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Hunston

Hunston is a village in West Sussex, England. There are around 1 restaurants and cafés, 10 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Chichester, 2.3 km away. In June 2026, there were around 11 recorded street crimes, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hunston 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

13°COvercast

  • Today: 14° / 13° · 13% rain
  • Tomorrow: 14° / 10° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:51Sunset 16:42

9h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

9 reported · August 2026▼ 31% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences5
  • Criminal damage & arson2
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: North Mundham · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)
  • Illegal/antisocial use of electric scrambler bikes

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

225 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 216 rated 4–5 ★ (207 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Chichester (2.6 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Chichester (2.6 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: 157.9p · Esso (9.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.2 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

24 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 60 kW
  • Nearest: Crouchers Orchards (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches5
  • Golf courses3
  • Playgrounds3

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
  • 34 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 & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,770 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

6 jobs advertised · £35,900 avg

e.g. Welder Fabricator, Relief Chef Manager, Electrical Installation Engineer

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

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

5 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in PO20

  • Selsey Medical Practice
  • Tangmere Medical Centre
  • The Croft Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chichester:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Hunston, West Sussex · 0.2 km

    Hunston is an Anglican parish and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2145 Road two miles (3.2 km) south of Chichester.

  • St Leodegar's Church, Hunston · 0.3 km

    St Leodegar's Church is the Anglican parish church of Hunston, a hamlet in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. The dedication—rare in England and unique in Sussex—has also been spelt St Ledger historicall…

  • Chichester Canal · 0.5 km

    The Chichester Canal is a ship canal in England. Partly navigable, its course is essentially intact and runs 3.8 miles (6.1 km) from the sea at Birdham on Chichester Harbour to Chichester through two locks. The canal…

  • Donnington, West Sussex · 0.9 km

    Donnington is a small village, ecclesiastical parish and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. The village lies on the B2201 road, 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the centre of Chichester, within…

  • North Mundham · 1.4 km

    North Mundham is a village, Anglican parish and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2166 road two miles (3.2 km) southeast of Chichester. The parish includes the village of…

  • Runcton · 1.9 km

    Runcton is a village in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2166 road 1.9 miles (3.1 km) southeast of Chichester.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

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