Walberton

18°CClear

• Today: 19° / 15° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 18° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:25

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

7 reported · July 2026▼ 42% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Walberton · Sussex

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

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)

73 food businesses within 2 miles

• 58 rated 4–5 ★ (51 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Barnham (2.2 km)
• 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£321,927 average▲ 3.1% YoY

Across Arun · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · BP (5.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (11.7 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Barnham Railway Station (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

164,889 residents in Arun · 746/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 56%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,487 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 79,740)

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Arun

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
• 37 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

178 applications decided

88.2% granted · 157 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Andrew Griffith

Conservative

Arundel and South Downs

Source: UK Parliament

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)

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,340 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

13 jobs advertised · £18,933 avg

e.g. Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Care Assistant Days, Wellbeing Lead

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Solar 19% · Imports 11% · Gas 10%

56 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Arundel and South Downs:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership456 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership402 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office320 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases316 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s256 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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