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.
My Area Score
Mixed
Ranked 210th of 294 English council areas — better than 29% of them.
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
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
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)
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:
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership412 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office410 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership376 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s330 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases285 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
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 kmTortington 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 kmHM 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)