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Rustington

Rustington is a town in West Sussex, England, with a population of around 13,210. It has around 2 GP surgeries, 1 pharmacy, 1 park, and around 16 restaurants and cafés, along with 36 bus stops and Angmering railway station 0.4 km away. There were around 146 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly shoplifting. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Rustington area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Arun area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 164,889 residents at roughly 746 people per km².

Council
Arun
County
West Sussex
Constituency
Worthing West
Police force
Sussex
41/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 211th of 294 English council areas — better than 28% of them.

Low crime61
Home affordability20
Affordable rents20
Good schools51
Life expectancy38
Low deprivation46
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

12°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 13° / 10° · 43% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:35

9h 40m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

144 reported · August 2026▲ 21% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences41
  • Anti-social behaviour40
  • Shoplifting23
  • Criminal damage & arson11

4 stop & searches · mostly articles for use in criminal damage

Neighbourhood team: Rustington · Sussex

Local policing priorities

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

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

325 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 284 rated 4–5 ★ (238 top)
  • 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

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

Live trains from Angmering (1.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£320,505 average▼ 1.2% YoY

Across Arun · to 2026-08

Detached£549,293
Semi-detached£350,575
Terraced£275,785
Flat£167,944

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · BP (4.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · BP (4.1 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

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

Sport & leisure

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

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)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

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%)

43 inspected 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

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

158 applications decided

86.1% granted · 136 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Alison Griffiths

Conservative

Bognor Regis and Littlehampton

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) 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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

22 jobs advertised · £38,341 avg

e.g. Driver, Healthcare Assistant, Car Delivery Driver

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

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 48% · Wind 39% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

195 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in BN16

  • Westcourt Medical Centre
  • Coppice Surgery
  • Willow Green Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Rustington?
Rustington is a town in West Sussex, England, in the Arun local authority.
What is the population of Rustington?
Rustington has an approximate settlement population of 13,210.
How deprived is Rustington?
The Arun local authority, which includes Rustington, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.