Sompting

19°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 19° · 84% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 18° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:22

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

109 reported · July 2026▼ 18% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences38
• Anti-social behaviour35
• Public order10
• Other theft9

Neighbourhood team: Peverel · Sussex

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

100 reported road collisions (2024)

29 killed or seriously injured · 119 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

419 food businesses within 2 miles

• 360 rated 4–5 ★ (316 top)
• 20 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Lancing (1.6 km)
• 52 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£380,031 average▲ 1.8% YoY

Across Adur · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,399 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £992
• 2 bed £1,289
• 3 bed £1,593

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

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 163.9p · ESSO (4.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · ESSO (4.5 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

35 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Tenkay Electronics Ltd (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms4
• Swimming pools14
• Sports pitches14
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

64,547 residents in Adur · 1,534/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 164 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,548 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (40% of 28,970)

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

21 schools · 8,938 pupils

12 primary · 2 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 6 of 6 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

16inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Adur

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
• 18 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

69 applications decided

94.2% granted · 65 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Tom Rutland

Labour

East Worthing and Shoreham

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 17
• Grn 2
• Ref 6
• Oth 4

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

727 jobs advertised · £44,657 avg

e.g. Mobile Mechanic, MOT Tester, Roadside Vehicle Mechanic

Source: Adzuna

£748 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,237 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 29,016 certificates

9.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

13% low-carbon electricity

Imports 74% · Gas 14% · Wind 12% · Hydro 1%

123 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 82.7 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday6.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.8

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Worthing and Shoreham:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership453 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership435 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases382 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s342 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office306 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Sompting · 0.5 km

  Sompting is a village and civil parish in the coastal Adur District of West Sussex, England between Lancing and Worthing. It is half grassland slopes and half developed plain at the foot of the South Downs National Pa…

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  Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School · 0.8 km

  Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School was a historic West Sussex independent school in Sompting, near Worthing and Steyning, situated in 30 acres of parkland, including woodland, chalk grassland slopes and a pond.

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  Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Sompting · 0.8 km

  The Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, also known as St Mary the Virgin Church and St Mary's Church, is the Church of England parish church of Sompting in the Adur district of West Sussex. It stands on a rural lane…

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  Sir Robert Woodard Academy · 0.9 km

  The Sir Robert Woodard Academy (SRWA) is a mixed gender academy, sponsored by Woodard Schools and West Sussex County Council, in Lancing, West Sussex which opened in September 2009. Their motto is “Inspire to Achieve.…

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  Boundstone Community College · 0.9 km

  Boundstone Community College was a co-educational comprehensive school for pupils aged 11 to 18, with around 1,000 pupils, including over 100 in the Sixth Form, which served the communities of Lancing and Sompting. Th…

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  Brighton and Hove built-up area · 1.3 km

  The Brighton and Hove Built-up area or Brighton / Worthing / Littlehampton conurbation has a population of 474,485, making it England's 12th largest conurbation. This was an increase of around 3% from the 2001 populat…

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