Lancing and Sompting

18°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 16° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:29

13h 2m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

7US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

173 reported · July 2026▲ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences59
• Anti-social behaviour56
• Other theft16
• Public order16

Neighbourhood team: Mash Barn · Sussex

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

100 reported road collisions (2024)

29 killed or seriously injured · 119 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

235 food businesses within 2 miles

• 200 rated 4–5 ★ (184 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Lancing (0.7 km)
• 65 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£380,031 average▲ 1.8% YoY

Across Adur · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,399 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £992
• 2 bed £1,289
• 3 bed £1,593

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 162.9p · Asda (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (9.8 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

54 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club Limited (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms6
• Swimming pools19
• Sports pitches38
• Playgrounds14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

64,547 residents in Adur · 1,534/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 164 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,548 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (40% of 28,970)

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

21 schools · 8,938 pupils

12 primary · 2 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 6 of 6 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

16inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Adur

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
• 18 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

69 applications decided

94.2% granted · 65 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Tom Rutland

Labour

East Worthing and Shoreham

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 17
• Grn 2
• Ref 6
• Oth 4

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens24
• Restaurants & cafés36

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

745 jobs advertised · £44,569 avg

e.g. Roadside Vehicle Technician, Roadside Technician - Milton Keynes, Roadside Vehicle Mechanic

Source: Adzuna

£748 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,237 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 29,016 certificates

9.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

48% low-carbon electricity

Gas 51% · Wind 34% · Biomass 7% · Nuclear 6%

209 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 82.7 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday6.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.8

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Worthing and Shoreham:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership453 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership435 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases382 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s342 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office306 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Lancing, West Sussex · 0.1 km

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  Lancing (electoral division) · 0.4 km

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  Lancing F.C. · 0.5 km

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  Montpelier Villa F.C. · 0.5 km

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  Lancing railway station · 0.8 km

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