Funtington

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 9° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:35

9h 36m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US 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

10 reported · August 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Burglary2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Funtington · 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)

24 food businesses within 2 miles

• 24 rated 4–5 ★ (23 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Nutbourne (3.0 km)
• 4 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 (3.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (3.6 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Concierge Camping (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools13
• Sports pitches18
• Playgrounds1

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 45 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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,770 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 58% · Wind 19% · Biomass 12% · Nuclear 8%

242 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

1 GP surgery · 0 pharmacies in PO18

• St Wilfrid'S, Chichester

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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  Funtington · 0.0 km

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  Walderton · 2.5 km

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  Racton Monument · 2.7 km

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