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Petworth

Petworth is a village in West Sussex, England, with a population of around 2,544. There are around 7 restaurants or cafés, along with 17 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Stopham Road, 6.5 km away. The average sold house price is around £865,077, and there were around 13 recorded street crimes in June 2026, 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 Petworth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Chichester area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 124,068 residents at roughly 158 people per km².

Council
Chichester
County
West Sussex
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs
Police force
Sussex
50/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 152nd of 294 English council areas — better than 48% of them.

Low crime68
Home affordability9
Affordable rents17
Good schools47
Life expectancy74
Low deprivation67
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

18°COvercast

  • Today: 20° / 17° · 84% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 17° · Mist

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: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

11 reported · July 2026 54% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour6
  • Violence & sexual offences4
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Petworth and Bury Ward · 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

275 reported road collisions (2024)

79 killed or seriously injured · 383 casualties · 22.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

36 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 35 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Stopham Road (6.5 km)
  • 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Pulborough (7.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£429,978 average 2.3% YoY

Across Chichester · to 2026-06

Detached£682,816
Semi-detached£424,454
Terraced£343,728
Flat£216,673

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,328 average monthly rent 2.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £944
  • 2 bed £1,217
  • 3 bed £1,501

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

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

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 13 kW
  • Nearest: Pound Street (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches6
  • 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)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 213 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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 · 16,863 pupils

48 primary · 5 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 22 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

58inspected 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

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

  • In a conservation area (Petworth)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 226 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

199 applications decided

85.4% granted · 170 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Andrew Griffith

Conservative

Arundel and South Downs

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,725 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

96 jobs advertised · £37,207 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats

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

Grid electricity

10% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Imports 35% · Biomass 5% · Wind 3%

243 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.3 yrs 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

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • Petworth · 0.0 km

    Petworth is a town and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the junction of the A272 east–west road from Heathfield to Winchester and the A283 Milford to Shoreham-by-Sea road.

  • Petworth Park · 0.1 km

    Petworth Park at Petworth, Sussex was used as the venue for three cricket matches between 1824 and 1826. The ground was in front of the main house, before the cricket ground was moved to its current location nearby at…

  • Leconfield Hall · 0.1 km

    Leconfield Hall, formerly Petworth Town Hall, is a municipal building in the Market Square in Petworth, West Sussex, England. The building, which is now used as a cinema, is a Grade II* listed building.

  • Petworth Cottage Museum · 0.1 km

    Petworth Cottage Museum, at 346 High Street, Petworth, West Sussex is a Leconfield Estate worker's cottage. It has been restored and furnished as it might have been in about 1910 when the occupier was a Mrs. Mary Cumm…

  • Sacred Heart Church, Petworth · 0.2 km

    Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Petworth, West Sussex, England. It was built in 1896 and designed by Frederick Walters. It is situated on Angel Street to the north of Petworth Cottage Museum i…

  • Petworth House · 0.3 km

    Petworth House is a late 17th-century Grade I listed country house in the parish of Petworth, West Sussex, England. It was built in 1688 by Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, and altered in the 1870s to the design…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Petworth?
Petworth is a town in West Sussex, England, in the Chichester local authority.
What is the population of Petworth?
Petworth has an approximate settlement population of 2,544.
How deprived is Petworth?
The Chichester local authority, which includes Petworth, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.