Worthing

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 20° / 17° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 19° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:24

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

254 reported · July 2026▼ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences81
• Shoplifting38
• Anti-social behaviour35
• Criminal damage & arson35

23 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Salvington · Sussex

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

193 reported road collisions (2024)

53 killed or seriously injured · 226 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 424 rated 4–5 ★ (368 top)
• 19 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: West Worthing (1.3 km)
• 56 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£296,227 average▼ 5.1% YoY

Across Worthing · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,303 average monthly rent

• 1 bed £894
• 2 bed £1,187
• 3 bed £1,433

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

9.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.6 times median annual pay (8.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · BP (10.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · ESSO (0.7 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

34 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Pelham Road (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools36
• Sports pitches37
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

111,338 residents in Worthing · 3,424/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 174 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,456 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 51,970)

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

36 schools · 15,596 pupils

21 primary · 6 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 11 of 15 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (73%)

29inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Worthing

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

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

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

136 applications decided

84.6% granted · 115 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dr Beccy Cooper

Labour

Worthing West

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 15
• Con 6
• LD 1
• Grn 8
• Ref 5
• Oth 2

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

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics7
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés60

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,680 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

748 jobs advertised · £36,522 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning

Source: Adzuna

£724 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,736 disposable income per head (2024)

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

37% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 56,637 certificates

10.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

24% low-carbon electricity

Gas 62% · Imports 14% · Nuclear 10% · Wind 8%

258 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.0
• Feeling worthwhile7.2
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.3

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

1 GP surgery · 3 pharmacies in BN13

• Com Nursing Cissbury Integrated Care

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Worthing West:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership443 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership409 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office317 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s314 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases308 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Durrington High School · 0.4 km

  Durrington High School is a coeducational secondary school located in Worthing, West Sussex. The school operated as a high school between 1973 and 2015 as part of Worthing's three-tier provision. From September 2015 t…

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  St Andrew's Church, West Tarring · 0.6 km

  St Andrew's Church is the Church of England parish church of Tarring, West Sussex, England. Founded in the 11th century in a then rural parish which had earlier been granted to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the church…

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  West Tarring · 0.6 km

  West Tarring or simply Tarring, is a neighbourhood of Worthing, in the borough of Worthing in West Sussex, England. It lies on the A2031 road 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of the town centre. It is called "West Tarring",…

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  Salvington · 0.6 km

  Salvington is a neighbourhood of Worthing, in the borough of Worthing in West Sussex, England. It lies south of the A27 road two miles (3 km) north-west of the town centre. It is served by three elected Worthing Borou…

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  Tarring (electoral division) · 0.6 km

  Tarring is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.

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  Offington · 0.7 km

  Offington is a neighbourhood of Worthing, and a ward in the borough of Worthing in West Sussex, England. It lies on the A2031 road 1.6 miles (2.5 km) northwest of the town centre.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)