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Beach

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South east Arun. About 4,638 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Beach live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
4,701
Joint 2,480th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
83.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Beach compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

BeachMiddle
Population23 wards, Arun · 2021
Population: every ward in Arun23 areas from 4,701 to 11,788. The middle area is 6,435. Beach is 4,701.
4,701least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares23 wards, Arun · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Arun23 areas from 19.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Beach is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage23 wards, Arun · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Arun23 areas from 51.7% to 97.4%. The middle area is 87.3%. Beach is 83.4%.
83.4%10th lowest
Claimant rate23 wards, Arun · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Arun23 areas from 1.9% to 6.6%. The middle area is 2.9%. Beach is 4.0%.
4.0%8th highest

Is Beach safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Beach at a rate of 64.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 87.8 per 1,000 people across Arun.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 34 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Beach.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (98), violence and sexual offences (90) and other crime (51).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Arun

These figures are published for the whole of Arun, not for each ward, so they describe all of Arun and not Beach alone. See Arun

Average house price
£321,460
Up 0.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,546
44th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.3×
Joint 73rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
19.4
141st most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Beach in brief

Beach had 4,701 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Beach live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Beach, 83.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Beach, 4.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.