Sompting

10°CSunny

• Today: 12° / 9° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:31

9h 33m 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

• 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

155 reported · August 2026▲ 60% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour63
• Violence & sexual offences46
• Public order12
• Criminal damage & arson8

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Peverel · Sussex

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

94 reported road collisions (2025)

25 killed or seriously injured · 115 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

402 food businesses within 2 miles

• 361 rated 4–5 ★ (317 top)
• 17 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£378,990 average

Across Adur · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,410 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,000
• 2 bed £1,299
• 3 bed £1,606

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

841 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

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · ESSO (4.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · Asda (8.2 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

36 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,054
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,726
• Net moves+328

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 192 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

20 schools · 8,837 pupils

12 primary · 2 secondary · 6 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Adur

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

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

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

94 applications decided

95.7% granted · 90 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

2,760 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

401 jobs advertised · £47,250 avg

e.g. Lifeguard - Fixed Term Contract Available!, SEN / SEND Tutor, West Sussex, Special Needs Teaching Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£748 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% 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

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Wind 34% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

221 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 82.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (West Sussex): 64.5 women · 63.1 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

7 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in BN15

• Ball Tree Surgery
• New Pond Row Surgery
• The Orchard Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks444 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND426 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death388 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases385 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth248 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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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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