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West Sussex

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882,678 people · median £381,364

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

67/100

Good

Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£381k

median price

8.4

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£381k

median sold price

10.6 yrs

of local pay to buy

rail stations mapped

grammar schools

338

schools total

8.4

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

7.5

NO₂ · WHO 10

5.8%

in a flood zone

5,037

green spaces

6.3

PM2.5 · WHO 5

2,157

eat & drink

562

shops

69.9%

gigabit

153

gyms & leisure

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£280,000 in 2015 → £380,000 in 2026 · 12,234 sales in 12 months

⌄ 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

Crime2026-07

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

2026 YTD · 4,750 sales

Median sold price · 12 months to May 2026£381,364

Full history since 1995

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

Resold at a loss15.9%

Of the homes here that sold again within five years, 15.9% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Better than England (18%).

By property type

Detached houses3%

Semi-detached houses1.7%

Terraced houses3.7%

Flats17.4%

New-build vs second-hand

Bought new24.7%

Bought second-hand14.1%

Overall

Typical resale gain+19.3% · ~7.8-yr hold

Same home sold twice within five years (9,619 resale pairs) · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted

£3,657 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

District	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Adur	£372,500	—	—
Arun	£335,000	—	—
Chichester	£412,500	—	—
Crawley	£345,000	—	—
Horsham	£425,000	—	—
Mid Sussex	£430,000	—	—
Worthing	£335,000	—	—

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 8.4 per 1,000 residents a month — below the 9.9 average across districts Acreright covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Monthly recorded crimes across the whole county

Per 1,000 / month8.4

Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months county

Violence and sexual offences

20,972

Anti-social behaviour

13,743

Shoplifting

6,974

Public order

5,132

Criminal damage and arson

5,053

Other theft

4,007

Recorded crimes by category across the whole county, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or near	Crimes
Parking Area	1,045
Supermarket	601
Supermarket	590
Shopping Area	569
Supermarket	544

Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are), and some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can rank high without the crime happening there · police.uk

Who lives here? This county

Population882,678

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis)

ONS Census 2021

Schools This county

Ofsted

338 schools in the county.

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

Schools by district

This county has 338 schools across its districts. Open any district below for its full school list, Ofsted ratings and catchments.

GIAS + Ofsted

Health This county

At a glance

	Here
Life expectancy — men	81 yrs
Life expectancy — women	84.6 yrs

OHID Fingertips

123

GP surgeries
NHS ODS

dentists
NHS ODS

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

PM2.5

6.3

— WHO guide

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 buildings7,597

Conservation areas240

Green spaces5,037

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities This county

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	2,157	—
Shops	562	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	153	—
Green spaces & parks	5,037	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

69.9%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy This county

At a glance

	Count	Trend, 12 months
Companies registered here	124,832	—

Companies House