Adur

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:29

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

44US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

• 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

40 reported · August 2026▼ 15% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour11
• Violence & sexual offences10
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Public order4

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

94 reported road collisions (2025)

25 killed or seriously injured · 115 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

268 food businesses within 2 miles

• 233 rated 4–5 ★ (217 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Shoreham-by-Sea (2.1 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£378,990 average

Across Adur · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,410 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,000
• 2 bed £1,299
• 3 bed £1,606

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

841 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · ESSO (7.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · Asda (11.3 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

75 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Lancing Manor Leisure Centre (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools17
• Sports pitches52
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

64,547 residents in Adur · 1,534/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,054
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,726
• Net moves+328

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 192 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,548 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (40% of 28,970)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

20 schools · 8,837 pupils

12 primary · 2 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 6 of 6 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

16 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Adur

991 CQC-registered services

• Care homes342
• GP practices107
• Dentists220
• Homecare agencies210
• Hospitals & hospices37

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Sussex

• Not in the Green Belt
• 32 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

94 applications decided

95.7% granted · 90 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Labour majority

• Lab 17
• Grn 2
• Ref 6
• Oth 4

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools4
• Parks & greens30
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,760 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£748 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,237 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 29,016 certificates

9.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 82.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (West Sussex): 64.5 women · 63.1 men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday6.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.8

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Worthing and Shoreham:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks444 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND426 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death388 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases385 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth248 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  2015 Shoreham Airshow crash · 0.3 km

  On 22 August 2015, a Hawker Hunter T7 aircraft crashed onto a main road during an aerial display at the Shoreham Airshow at Shoreham Airport, England, killing 11 people and injuring 16 others. It was the deadliest air…

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  Brighton City Airport · 0.6 km

  Brighton City Airport, also commonly known as Shoreham Airport, is located in Lancing near Shoreham by Sea in West Sussex, England. It has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transpor…

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  Lancing College Chapel · 0.7 km

  Lancing College Chapel is the chapel to Lancing College in West Sussex, England, and is an example of Gothic Revival architecture. The chapel was designed by R.H. Carpenter and William Slater. The foundation stone of…

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  Lancing College · 0.7 km

  Lancing College is a public school for pupils aged 13–18. The school is located in West Sussex, east of Worthing in the parish of Lancing, on the south coast of England. Lancing College was founded in 1848 by Nathanie…

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  Shoreham Tollbridge · 0.8 km

  Shoreham Tollbridge is a bridge crossing the River Adur near Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex, England. It is the last of its kind in Sussex and one of the last of its kind anywhere in the world.

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  Red Lion Inn, Shoreham-by-Sea · 1.0 km

  The Red Lion Inn is a 16th-century public house in the ancient Old Shoreham part of the town of Shoreham-by-Sea, in the Adur district of West Sussex, England. Established in the 16th century in part of a former monast…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)