# PO20

Postcode district covering Selsey and East Wittering, in Chichester and Arun.

PO20 is a postcode district covering Selsey and East Wittering, in Chichester and Arun. Median sale price £380,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code PO20. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [PO](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an PO20 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £380,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in PO20 was £380,000 in 2025. Joint 662nd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po20#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 36,290** (2021). PO20 had 36,290 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 583rd 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po20#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 57%** (2022). About 57% of people in PO20 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po20#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 74.1%** (January 2026). In PO20, 74.1% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po20#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=PO20) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 57% of people in PO20 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=PO20) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 587 homes were sold in PO20 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=PO20) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for PO20.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=PO20) (Census 2021, England and Wales): PO20 had 36,290 usual residents at the census.

## How PO20 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | PO20 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £380,000 | 7th most expensive | 34 postcode districts, PO · 2025 |
| Population | 36,290 | 8th most populated | 34 postcode districts, PO · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 57% | 16th most people in radon Affected Areas | 34 postcode districts, PO · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 74.1% | joint 4th lowest | 34 postcode districts, PO · Jan 2026 |

## Is PO20 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO20 at a rate of 62.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across the PO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 312 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO20.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (867), anti-social behaviour (598) and other crime (425).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO20 was 60.1 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in PO20, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO20 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in PO20

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Arun 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031395) | 1,664 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 53.2% |
| [Arun 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031396) | 2,434 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 63.1% |
| [Arun 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031397) | 1,841 | 78.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 51.1% |
| [Chichester 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/neighbourhood/e01031530) | 1,290 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 78.2% |
| [Chichester 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/neighbourhood/e01031538) | 1,595 | 92.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.0% |
| [Chichester 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/neighbourhood/e01031539) | 1,739 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.8% |
| [Chichester 012G](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/neighbourhood/e01035326) | 1,715 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.0% |
| [Chichester 012H](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/neighbourhood/e01035327) | 1,791 | 61.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 28.7% |
| [Chichester 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/neighbourhood/e01031499) | 1,739 | 52.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.3% |
| [Chichester 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/neighbourhood/e01031500) | 2,361 | 57.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.4% |
| [Chichester 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/neighbourhood/e01031501) | 1,436 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.9% |
| [Chichester 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/neighbourhood/e01031529) | 1,304 | 89.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 6.2% |
| [Chichester 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/neighbourhood/e01031540) | 1,375 | 56.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.9% |
| [Chichester 013F](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/neighbourhood/e01031541) | 1,397 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.3% |
| [Chichester 013G](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/neighbourhood/e01031542) | 2,016 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 63.6% |
| [Chichester 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/neighbourhood/e01031522) | 2,014 | 103.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 79.0% |
| [Chichester 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/neighbourhood/e01031523) | 1,658 | 131.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 57.1% |
| [Chichester 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/neighbourhood/e01031524) | 1,740 | 64.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.2% |
| [Chichester 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/neighbourhood/e01031525) | 1,337 | 23.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.1% |
| [Chichester 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/neighbourhood/e01031526) | 1,254 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.5% |
| [Chichester 014F](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/neighbourhood/e01031527) | 1,450 | 59.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.4% |
| [Chichester 014G](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/neighbourhood/e01031528) | 1,469 | 78.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 68.3% |

## Your MP

- [Chichester](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chichester): Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 88% of the people here.
- [Arundel and South Downs](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/arundel-and-south-downs): Andrew Griffith (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 12% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in PO20

[Selsey](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/selsey), [Tangmere, Mundham & Hunston](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/tangmere-mundham-and-hunston), [Westergate, Eastergate & Walberton](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/westergate-eastergate-and-walberton), [Wittering & Birdham](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester/wittering-and-birdham)

## Postcode sectors in PO20

[PO20 0 (275 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po20-0), [PO20 1 (124 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po20-1), [PO20 2 (197 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po20-2), [PO20 3 (153 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po20-3), [PO20 7 (199 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po20-7), [PO20 8 (244 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po20-8), [PO20 9 (85 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po20-9)

## Councils PO20 covers

[Chichester](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester), [Arun](https://openindex.co.uk/arun)

## Towns in PO20

[Barnham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/barnham), [Selsey](https://openindex.co.uk/town/selsey)

## Postcode districts next to PO20

[BN18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn18), [PO11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po11), [PO18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po18), [PO19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po19), [PO21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po21), [PO22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po22)

## Nearest rail stations

[Chichester (4.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.7817,50.8321), [Barnham (5.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.6397,50.8309), [Bognor Regis (5.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.6762,50.7866)

## More in the PO postcode area

[All PO postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## PO20 in brief

PO20 is a postcode district covering Selsey and East Wittering, in Chichester and Arun.
About 38,382 people lived in PO20 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £380,000 in 2025 across 587 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 62.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO20 was £380,000 in 2025.
PO20 had 36,290 usual residents at the census.
About 57% of people in PO20 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PO20, 74.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: PO20
- Postcode area: [PO](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po)
- Constituency: [Chichester †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chichester)
- Council: [Chichester †](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester)
- Area: 99.41 km²
- People, mid-2024: 38,382*
- Neighbourhoods: 22
- Output areas: 114

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[PO19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po19), [PO21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po21), [PO22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po22), [BN18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn18), [PO18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po18), [PO11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po11)

## Latest updates for PO20

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/PO20

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po20, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po20#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po20