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31 recorded sales · median £162,000 · Adur
Adur Council · Labour-controlled 17/29 seats · 59% · OCD 2026
62/100
Mixed
Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£162k
median price
7.5
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£162k
median sold price
9.2 yrs
of local pay to buy
76 min
London — fastest
4
rail stations mapped
0
grammar schools
20
schools total
7.5
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
177
ASB — most
8.8
NO₂ · WHO 10
14.3%
in a flood zone
73
green spaces
6.6
PM2.5 · WHO 5
145
eat & drink
47
shops
91.8%
gigabit
13
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
£50,000 in 1995 → £175,475 in 2012
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Adur, 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 £162,000. That's about 9.2× local earnings — around the 11.7× five-year average.
Sold price history
2012 · 2 sales
Median sold price · 12 months to Sep 2026 · 31 sales£162,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay9.2× · five-year average 11.7×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Resold at a loss from Adur7.4%
Of the homes across Adur that sold again within five years, 7.4% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Better than South East (17.4%).
By property type
Terraced houses0%
Flats7.8%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new7.3%
Bought second-hand7.4%
Overall
Typical resale gain+25% · ~7.8-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (742 resale pairs) across Adur — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted
Home ownership72%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,526
Adur District Council£354
West Sussex County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,890
Police & Crime Commissioner£282
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,684
Band B£1,965
Band C£2,246
Band D (baseline)£2,526
Band E£3,088
Band F£3,649
Band G£4,210
Band H£5,053
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 Adur how Cowley Drive compares · from Adur
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Southwick +29.4%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwick | £440,000 | +29.4% | 222 |
| North Lancing | £380,000 | +23.3% | 234 |
| Lancing | £338,750 | +18.3% | 492 |
| Kingston Buci | £398,750 | +15.7% | 152 |
| Sompting | £326,000 | +13.4% | 72 |
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 Cowley Drive — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Cowley Drive | Semi-detached | — | — | £307,500 | Apr 2025 |
| 6 Cowley Drive | Semi-detached | — | — | £337,525 | Nov 2024 |
| GARAGE, 7 COWLEY DRIVE | Other | — | — | £21,000 | Aug 2023 |
| 2 Cowley Drive | Terraced | — | — | £235,000 | Dec 2022 |
| 5, Cowley Drive | Semi-detached | — | — | £280,000 | Feb 2021 |
| 15 COWLEY DRIVE | Terraced | — | — | £265,000 | Jun 2017 |
| 4, Cowley Drive | Terraced | — | — | £250,000 | Oct 2016 |
| 6 Cowley Drive | Semi-detached | — | — | £177,000 | Sep 2012 |
| 3 Cowley Drive | Semi-detached | — | — | £173,950 | Aug 2012 |
| 17 Cowley Drive | Terraced | — | — | £170,000 | Dec 2009 |
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 Adur
Crime runs at 7.5 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 / month7.5
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Adur
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Adur 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 Adur
Population64,544
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 7/10 · improved since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 65% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 7/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 7/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 65% 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 6 in 2019 — has improved 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
5.9/10
Employment
5.7/10
Education & skills
5.2/10
Health & disability
6.8/10
Crime
6.2/10
Housing & services
8.2/10
Living environment
6.4/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Adur — 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+56%
Unemployment · economically active residents4.6%
Degree-level (Level 4+)28%
Good or very good health80%
Own their home72%
Median age45.7
Born outside the UK8%
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
100% of the 5 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
5 of 5 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 5 nearest inspected schools
of the 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seaside Primary School | Primary | Inspected '25 — see report | 0.1 km |
| Penhill Playgroup | Nursery | Good ('24) | 0.6 km |
| Lancing Day Nursery & Pre-School | Nursery | Good ('23) | 0.6 km |
| The Beachside Montessori Nursery | Nursery | Good ('25) | 0.8 km |
| The Globe Primary Academy | Primary | — | 1.1 km |
| Little Acorns Pre-School | Nursery | Good ('22) | 1.1 km |
| Noahs Ark Childrens Day Nursery | Nursery | — | 1.2 km |
| North Lancing Primary School | Primary | Good ('24) | 1.4 km |
| Boundstone Nursery School | Nursery | Good ('22) | 1.4 km |
| The Sir Robert Woodard Academy | Secondary | Good ('21) | 1.5 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 | 80.2 yrs |
| Life expectancy — women | 84.2 yrs |
| Smoking | 18.3% |
| Adults overweight or obese | 61.5% |
OHID Fingertips · district-level figures (the health-outcomes grain)
10
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.7 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest dentists · nearest 0.8 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.7 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
10 of 10 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Pond Row Surgery | GP | Good ('18) | 0.7 km |
| Lancing Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.7 km |
| Boots | Pharmacy | — | 0.7 km |
| Rowlands Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.7 km |
| Lancing Dental Practice | Dentist | — | 0.8 km |
| The Orchard Surgery | GP | Good ('18) | 0.8 km |
| Wilmshurst Chemist | Pharmacy | — | 0.8 km |
| Craigweil Dental Practice | Dentist | — | 0.9 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 Adur
5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 76 min from Shoreham-By-Sea (Sussex).
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancing | 0.4 mi | London Victoria | 81 min |
| East Worthing | 1.8 mi | — | no direct train |
| Shoreham-By-Sea (Sussex) | 1.9 mi | London Victoria | 76 min |
| Worthing | 2.8 mi | London Victoria | 85 min |
| Southwick | 3.4 mi | — | no direct train |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Shoreham-By-Sea (Sussex) (76 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging2 points
Per 10,000 residents0.3
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Adur
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1000%
Flood zone14.3% of postcodes
RadonAffected Area (up to 10–30%)
Historic landfill28 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 buildings119
Conservation areas7
Green belt0%
Green spaces73
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Adur
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 145 | 95% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 47 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 13 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 73 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Adur
Figures for the wider Adur — 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)56.3%
Companies registered here8,950
New incorporations (12m)915
Property companies (SPVs)948
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district