Worthing

9°CCloudy

• Today: 12° / 9° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:31

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

• 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

264 reported · August 2026▲ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences79
• Shoplifting57
• Anti-social behaviour54
• Public order21

15 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Salvington · Sussex

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

163 reported road collisions (2025)

40 killed or seriously injured · 200 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 430 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

£299,075 average▼ 5% YoY

Across Worthing · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,297 average monthly rent▼ 0.8% YoY

• 1 bed £890
• 2 bed £1,182
• 3 bed £1,428

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

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

1,524 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: 158.9p · BP (10.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · BP (10.3 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

35 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,125
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,370
• Net moves+755

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 185 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Worthing

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
• 60 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

128 applications decided

90.6% granted · 116 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

4,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

592 jobs advertised · £40,730 avg

e.g. IT Sales Manager – Managed Services - MSP, Operations Manager, Safety & Security Frameworks Governance Lead

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

52% low-carbon electricity

Gas 47% · Wind 39% · Nuclear 7% · Biomass 6%

192 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

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

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases310 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks291 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND262 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death202 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide

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

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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)