Chichester

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 8° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:33

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

• 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

460 reported · August 2026▲ 26% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences131
• Anti-social behaviour128
• Shoplifting69
• Criminal damage & arson34

23 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Chichester City · Sussex

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

309 reported road collisions (2025)

96 killed or seriously injured · 439 casualties · 24.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

360 food businesses within 2 miles

• 347 rated 4–5 ★ (332 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chichester (0.6 km)
• 86 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£428,364 average▼ 2.7% YoY

Across Chichester · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,333 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

• 1 bed £947
• 2 bed £1,222
• 3 bed £1,507

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

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

1,580 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: 157.9p · Esso (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (8.1 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: West Sussex Council (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres7
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches66
• Playgrounds16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

124,068 residents in Chichester · 158/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,016
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,486
• Net moves+1,530

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 177 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,470 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

69 schools · 16,719 pupils

48 primary · 5 secondary · 16 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chichester

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

• In a conservation area (Chichester)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 511 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

206 applications decided

89.3% granted · 184 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Jess Brown-Fuller

Liberal Democrat

Chichester

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 5
• LD 24
• Grn 2
• Oth 5

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

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics7
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens46
• Restaurants & cafés102

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,770 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

772 jobs advertised · £41,206 avg

e.g. SEND Teacher, Intervention Tutor, SLD Tutor

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

33% low-carbon electricity

Gas 62% · Wind 15% · Biomass 8% · Nuclear 5%

255 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

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

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

9 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in PO19

• Western Sussex Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
• Langley House Surgery
• Cathedral Medical Group

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chichester:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks371 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers348 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases325 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence215 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death192 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide

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

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  Chichester District · 0.0 km

  Chichester is a local government district in West Sussex, England. It is named after the city of Chichester, which is its largest settlement and where the council is based. The district includes the towns of Midhurst,…

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  Chichester Cross · 0.1 km

  Chichester Cross is an elaborate Perpendicular market cross in the centre of the city of Chichester, West Sussex, standing 50 feet tall at the intersection of the four principal streets. It is a Grade I listed building.

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  Chichester · 0.1 km

  Chichester is a cathedral city and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It is the only city in West Sussex and is its county town. In 2021 the parish had a population of 29,407. It was a Ro…

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  The siege of Chichester was a victory by Parliamentarian forces led by Colonel William Waller over a small Royalist garrison. The siege was one of the key events in the First English Civil War by Waller to secure sout…

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  Chichester (constituency) · 0.1 km

  Chichester is a constituency in West Sussex, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Jess Brown-Fuller, a Liberal Democrat.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)