Southwick (Adur)

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:31

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

35US 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

244 reported · August 2026▲ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences103
• Anti-social behaviour58
• Public order17
• Criminal damage & arson16

3 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Southwick Green · 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)

451 food businesses within 2 miles

• 389 rated 4–5 ★ (344 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Southwick (0.6 km)
• 67 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: 159.9p · Esso (8.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (8.8 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Lady Bee Enterprise Centre (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools22
• Sports pitches44
• Playgrounds13

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
• 42 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)

• Schools14
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés29

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,760 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Wind 32% · Nuclear 6% · Imports 4%

226 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

0 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in BN42

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

• Admiralty M-N Scheme · 0.4 km

  'The Admiralty M-N Scheme' was a World War I British plan to close the Strait of Dover in the English Channel to German U-boats, by means of a chain of either eight or twelve massive towers linked by anti-submarine…

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  Southwick, West Sussex · 0.4 km

  Southwick is a town in the Adur district of West Sussex, England located five miles (8 km) west of Brighton. It covers an area of 863.7 ha. In 2001 it had a population of 13,195.

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  Southwick railway station · 0.5 km

  Southwick railway station serves the town of Southwick in West Sussex, England. It is on the West Coastway Line, 4 miles 30 chains (7.0 km) from Brighton. It is operated by Southern. Its platforms are long enough for…

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  St Michael and All Angels Church, Southwick · 0.6 km

  St Michael and All Angels Church is an Anglican church in the town of Southwick in the English district of Adur. It was rebuilt in the 12th and 13th centuries, with some Anglo-Saxon era structural work remaining; a ch…

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  Old Town Hall, Southwick · 0.6 km

  The Old Town Hall, is a former municipal building in Albion Street in Southwick, West Sussex, England. The building, which is now used as offices, was the meeting place of Southwick Urban District Council.

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  Southwick F.C. · 0.7 km

  Southwick Football Club was a football club based in Southwick, West Sussex, England. The club was founded in 1882 and was among the founding members of the Sussex County League, which they won six times. Their home g…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)