Rustington

19°CLight rain shower

• Today: 20° / 18° · 81% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 19° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:23

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

159 reported · July 2026▲ 30% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour49
• Violence & sexual offences42
• Shoplifting29
• Public order11

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Rustington · Sussex

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

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)

332 food businesses within 2 miles

• 274 rated 4–5 ★ (229 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Mewsbrook Park (1.3 km)
• 41 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£321,927 average▲ 3.1% YoY

Across Arun · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · BP (4.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · ESSO (7.4 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Rustington Broadmark Parade (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools21
• Sports pitches4
• Golf courses3
• Playgrounds17

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)

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

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Arun

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
• 43 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

178 applications decided

88.2% granted · 157 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens27
• Restaurants & cafés34

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,340 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

49 jobs advertised · £38,104 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Teaching Assistant, Lift Repair Engineer

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

9% low-carbon electricity

Imports 67% · Gas 24% · Wind 9% · Hydro 0%

155 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 79.2 yrs 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

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

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership412 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office410 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership376 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s330 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases285 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Rustington · 0.1 km

  Rustington is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex. Rustington is approximately at the midpoint of the West Sussex coast and midway between Chichester and Brighton. The A259 runs along the no…

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  Rustington (electoral division) · 0.1 km

  Rustington is an electoral division of West Sussex in England and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.

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  Rustington F.C. · 0.5 km

  Rustington F.C. is a football club based in the village of Rustington, West Sussex, England. The club are currently members of the Southern Combination Division Two and play at the Recreation Ground.

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  Zachary Merton Hospital · 0.5 km

  Zachary Merton Hospital was a health facility at Glenville Road, Rustington, West Sussex, England. It was managed by the Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust.

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  Littlehampton East (electoral division) · 1.2 km

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

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  Mewsbrook Park · 1.4 km

  Mewsbrook Park is a four-hectare (ten-acre) urban park located in the seaside resort of Littlehampton, West Sussex, England. The park is located a few minutes’ walk from the beach and boasts a number of attractions in…

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