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Bosham

Bosham is a village in West Sussex, England, with a population of around 2,623. It has around 1 GP surgery, around 8 restaurants and cafés, 11 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Bosham, 1.4 km away. There were around 11 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bosham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Chichester area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 124,068 residents at roughly 158 people per km².

Council
Chichester
County
West Sussex
Constituency
Chichester
Police force
Sussex
50/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 152nd of 294 English council areas — better than 48% of them.

Low crime68
Home affordability9
Affordable rents17
Good schools47
Life expectancy74
Low deprivation67
Employment52
Low council tax40

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

20°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 21° / 19° · 61% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:22

12h 46m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Crime

18 reported · July 2026 80% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences7
  • Shoplifting5
  • Other theft2
  • Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Bosham · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB), particularly around the quay area and the train station
  • Anti-social driving, in particular speeding vehicles

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

Road safety

275 reported road collisions (2024)

79 killed or seriously injured · 383 casualties · 22.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

52 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 46 rated 4–5 ★ (41 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bosham (1.4 km)
  • 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bosham (1.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£429,978 average 2.3% YoY

Across Chichester · to 2026-06

Detached£682,816
Semi-detached£424,454
Terraced£343,728
Flat£216,673

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,328 average monthly rent 2.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £944
  • 2 bed £1,217
  • 3 bed £1,501

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

Affordability

12.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.3 times median annual pay (11.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (3.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (11.3 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

23 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Bosham (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools21
  • Sports pitches14
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

124,068 residents in Chichester · 158/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 57%
  • 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 213 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,470 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 61,610)

A £1,646
B £1,921
C £2,195
D £2,470
E £3,019
F £3,567
G £4,116
H £4,939

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

Schools

69 schools · 16,863 pupils

48 primary · 5 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 22 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

58inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Bishop Luffa School, ChichesterOutstanding
  • Midhurst Rother CollegeOutstanding
  • Bourne Community CollegeGood
  • Chichester High School
  • The Academy, Selsey

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chichester

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
  • 65 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

199 applications decided

85.4% granted · 170 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jess Brown-Fuller

Liberal Democrat

Chichester

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 5
  • LD 24
  • Grn 2
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,725 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

13 jobs advertised · £33,706 avg

e.g. Chef, Working Site Supervisor Cleaner - Primary School, Cleaning Operative - Primary School

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£696 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,884 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 · 64,800 certificates

11.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

27% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Imports 20% · Wind 9% · Solar 7%

229 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chichester:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Old Town Hall, Bosham · 0.3 km

    The Old Town Hall is a historic building on Shore Road in Bosham, a town in West Sussex, in England. The structure, which has been converted into a private house, is a Grade II listed building.

  • Holy Trinity Church, Bosham · 0.4 km

    Holy Trinity Church is a Grade I listed Anglican church, a parish church in Bosham, West Sussex. There was a church on this site in Saxon times, and the oldest parts of the building date from that period.

  • Bosham · 0.4 km

    Bosham is a coastal village, ecclesiastical parish and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, within the historic county of Sussex, England, centred about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Chichester with its…

  • Bosham Sailing Club · 0.5 km

    Bosham Sailing Club is the oldest sailing club in Chichester Harbour and was founded in 1907 It is located in the historic village of Bosham in West Sussex. Its clubhouse is the Old Mill on Bosham Quay.

  • Bosham railway station · 1.4 km

    Bosham railway station serves the small village of Bosham in West Sussex, England. It is located on the West Coastway Line that runs between Brighton and Southampton, 31 miles 43 chains from Brighton.

  • Chidham and Hambrook · 2.0 km

    Chidham and Hambrook is a civil parish in the Chichester district in West Sussex, England located approximately five miles (8 km) west of Chichester, south of the A27 road, near Bosham. In 2011 the parish had a popula…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Bosham?
Bosham is a town in West Sussex, England, in the Chichester local authority.
What is the population of Bosham?
Bosham has an approximate settlement population of 2,623.
How deprived is Bosham?
The Chichester local authority, which includes Bosham, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.