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Shripney

Shripney is a village in West Sussex, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has around 2 restaurants or cafés, 6 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Bognor Regis, 2.6 km away. There were around 94 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 Shripney 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°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 20° / 18° · 71% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 19° · 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: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

107 reported · July 2026 19% YoY

  • Shoplifting34
  • Anti-social behaviour32
  • Violence & sexual offences22
  • Criminal damage & arson5

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bersted · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour (ASB)
  • Drug Related Harm

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

333 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 270 rated 4–5 ★ (241 top)
  • 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bognor Regis (2.5 km)
  • 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bognor Regis (2.6 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: 158.9p · BP (9.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (2.2 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

17 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 60 kW
  • Nearest: McDonald's Bognor Regis (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches6
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds6

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
  • 17 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

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Supermarkets6
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,340 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

8 jobs advertised · £34,909 avg

e.g. Online Maths Tutoring Job in Shripney – Flexible Schedule, Cook - KFC Bognor Regis - Shripney Road Retail Park, Team Leader - KFC Bognor Regis - Shripney Road Retail Park

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

9% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Imports 37% · Biomass 5% · Wind 3%

242 gCO₂/kWh · very 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

  • The Brooks Local Nature Reserve · 0.7 km

    The Brooks Local Nature Reserve is a 19.1-hectare (47-acre) Local Nature Reserve on the northern outskirts of Bognor Regis in West Sussex. It is owned and managed by Arun District Council.

  • Bersted (electoral division) · 0.8 km

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

  • LEC Airfield · 1.2 km

    LEC Airfield, also known as Bognor Regis Airfield, is an active airfield in Bognor Regis, United Kingdom. It is operated by the Bognor Regis Gliding Club.

  • Bognor Regis East (electoral division) · 1.7 km

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

  • South Bersted · 1.8 km

    South Bersted is a village and parish in the Arun district of West Sussex, England. It forms part of the built up area of Bognor Regis and lies on the A259 and A29 roads one mile (1.6 km) north of the town centre.

  • Bognor Regis War Memorial Hospital · 1.9 km

    Bognor Regis War Memorial Hospital is a health facility in Shripney Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, England. It is managed by Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

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