFlat | Jul 2007 | £125,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Basement Flat, 30, Compton RoadFlat | Feb 2017 | £263,000 | – | – | 3 |
| First And Second Floor Maisonette, 32, Compton RoadFlat | Jan 1997 | £47,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 32, Compton RoadFlat | Oct 1997 | £37,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Basement Flat, 32, Compton RoadFlat | Aug 2019 | £260,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 34, Compton RoadFlat | Apr 2024 | £210,000 | 70 m² | £3,000/m² | 6 |
| Upper Maisonette, 34, Compton RoadFlat | Aug 2024 | £323,000 | 76 m² | £4,250/m² | 3 |
| 34a, Compton RoadFlat | Nov 2010 | £186,000 | 50 m² | £3,720/m² | 2 |
| The Maisonette, 36, Compton RoadFlat | Mar 1997 | £69,895 | – | – | 1 |
| 36, Compton RoadTerraced | Feb 2004 | £340,000 | 165 m² | £2,061/m² | 1 |
| 38, Compton RoadFlat | Dec 2013 | £60,000 | 79 m² | £759/m² | 1 |
| 38a, Compton RoadFlat | Dec 2013 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 40, Compton RoadTerraced | Oct 2017 | £660,000 | 177 m² | £3,729/m² | 4 |
| Lower Ground Floor Flat, 44, Compton RoadFlat | Dec 2022 | £315,000 | – | – | 4 |
| Ground First And Second Floor Flat, 44, Compton RoadFlat · company-owned | Apr 2019 | £365,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 46, Compton RoadTerraced | Sept 2014 | £570,000 | 47 m² | £12,128/m² | 1 |
| 48, Compton RoadTerraced | Aug 2007 | £475,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 50, Compton RoadTerraced | Jan 2007 | £453,500 | 197 m² | £2,302/m² | 1 |
| 52, Compton RoadTerraced | Sept 2019 | £597,000 | 115 m² | £5,191/m² | 2 |
| 52a, Compton RoadFlat | Feb 2005 | £145,000 | 53 m² | £2,736/m² | 2 |
| 54, Compton RoadTerraced | Mar 2010 | £429,950 | 169 m² | £2,544/m² | 2 |
| Lower Ground Floor Flat, 54, Compton RoadFlat | Jul 2002 | £85,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 56, Compton RoadTerraced | Jul 2001 | £276,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 58, Compton RoadTerraced | Nov 2007 | £490,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 60a, Compton RoadFlat | Jan 2015 | £190,000 | 48 m² | £3,958/m² | 4 |
| Lower Ground Floor Flat, 64, Compton RoadFlat | Nov 1999 | £62,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 64a, Compton RoadFlat | Apr 2019 | £192,750 | 44 m² | £4,381/m² | 3 |
| 64a - 64b, Compton RoadTerraced | Apr 2024 | £244,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 64c, Compton RoadFlat | Nov 2014 | £235,000 | 51 m² | £4,608/m² | 2 |
| 66, Compton RoadTerraced | Jul 2000 | £220,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Lower Ground Floor Flat At, 68, Compton RoadFlat | Apr 2004 | £145,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 68, Compton RoadFlat · company-owned | Nov 2023 | £400,000 | 69 m² | £5,797/m² | 4 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 68, Compton RoadFlat | Mar 2018 | £225,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Lower Ground Floor Flat, 68, Compton RoadFlat | Dec 2014 | £235,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 72, Compton RoadTerraced | Mar 2019 | £675,000 | 164 m² | £4,116/m² | 2 |
| The Basement Flat, 74, Compton RoadFlat | Feb 2003 | £132,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 74, Compton RoadFlat | Mar 1999 | £45,000 | – | – | 1 |
| First Floor Flat, 74, Compton RoadFlat | Mar 2012 | £230,000 | – | – | 3 |
| First And Second Floors Maisonette, 74, Compton RoadFlat | Dec 2023 | £387,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 74a, Compton RoadFlat | Oct 2017 | £292,000 | 47 m² | £6,213/m² | 2 |
| 76, Compton RoadTerraced | Nov 2003 | £352,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 78, Compton RoadFlat | Apr 1997 | £35,000 | – | – | 1 |
| First And Second Floor Maisonette, 78, Compton RoadFlat | Nov 2015 | £325,000 | – | – | 4 |
| Lower Ground Floor Flat, 78, Compton RoadFlat | Jan 2010 | £175,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 80, Compton RoadTerraced | Jan 2025 | £556,000 | 113 m² | £4,920/m² | 5 |
| 82, Compton RoadTerraced | Sept 2011 | £295,000 | 72 m² | £4,097/m² | 1 |
| 84, Compton RoadTerraced | Nov 2020 | £425,000 | 88 m² | £4,830/m² | 1 |
| 88, Compton RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2010 | £380,000 | 94 m² | £4,043/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, Downsview, 26, Compton RoadFlat · company-owned | Mar 2004 | £95,000 | 43 m² | £2,209/m² | 2 |
| Flat 8, Downsview, 26, Compton RoadFlat | Nov 2025 | £295,000 | 66 m² | £4,470/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, Downsview, 26, Compton RoadFlat | Nov 2009 | £162,500 | 58 m² | £2,802/m² | 3 |
| Flat 6, Downsview, 26, Compton RoadFlat | Dec 2018 | £285,000 | 63 m² | £4,524/m² | 4 |
| Flat 3, Downsview, 26, Compton RoadFlat | Jul 2001 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 7, Downsview, 26, Compton RoadFlat | Jun 2002 | £106,500 | 58 m² | £1,836/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, Downsview, 26, Compton RoadFlat | Apr 2008 | £165,000 | 61 m² | £2,705/m² | 1 |
| Flat 4, Downsview, 26, Compton RoadFlat | Mar 2022 | £223,000 | 42 m² | £5,310/m² | 1 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 53% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Preston Park, about a 5-minute walk (550 m), with 1.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Church of the Good Shepherd, 200 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (routes 27, 27B); 43 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 74 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Stanford Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Cardinal Newman Catholic School, 500 m away; Attainment 8: 50.4 · 15.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: King's School (2.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 350 m away; Dedicated Retail (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Matlock Surgery (350 m), with Matlock Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Peter John Hairdressing is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Sussex County Hospital, 3.8 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 57% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 53% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 17 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 9 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Tivoli Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Station Hotel the nearest pub (300 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 13 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 47% flats and 22% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Dyke Road Park, 450 m away; for exercise, BHASVIC Sports Centre (700 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Hove, 2.4 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 34 km away.
Most households own their home, 32% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 58% of adults have a degree.
57 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Brighton Pavilion constituency: Siân Berry MP (Green Party), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Green hold, majority 14,290 (27.3%), turnout 70%. Vote shares: Green Party 55%, Labour 28%, Conservative 8%, Reform UK 5%.
77 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near BN1 5AN →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest university is INTO University Partnerships, 2.1 km away.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Brighton and Hove since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 123 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 65 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 5 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 87.2% | 84.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 11.7% | 11.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 3.8% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.