Wick (Arun)

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 10° · 38% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:35

9h 40m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

• 6.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

191 reported · August 2026▲ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences79
• Anti-social behaviour46
• Criminal damage & arson20
• Other theft11

5 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Wick with Toddington · Sussex

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

275 reported road collisions (2025)

78 killed or seriously injured · 330 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

292 food businesses within 2 miles

• 257 rated 4–5 ★ (222 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Littlehampton (1.8 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£320,505 average▼ 1.2% YoY

Across Arun · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,231 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY

• 1 bed £849
• 2 bed £1,140
• 3 bed £1,395

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

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

2,618 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: 158.9p · BP (1.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · BP (1.7 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: BizSpace Littlehampton (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds24

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,147
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,172
• Net moves+2,975

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 137 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Arun

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
• 23 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

158 applications decided

86.1% granted · 136 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Alison Griffiths

Conservative

Bognor Regis and Littlehampton

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)

• Schools6
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens28
• Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

65% low-carbon electricity

Wind 39% · Gas 28% · Solar 15% · Imports 7%

121 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men

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

3 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in BN17

• Park Surgery
• Acf Medical Group
• Arun Miami Gp Access Hub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bognor Regis and Littlehampton:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases288 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND269 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks197 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK193 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth186 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Wick F.C. · 0.2 km

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  Wick, West Sussex · 1.0 km

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  The Littlehampton Academy · 1.0 km

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  Lyminster · 1.1 km

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  Slayer's Slab · 1.2 km

  The Slayer's Slab is a title given to a medieval gravestone formerly in the graveyard of Lyminster church in West Sussex, England. It has now been moved inside the church to protect it from weathering. According to le…

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  Lyminster Priory · 1.2 km

  Lyminster Priory was a priory in Lyminster, West Sussex, England. It was a possible Saxon royal minster of Benedictine nuns and was founded or refounded about 1082AD by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Sussex, who grante…

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