Littlehampton

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:30

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

51US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

• 6.1 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

335 reported · August 2026▲ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences116
• Anti-social behaviour86
• Criminal damage & arson27
• Public order25

9 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: River · Sussex

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

275 reported road collisions (2025)

78 killed or seriously injured · 330 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

285 food businesses within 2 miles

• 250 rated 4–5 ★ (218 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Littlehampton (0.4 km)
• 43 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£320,505 average▼ 1.2% YoY

Across Arun · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,231 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY

• 1 bed £849
• 2 bed £1,140
• 3 bed £1,395

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

10.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.9 times median annual pay (10.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,618 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: 158.9p · BP (3.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · BP (3.2 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: St Martins Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches18
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

164,889 residents in Arun · 746/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 56%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,147
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,172
• Net moves+2,975

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 137 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,487 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 79,740)

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

46 schools · 18,474 pupils

35 primary · 6 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 16 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Arun

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
• 82 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

158 applications decided

86.1% granted · 136 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Alison Griffiths

Conservative

Bognor Regis and Littlehampton

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green / Independent coalition

• Lab 8
• Con 19
• LD 14
• Grn 5
• Ref 2
• Oth 6

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens42
• Restaurants & cafés71

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

199 jobs advertised · £37,051 avg

e.g. Registered Manager, Care Assistant, Class Teacher

Source: Adzuna

£706 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,424 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 · 85,840 certificates

9.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Wind 41% · Nuclear 10% · Biomass 7%

171 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (West Sussex): 64.5 women · 63.1 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

3 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in BN17

• Park Surgery
• Acf Medical Group
• Arun Miami Gp Access Hub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bognor Regis and Littlehampton:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases288 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND269 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks197 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK193 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth186 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Littlehampton · 0.2 km

  Littlehampton is a town, seaside resort and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the English Channel on the eastern bank of the mouth of the River Arun. It is 52 miles (84 km) south so…

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  Littlehampton Friends Meeting House · 0.2 km

  Littlehampton Friends Meeting House is a Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) place of worship in the town of Littlehampton, part of the Arun district of West Sussex, England. A Quaker community has worshipped in the…

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  Arun District · 0.4 km

  Arun is a local government district in West Sussex, England. Its council is based in Littlehampton. The district's other towns are Arundel and Bognor Regis. The district is named after the River Arun, which runs throu…

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  Littlehampton railway station · 0.4 km

  Littlehampton railway station serves the town of Littlehampton, in West Sussex, England. The station and the trains serving it are operated by Southern. It is a terminus at the end of a short branch off the West Coast…

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  Littlehampton Lifeboat Station · 0.5 km

  Littlehampton Lifeboat Station is located in the town of Littlehampton, in West Sussex, on the south coast of England. The station is on the harbour side on the eastern bank of the River Arun, a quarter mile from the…

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  Littlehampton Town (electoral division) · 0.5 km

  Littlehampton Town is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)