Rustington West
WardSouth east Arun. About 8,210 people in 1.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Rustington West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Rustington West compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Rustington West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rustington West at a rate of 48.7 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, 44 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rustington West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (122), anti-social behaviour (100) and other crime (60).
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 Rustington West alone. See Arun
Rustington West in brief
Rustington West had 8,339 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Rustington West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Rustington West, 78.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Rustington West, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.