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95 recorded sales · median £310,000 · Chichester
Chichester Council · Liberal Democrat-controlled 24/36 seats · 67% · OCD 2026
62/100
Mixed
Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£310k
median price
9.3
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£310k
median sold price
12.3 yrs
of local pay to buy
109 min
London — fastest
7
rail stations mapped
0
grammar schools
69
schools total
9.3
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
341
Violence — most
6.2
NO₂ · WHO 10
10.1%
in a flood zone
482
green spaces
6
PM2.5 · WHO 5
391
eat & drink
87
shops
50.4%
gigabit
28
gyms & leisure
Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.
Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities
Sold price trend
£627,500 in 2009 → £832,500 in 2025
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Chichester, clearly labelled.
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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-09-09
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2026 (control)
Crime2026-07
Deprivation2025
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Ground checks2022–25
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01
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What does it cost? This street
A typical home here sells for £310,000. That's about 12.3× local earnings — around the 13.3× five-year average.
Sold price history
2025 · 2 sales
Median sold price · 12 months to Sep 2026 · 95 sales£310,000
Full history since 1996
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay12.3× · five-year average 13.3×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Resold at a loss from Chichester16.2%
Of the homes across Chichester that sold again within five years, 16.2% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Better than South East (17.4%).
By property type
Detached houses2.2%
Semi-detached houses2.9%
Terraced houses5.1%
Flats20%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new27.3%
Bought second-hand14.2%
Overall
Typical resale gain+19.5% · ~8.2-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (911 resale pairs) across Chichester — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted
Home ownership65%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,370
Chichester District Council£198
West Sussex County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,890
Police & Crime Commissioner£282
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,580
Band B£1,843
Band C£2,107
Band D (baseline)£2,370
Band E£2,897
Band F£3,423
Band G£3,950
Band H£4,740
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April
Neighbourhood prices in Chichester how Bell Lane compares · from Chichester
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Summersdale +23.3%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summersdale | £427,500 | +23.3% | 124 |
| East Beach | £319,125 | +23.1% | 128 |
| Selsey | £365,000 | +19.5% | 246 |
| East Wittering | £497,500 | +18.6% | 96 |
| Southbourne | £367,500 | +15.4% | 80 |
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months
Homes in Bell Lane — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Bell Lane Birdham | Semi-detached | — | — | £470,000 | Jan 2026 |
| Garth House Bell Lane | Detached | — | — | £885,000 | Dec 2025 |
| Swallowfield Bell Lane Cocking | Detached | — | — | £780,000 | Mar 2025 |
| Kingfisher Bell Lane Birdham | Semi-detached | — | — | £385,000 | Jun 2024 |
| THE NURSERY BELL LANE | Other | — | — | £699,400 | Jun 2024 |
| Tobias Bell Lane Birdham | Detached | — | — | £610,000 | Feb 2024 |
| 5, Bell Lane Birdham | Semi-detached | — | — | £407,000 | Jul 2023 |
| Bell House Bell Lane Cocking | Detached | — | — | £1,510,000 | Dec 2022 |
| Earnley Mill Bell Lane Earnley | Other | — | — | £845,000 | Feb 2022 |
| Springwells Bell Lane Cocking | Detached | — | — | £725,000 | Jun 2021 |
24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
How safe is it? from Chichester
Crime runs at 9.3 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.
Crime rate
Per 1,000 / month9.3
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Chichester
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Chichester district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on. Some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can look like a hotspot.
Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk
Who lives here? from Chichester
Population124,068
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 6/10 · more deprived than in 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 55% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 6/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 6/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 55% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).
SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 7 in 2019 — has worsened since.
The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.
Income
6.5/10
Employment
6.9/10
Education & skills
5.9/10
Health & disability
6.7/10
Crime
6.7/10
Housing & services
4.2/10
Living environment
5.4/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Chichester — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Employment rate · residents aged 16+54%
Unemployment · economically active residents4.6%
Degree-level (Level 4+)37%
Good or very good health83%
Own their home65%
Median age48.8
Born outside the UK10%
See the full Chichester report →
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
100% of the 3 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
3 of 3 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 3 nearest inspected schools
of the 3 nearest inspected schools
GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"
Catchments
Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.
Council catchment polygons + GIAS
Nearest schools 25 nearest schools
AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery
| School | Phase | Ofsted | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishbourne CofE Primary School | Primary | — | 0.2 km |
| Fishbourne Pre-School | Nursery | Good ('22) | 0.5 km |
| Bishop Luffa School, Chichester | Secondary | Outstanding ('22) | 1.3 km |
| Stagecoach Performing Arts School | Nursery | — | 1.3 km |
| Jessie Younghusband Primary School | Primary | — | 1.5 km |
| Parklands Community Primary School | Primary | — | 1.6 km |
| Teddy Wilf's Nursery School | Nursery | Good ('24) | 1.6 km |
| Chichester College Group | 16 plus | — | 1.8 km |
| First Steps Childcare @ Chichester College | Nursery | Good ('23) | 1.8 km |
| Oakwood School | Primary | — | 1.9 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
At a glance
| Here | |
|---|---|
| Life expectancy — men | 80.4 yrs |
| Life expectancy — women | 85.3 yrs |
| Smoking | 12.8% |
| Adults overweight or obese | 57.9% |
OHID Fingertips · district-level figures (the health-outcomes grain)
4
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 1.7 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
14
nearest dentists · nearest 2.0 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
7
nearest pharmacies · nearest 1.0 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
4 of 4 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tesco Instore Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 1.0 km |
| Stephens Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 1.6 km |
| Parklands Surgery | GP | Good ('17) | 1.7 km |
| Grange Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 2.0 km |
| Langley House Surgery | GP | Good ('20) | 2.1 km |
| Ground Floor Unit 1 | Dentist | — | 2.1 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 2.1 km |
| Boots | Pharmacy | — | 2.3 km |
Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)
Getting around from Chichester
5 nearest stations.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishbourne | 0.1 mi | — | no direct train |
| Chichester | 1.4 mi | — | no direct train |
| Bosham | 1.5 mi | — | no direct train |
| Nutbourne | 3.1 mi | — | no direct train |
| Southbourne | 4.2 mi | — | no direct train |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging41 points
Per 10,000 residents3.3
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Chichester
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1000.6%
Flood zone10.1% of postcodes
RadonAffected Area (up to 5–10%)
Historic landfill200 sites within ~1 km
EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search
Transport noise (Defra)
Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".
Defra strategic noise mapping
Heritage & green space
Listed buildings3,346
Conservation areas84
Green belt0%
Green spaces482
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Chichester
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 391 | 98% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 87 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 28 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 482 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Chichester
Figures for the wider Chichester — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate4.6%
In work (employment rate)53.8%
Companies registered here20,481
New incorporations (12m)1,996
Property companies (SPVs)2,083
See the full Chichester report →
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district