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Arun

Arun is a town in West Sussex, England. It has around 1 supermarket and 3 restaurants and cafés, 1 bus stop, and the nearest railway station is Ford, 0.3 km away. In June 2026, there were around 14 recorded street crimes, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. Covers 14 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Arun is around the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 164,889 residents at roughly 746 people per km².

42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 210th of 294 English council areas — better than 29% of them.

Low crime61
Home affordability20
Affordable rents20
Good schools51
Life expectancy41
Low deprivation47
Employment36
Low council tax36

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

16°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 20° / 16° · 15% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:25

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

27 reported · July 2026 93% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences11
  • Anti-social behaviour8
  • Public order4
  • Burglary2

Neighbourhood team: Yapton · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour (ASB)
  • Anti-social driving, in particular speeding vehicles

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

Road safety

293 reported road collisions (2024)

99 killed or seriously injured · 406 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

153 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 125 rated 4–5 ★ (108 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Ford (0.3 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Ford (0.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£321,927 average 3.1% YoY

Across Arun · to 2026-06

Detached£554,358
Semi-detached£352,866
Terraced£275,756
Flat£167,592

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,227 average monthly rent 3.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £847
  • 2 bed £1,137
  • 3 bed £1,391

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

10.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.9 times median annual pay (10.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · BP (2.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (8.5 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

19 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Littlehampton (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches20
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

164,889 residents in Arun · 746/km²

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 56%
  • 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 149 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,487 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 79,740)

A £1,658
B £1,935
C £2,211
D £2,487
E £3,040
F £3,593
G £4,145
H £4,974

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

Schools

46 schools · 18,474 pupils

35 primary · 6 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 16 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

43inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Ormiston Six Villages AcademyGood
  • The Angmering SchoolGood
  • The Littlehampton AcademyGood
  • Felpham Community College
  • St Philip Howard Catholic School
  • The Regis School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Arun

Care & health services

988 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes343
  • GP practices106
  • Dentists219
  • Homecare agencies210
  • Hospitals & hospices37

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Sussex

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

178 applications decided

88.2% granted · 157 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green / Independent coalition

  • Lab 8
  • Con 19
  • LD 14
  • Grn 5
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens18
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,340 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£706 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,424 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 85,840 certificates

9.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bognor Regis and Littlehampton:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Ford, West Sussex · 0.3 km

    Ford is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It is centred 2 miles (3 km) south by south-west of Arundel and west of Worthing. The civil parish very gently slopes to the east, where…

  • Ford railway station · 0.4 km

    Ford railway station is a railway station in Ford, West Sussex, England. It is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and Southampton and it is 60 miles 48 chains (97.5 km) down the line from Lo…

  • Tortington · 1.0 km

    Tortington is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Arundel, in the Arun district of West Sussex, England. It lies between the Arundel to Ford and the Arundel to Chichester roads, 1.6 miles (2.…

  • St Mary Magdalene's Church, Tortington · 1.0 km

    St Mary Magdalene's Church is the former Anglican parish church of the hamlet of Tortington in the district of Arun, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. Founded in the 12th ce…

  • HM Prison Ford · 1.1 km

    HM Prison Ford is a Category D men's prison, located at Ford, in West Sussex, England, near Arundel and Littlehampton. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

  • Climping · 1.4 km

    Climping is a village and civil parish containing agricultural and natural sandy land in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. The parish also contains the coastal hamlet of Atherington. It is three miles (5 km)…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)