Southwick (Adur)

18°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 14° · 8% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:30

13h 5m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

216 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences82
• Anti-social behaviour65
• Public order21
• Criminal damage & arson12

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Southwick Green · 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)

456 food businesses within 2 miles

• 389 rated 4–5 ★ (340 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

£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: 159.9p · Esso (8.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Asda (8.5 km)

12 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)

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
• 42 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)

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

16% low-carbon electricity

Imports 77% · Solar 12% · Gas 7% · Wind 3%

99 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

• 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…

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