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Hill Brow and Rake

Hill Brow and Rake is a town or village in West Sussex, England. There are 8 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Liss, 1.9 km away. In June 2026, there were around 9 recorded street crimes, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hill Brow and Rake area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Chichester area is around the average in England (IoD2025). 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
49/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 157th of 294 English council areas — better than 47% of them.

Low crime68
Home affordability9
Affordable rents17
Good schools47
Life expectancy73
Low deprivation60
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

12°CSunny

  • Today: 12° / 8° · 43% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:34

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

12 reported · August 2026▲ 20% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences6
  • Other theft2
  • Burglary1
  • Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Rogate, Stedham and Harting · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social driving, particularly speeding and noisy vehicles
  • Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB), particularly at times of seasonal demand and local events

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

38 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 35 rated 4–5 ★ (31 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Liss (1.9 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Liss (1.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£428,364 average▼ 2.7% YoY

Across Chichester · to 2026-08

Detached£679,148
Semi-detached£422,502
Terraced£343,374
Flat£216,221

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 174.9p · Asda (4.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (4.9 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

12 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Champneys Forest Mere (4.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools6
  • Sports pitches15
  • Playgrounds2

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)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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 · 16,719 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)

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

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

206 applications decided

89.3% granted · 184 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,770 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

Health

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

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

Health services

0 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in GU33

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • Rake Hanger · 0.3 km

    Rake Hanger is a 28.2-hectare (70-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Midhurst in West Sussex.

  • Hill Brow · 0.5 km

    Hill Brow is a small village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Rogate, 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Rake, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) southeast of Liss and 3 miles (4.8…

  • Rake, West Sussex · 0.9 km

    Rake is a small rural village lying astride the B2070 road and the border between West Sussex and Hampshire in southeast England. The B2070 was formerly the A3 London to Portsmouth trunk road, but Rake, several other…

  • Farther Common · 1.1 km

    Farther Common or Farther Commons is a geographical region of East Hampshire in the Parish of Liss, Hampshire, England. It is characterised by greensand topography, woodland and heath, which was a common on the Money…

  • Liss Athletic F.C. · 1.4 km

    Liss Athletic F.C. is an amateur football club based in Liss, near Petersfield, in England. The club is affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association and is an England Accredited club They are currently members of…

  • Liss, Hampshire · 1.7 km

    Liss is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, 3.3 miles (5.3 km) north-east of Petersfield, on the A3 road, on the West Sussex border. It covers 3,567 acres (14 km2) of semi-rural cou…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Hill Brow and Rake?
Hill Brow and Rake is a town in West Sussex, England, in the Chichester local authority.
How deprived is Hill Brow and Rake?
The Chichester local authority, which includes Hill Brow and Rake, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.