King Alfred

Brighton and Hove · South East · population 7,802 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

48Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,590 of 6,856 in England
  • #802 of 1,119 in South East
  • #18 of 33 in Brighton and Hove
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,575
Median age (est.)44
Density9,232per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above53%
No car or van43%

Age

0–14 10%15–24 8%25–44 34%45–64 29%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 46%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 7%Private rent 46%

Households

One person: 50%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 11%Lone parent: 7%Other: 12%
One person 50%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 11%Lone parent 7%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 18%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors18%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative7%
Elementary6%
Skilled trades6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 4%Black: 2%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 86%Asian 4%Black 2%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 52% · Christian 32% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 25%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

King Alfred sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,590 of 6,856 in England, and #18 of 33 in Brighton and Hove. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (73) but weak on Living environment (10). Typical homes here sold for about £392,500 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 158 sales), 6% below the wider Brighton and Hove median of £419,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,960 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 70 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 56 · #3,035
Employment 46 · #3,734
Education 73 · #1,849
Health 44 · #3,830
Crime 42 · #3,988
Housing & access 44 · #3,837
Living environment 10 · #6,133

House prices ?

£392,500median (12m) · +1.9% yr · n=158
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£392,500158+1.9%+17.2%
Detached£2,150,0005+16.2%
Semi-detached£1,287,5008+10.8%
Terraced£510,00011-42.7%-40.0%
Flat£345,500134-3.8%+11.8%
This area£392,500
Brighton and Hove£419,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£42,960±£6,212 · #2,596 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,758
Price-to-income ?9.1×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

40Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

70 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 544 offences
Brighton and Hove101
South East71
England83

Rank #3,515 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences149
Theft206
Burglary27
Vehicle crime20
Criminal damage & arson53
Public order & weapons46
Drugs25
Robbery7
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 153 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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