Compare

Sidlesham with Selsey North

Ward

South Chichester. About 6,146 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 23 square kilometres.

Open in map

Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 16% of people in Sidlesham with Selsey North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,920
Joint 3,513th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
16%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
69.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Sidlesham with Selsey North compares

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

Sidlesham with Selsey NorthMiddle
Population21 wards, Chichester · 2021
Population: every ward in Chichester21 areas from 2,929 to 10,899. The middle area is 6,373. Sidlesham with Selsey North is 5,920.
5,9209th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares21 wards, Chichester · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Chichester21 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 98.0%. Sidlesham with Selsey North is 16.0%.
16%4th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage21 wards, Chichester · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Chichester21 areas from 8.0% to 98.3%. The middle area is 69.6%. Sidlesham with Selsey North is 69.6%.
69.6%11th highest
Claimant rate21 wards, Chichester · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Chichester21 areas from 1.3% to 5.1%. The middle area is 3.3%. Sidlesham with Selsey North is 4.2%.
4.2%5th highest

Is Sidlesham with Selsey North safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sidlesham with Selsey North at a rate of 73.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 80.3 per 1,000 people across Chichester.

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

In August 2026 alone, 66 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sidlesham with Selsey North.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (169), violence and sexual offences (158) and other crime (80).

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 Chichester

These figures are published for the whole of Chichester, not for each ward, so they describe all of Chichester and not Sidlesham with Selsey North alone. See Chichester

Average house price
£428,364
Down 2.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,264
75th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
12.1×
22nd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
15.6
106th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Sidlesham with Selsey North in brief

Sidlesham with Selsey North had 5,920 usual residents at the census.

About 16% of people in Sidlesham with Selsey North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Sidlesham with Selsey North, 69.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Sidlesham with Selsey North, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.