Worthing

11°CPatchy rain nearby

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

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

35US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

• 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

766 reported · August 2026▲ 43% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences208
• Anti-social behaviour169
• Shoplifting157
• Public order86

39 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Worthing Central · Sussex

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

163 reported road collisions (2025)

40 killed or seriously injured · 200 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 441 rated 4–5 ★ (363 top)
• 26 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Worthing (0.1 km)
• 57 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£299,075 average▼ 5% YoY

Across Worthing · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,297 average monthly rent▼ 0.8% YoY

• 1 bed £890
• 2 bed £1,182
• 3 bed £1,428

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

9.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.6 times median annual pay (8.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,524 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 (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · BP (11.9 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

32 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Victoria Road, Broadwater 1 (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms7
• Swimming pools9
• Sports pitches35
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

111,338 residents in Worthing · 3,424/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,125
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,370
• Net moves+755

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 185 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,456 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 51,970)

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

36 schools · 15,596 pupils

21 primary · 6 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 11 of 15 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (73%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Worthing

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
• 158 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

128 applications decided

90.6% granted · 116 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Dr Beccy Cooper

Labour

Worthing West

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 15
• Con 6
• LD 1
• Grn 8
• Ref 5
• Oth 2

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools19
• GPs & clinics13
• Pharmacies8
• Supermarkets17
• Parks & greens38
• Restaurants & cafés236

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

592 jobs advertised · £40,730 avg

e.g. IT Sales Manager – Managed Services - MSP, Operations Manager, Safety & Security Frameworks Governance Lead

Source: Adzuna

£724 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,736 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

37% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 56,637 certificates

10.3% 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: 84.2 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

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

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.0
• Feeling worthwhile7.2
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

21 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in BN11

• Sussex Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
• Victoria Road Surgery
• Worthing Medical Group

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Worthing West:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases310 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks291 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND262 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death202 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide

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

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  Worthing railway station · 0.1 km

  Worthing railway station is the largest of the five stations serving the town of Worthing in West Sussex, the other stations being East Worthing, West Worthing, Durrington-on-Sea and Goring-by-Sea. It is 10 miles 46 c…

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  Teville Gate · 0.1 km

  Teville Gate is a construction site and car park in Worthing, West Sussex, England. Covering about 1.4 hectares the site lies at the main entrance to the town centre of Worthing for both rail, via Worthing railway sta…

• Teville Stream · 0.1 km

  The Teville Stream is a stream which flows through the town of Worthing in West Sussex. Once significantly wider than the current stream, it is now culverted for much of its length.

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  St Andrew the Apostle Church, Worthing · 0.3 km

  St Andrew the Apostle is an Anglican church in Worthing, West Sussex, England. Built between 1885 and 1886 in the Early English Gothic style by Sir Arthur Blomfield, "one of the last great Gothic revivalists", the chu…

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  Worthing Town Hall · 0.4 km

  Worthing Town Hall, or New Town Hall, is a municipal building in Chapel Road, Worthing, West Sussex, England. The town hall, which is a meeting place of Worthing Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building. Located…

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  Elizabeth Almshouses, Worthing · 0.4 km

  The Elizabeth Almshouses are a collection of four almshouses on Elizabeth Road, Worthing built in 1860 by the architect William Burges. The almshouses were paid for by William's father, Alfred Burges, in memory of Alf…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)