Graffham

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• Today: 22° / 13° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:26

12h 54m 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 · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Petworth and Bury Ward · Sussex

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

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)

10 food businesses within 2 miles

• 9 rated 4–5 ★ (9 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£429,978 average▼ 2.3% YoY

Across Chichester · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 172.9p · Asda (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 194.9p · Asda (10.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: White Horse Graffham (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds2

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)

Less deprived than the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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 · 16,863 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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chichester

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

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

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

199 applications decided

85.4% granted · 170 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 5
• LD 24
• Grn 2
• Oth 5

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,725 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

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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

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.3 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Arundel and South Downs:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership456 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership402 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office320 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases316 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s256 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Graffham · 0.0 km

  Graffham is a village, Anglican parish and civil parish in West Sussex, England, situated on the northern escarpment of the South Downs within the South Downs National Park. The civil parish is made up of the village…

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  St Giles' Church, Graffham · 0.8 km

  St Giles' Church is a Church of England parish church in the village of Graffham, West Sussex, England. It has 12th-century origins and retains some fabric from the medieval era, but it was rebuilt by Victorian archit…

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  Sussex Downs AONB · 1.3 km

  Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England was designated in 1966. The designation was revoked in March 2010, together with the neighbouring East Hampshire AONB, upon the establishment of the South Dow…

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  Graffham Common · 2.1 km

  Graffham Common is a 38-hectare (94-acre) nature reserve between Midhurst and Petworth in West Sussex. It is owned and managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust.

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  East Lavington · 2.3 km

  East Lavington, formerly Woolavington, is a village and civil parish in the District of Chichester in West Sussex, England. It is located six kilometres (4 miles) south of Petworth, west of the A285 road.

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  Lavington Common · 2.5 km

  Lavington Common is a 31.2-hectare (77-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Petworth in West Sussex. It is a National Trust property.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)