# BN16 3LX: area report for a postcode in Arun

BN16 3LX is a postcode in Arun.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Arun. Open the map at BN16 3LX for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Arun](https://openindex.co.uk/arun) › [BN16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn16) › [BN16 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn16-3)

## Around this postcode

- **16 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 33% on July. Arun 007E: 51 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.5092,50.8173,BN163LX
- **Angmering, 1.4 km**: About 17 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.5092,50.8173,BN163LX
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 340 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.5092,50.8173,BN163LX
- **No property in BN16 3LX listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.5092,50.8173,BN163LX
- **England’s least deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Arun 007E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.5092,50.8173,BN163LX
- **£321,460 average price**: For the whole of Arun, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.5092,50.8173,BN163LX
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 720 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.5092,50.8173,BN163LX
- **7 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 70 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.5092,50.8173,BN163LX
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at BN16 3LX**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.5092,50.8173,BN163LX
- **Moderate road and rail noise at BN16 3LX**: Road 64 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.5092,50.8173,BN163LX
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 5 of 6**: 10% to 30% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.5092,50.8173,BN163LX
- **7.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.5092,50.8173,BN163LX

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Rustington Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rustington-community-primary-school-e139478) | Primary | 340 m (4 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade | 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Summerlea Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/summerlea-community-primary-school-e150513) | Primary | 400 m (5 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), December 2022, before the school changed | – |
| [Georgian Gardens Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/georgian-gardens-community-primary-school-e125959) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2022 | 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Angmering School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-angmering-school-e126081) | Secondary | 1.8 km (23 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), October 2022 | Attainment 8 of 41.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [The Littlehampton Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-littlehampton-academy-e135745) | Secondary | 1.9 km (23 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 36.3 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Cornfield School, Littlehampton](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cornfield-school-littlehampton-e126170) | Special | 1.9 km (24 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| February 2023 | £175,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| July 2025 | £249,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| March 2023 | £280,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| August 2024 | £246,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| January 2026 | £400,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |
| August 2025 | £420,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 190 m |
| March 2023 | £357,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 190 m |
| September 2024 | £260,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 190 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: WESTCOURT MEDICAL CENTRE (720 m)
- Pharmacies: BOOTS (730 m); KAMSONS PHARMACY (840 m)
- Dental practices: MISS B LOGAN (540 m); CROFT DENTAL SURGERY (880 m)
- Supermarkets: M&S Rustington BP (70 m, Marks and Spencer); Aldi Rustington Littlehampton (380 m, Aldi); Iceland Rustington (740 m, Iceland); Cook Rustington (770 m, Cook); Tesco Rustington Sterling Parade Express (800 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £321,460** (July 2026). Arun’s average house price was £321,460 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 0.9% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £34,546** (2025). Full-time workers living in Arun earned a median of £34,546 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 44th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 9.3×** (2025). A home in Arun costs 9.3 times local full-time pay. Joint 73rd least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 19.4** (2025). Arun has a deprivation score of 19.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 141st most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Arun 007E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 9.7** (2025). Arun 007E has a deprivation score of 9.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 8,381st least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £442,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Arun 007E was £442,500 in 2025. Joint 6,694th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,641** (2021). Arun 007E had 1,641 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 16,152nd most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.0%** (January 2026). In Arun 007E, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## BN16 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £415,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BN16 was £415,000 in 2025. Joint 544th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 30,359** (2021). BN16 had 30,359 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 906th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in BN16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 81.0%** (January 2026). In BN16, 81.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Arun](https://openindex.co.uk/arun)
- Centre: 50.8173, -0.5092

Council: [Arun](https://openindex.co.uk/arun) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Bognor Regis and Littlehampton](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bognor-regis-and-littlehampton): Alison Griffiths (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.5092,50.8173,BN163LX

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