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West Sussex

882,678 people · median £381,364

65/100
Mixed
AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£381k
median price
7.8
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£381k
median sold price
10.6 yrs
of local pay to buy
49
rail stations
3
grammar schools
340
schools total
7.8
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
7.5
NO₂ · WHO 10
5.8%
in a flood zone
4,954
green spaces
6.3
PM2.5 · WHO 5
2,160
eat & drink
560
shops
69.9%
gigabit
153
gyms & leisure

Tiles show county’s own prices and crime; schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

Not enough history to chart yet.
Below this county: West Sussex is an aggregation of its districts — every figure above sums or population-weights them. Click any district in the tables for its own full report.

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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-05
Affordability2025
Crime2026-06
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This county

A typical home here sells for £381,364. That's about 10.6× local earnings.

Sold price history

Not enough history to chart yet.
Median sold price£381,364
Price per square metre£3,639
HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay10.6×
HM Land Registry, 12 months

£3,639 per square metre

What this means ▾

The sold price divided by the home's recorded floor area, which makes differently-sized homes easier to compare.

HM Land Registry + EPC floor areas

Prices by district 7 districts — the county, broken down

DistrictMedian price5-year changeSales, 12m
Adur£372,500
Arun£335,000
Chichester£412,500
Crawley£345,000
Horsham£425,000
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

How safe is it? This county

Crime runs at 7.8 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 / month7.8
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from the wider district

Street-level category counts weren’t available from police.uk for West Sussex this month.

Recorded crimes by category across the whole the wider district 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.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? This county

Population882,678

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis)
ONS Census 2021

Schools This county

Ofsted

0 nearest 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 0 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery
SchoolPhaseOfstedDistance
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This county

Getting around This county

EV charging112 points

Per 10,000 residents1.3
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment This county

Air quality

NO₂
7.5
— WHO guide
10
PM2.5
6.3
— WHO guide
5
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
A population-weighted county average across West Sussex’s districts — air quality varies locally. See the per-district ranking.

Ground checks

Flood zone5.8% of postcodes
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 buildings7,596
Conservation areas240
Green spaces4,954
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities This county

What's here

CategoryCountNote
Eat & drink2,160
Shops560supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds153
Green spaces & parks4,954filled areas on the map
OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit
69.9%
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy This county

At a glance

CountTrend, 12 months
Companies registered here62,620
Companies House
Sources & dates: every figure carries its own source line with the data vintage; the full table is in Overview → "All figures, sources and dates".

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