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Pagham

Pagham is a village in West Sussex, England, with a population of around 2,500. It has 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, and around 6 restaurants and cafés, along with 10 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Bognor Regis, 5.5 km away. There were around 25 recorded street crimes in June 2026, 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 Pagham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Arun area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 164,889 residents at roughly 746 people per km².

Council
Arun
County
West Sussex
Constituency
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
Police force
Sussex
42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 210th of 294 English council areas — better than 29% of them.

Low crime61
Home affordability20
Affordable rents20
Good schools51
Life expectancy41
Low deprivation47
Employment36
Low council tax36

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

19°COvercast

  • Today: 20° / 18° · 76% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:23

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Crime

33 reported · July 2026 10% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour12
  • Violence & sexual offences11
  • Public order4
  • Burglary3

Neighbourhood team: Pagham and Rose Green · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour (ASB)
  • Anti-social driving, in particular speeding vehicles

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

Road safety

293 reported road collisions (2024)

99 killed or seriously injured · 406 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

57 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 50 rated 4–5 ★ (41 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bognor Regis (5.2 km)
  • 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bognor Regis (5.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£321,927 average 3.1% YoY

Across Arun · to 2026-06

Detached£554,358
Semi-detached£352,866
Terraced£275,756
Flat£167,592

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,227 average monthly rent 3.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £847
  • 2 bed £1,137
  • 3 bed £1,391

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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (7.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (4.8 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

15 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 60 kW
  • Nearest: Wagner Renewables Ltd (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches7
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

164,889 residents in Arun · 746/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 149 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,487 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,658
B £1,935
C £2,211
D £2,487
E £3,040
F £3,593
G £4,145
H £4,974

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

Schools

46 schools · 18,474 pupils

35 primary · 6 secondary · 5 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • Ormiston Six Villages AcademyGood
  • The Angmering SchoolGood
  • The Littlehampton AcademyGood
  • Felpham Community College
  • St Philip Howard Catholic School
  • The Regis School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Arun

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

178 applications decided

88.2% granted · 157 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jess Brown-Fuller

Liberal Democrat

Chichester

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

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)

Amenities nearby

  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,340 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

14 jobs advertised · £61,268 avg

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

16% low-carbon electricity

Imports 43% · Gas 41% · Wind 9% · Biomass 6%

199 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chichester:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Pagham · 0.0 km

    Pagham is a coastal village, Anglican parish and civil parish in the Arun district of West Sussex, England, with a population of around 6,100. It lies about two miles to the west of Bognor Regis.

  • Pagham Cricket Club Ground · 1.1 km

    Pagham Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Pagham, Sussex. The first recorded club match on the ground was in 1895.

  • Pagham F.C. · 1.2 km

    Pagham Football Club is a football club based in Pagham, near Bognor Regis, West Sussex, England. They are currently members of the Southern Combination Premier Division and play at Nyetimber Lane.

  • Nyetimber Mill · 1.4 km

    Nyetimber Mill is a grade II listed tower mill at Pagham, Sussex, England which has been converted to residential use.

  • Pagham Harbour · 1.6 km

    Pagham Harbour is a 629-hectare (1,550-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the western outskirts of Bognor Regis in West Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site, a Nature…

  • Nyetimber (electoral division) · 1.8 km

    Nyetimber 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)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Pagham?
Pagham is a town in West Sussex, England, in the Arun local authority.
How deprived is Pagham?
The Arun local authority, which includes Pagham, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.