Southwick (Adur)

11°CSunny

• Today: 11° / 9° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:30

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

35US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

• 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

302 reported · August 2026▲ 30% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences98
• Anti-social behaviour83
• Public order30
• Shoplifting23

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: South Portslade · Sussex

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

579 reported road collisions (2025)

161 killed or seriously injured · 662 casualties · 20.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 460 rated 4–5 ★ (401 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Fishersgate (0.2 km)
• 67 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£408,240 average▼ 2.1% YoY

Across Brighton and Hove · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,808 average monthly rent▼ 1.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,189
• 2 bed £1,518
• 3 bed £1,797

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

10.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.6 times median annual pay (10.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,308 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: 159.9p · Esso (7.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (7.8 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Crown Road, Portslade, Lamp Column 3 (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools34
• Sports pitches31
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

277,104 residents in Brighton and Hove · 3,345/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 71%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK25,839
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK26,655
• Net moves−816

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 143 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,581 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (26% of 136,090)

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

82 schools · 32,784 pupils

47 primary · 10 secondary · 25 other

Ofsted: 21 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Brighton and Hove

324 CQC-registered services

• Care homes86
• GP practices55
• Dentists87
• Homecare agencies54
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Brighton and Hove

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

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

400 applications decided

92.5% granted · 370 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Tom Rutland

Labour

East Worthing and Shoreham

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 31
• Con 5
• Grn 12
• Oth 6

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

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics6
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens20
• Restaurants & cafés59

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

16,150 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£766 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,073 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 166,539 certificates

12.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 38% · Wind 28% · Imports 25% · Solar 5%

175 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 79.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.6 women · 61.1 men

55% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

0 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in BN42

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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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  Fishersgate railway station · 0.2 km

  Fishersgate railway station is a railway station in West Sussex, England, serving both the eastern part of Southwick, as well as the western part of Portslade in Brighton and Hove. The station is operated by Southern…

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  Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Brighton · 0.3 km

  Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Brighton is a Swaminarayan Hindu Temple located in the Portslade area of the city of Brighton and Hove, on the south east coast of England. Inaugurated on 19 September 1999, the 10th Swaminar…

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  Southwick F.C. · 0.5 km

  Southwick Football Club was a football club based in Southwick, West Sussex, England. The club was founded in 1882 and was among the founding members of the Sussex County League, which they won six times. Their home g…

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  Portslade Town Hall · 0.6 km

  Portslade Town Hall, formerly the Ronuk Hall and Welfare Institute, is a municipal building in Victoria Road in Portslade, East Sussex, England. The structure, which was the meeting place of Portslade Urban District C…

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  St Nicolas Church, Portslade · 0.8 km

  St Nicolas Church is an Anglican church in the Portslade area of the English city of Brighton and Hove. It has 12th-century origins, and serves the old village of Portslade, inland from the mostly 19th-century Portsla…

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  Portslade Manor · 0.8 km

  Portslade Old Manor is one of the very few examples of Norman manor houses that still exist in England. It has been deemed a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and a Grade II* listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)