# PO21

Postcode district covering Bognor Regis, Aldwick and North Bersted, in Arun.

PO21 is a postcode district covering Bognor Regis, Aldwick and North Bersted, in Arun. Median sale price £315,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code PO21. 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 PO21 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £315,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in PO21 was £315,000 in 2025. Joint 994th 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/po21#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 43,953** (2021). PO21 had 43,953 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 334th 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/po21#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in PO21 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/po21#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 83.7%** (January 2026). In PO21, 83.7% 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/po21#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=PO21) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in PO21 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=PO21) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 679 homes were sold in PO21 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=PO21) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for PO21.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=PO21) (Census 2021, England and Wales): PO21 had 43,953 usual residents at the census.

## How PO21 compares

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

| Measure | PO21 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £315,000 | 17th most expensive | 34 postcode districts, PO · 2025 |
| Population | 43,953 | 4th most populated | 34 postcode districts, PO · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 34 postcode districts, PO · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 83.7% | joint 8th lowest | 34 postcode districts, PO · Jan 2026 |

## Is PO21 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO21 at a rate of 114.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across the PO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 537 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,636), anti-social behaviour (1,033) and other crime (858).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO21 was 100.7 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 PO21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO21 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in PO21

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Arun 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031406) | 1,347 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.8% |
| [Arun 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01034822) | 1,974 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.2% |
| [Arun 012G](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01034823) | 1,777 | 120.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% |
| [Arun 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031442) | 1,748 | 111.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.5% |
| [Arun 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031443) | 1,397 | 105.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| [Arun 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031444) | 1,688 | 153.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| [Arun 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031450) | 1,460 | 95.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Arun 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031451) | 1,756 | 100.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.9% |
| [Arun 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031452) | 1,467 | 148.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| [Arun 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031431) | 1,095 | 219.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.3% |
| [Arun 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031432) | 1,947 | 417.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.9% |
| [Arun 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031435) | 1,884 | 86.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.5% |
| [Arun 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031436) | 1,985 | 301.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 40.0% |
| [Arun 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031437) | 2,109 | 199.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 63.7% |
| [Arun 017F](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031453) | 1,705 | 120.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.8% |
| [Arun 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031380) | 1,558 | 50.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 71.2% |
| [Arun 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031381) | 1,652 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.2% |
| [Arun 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031382) | 1,712 | 29.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.6% |
| [Arun 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031383) | 1,561 | 25.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 36.9% |
| [Arun 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031384) | 1,698 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 78.2% |
| [Arun 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031385) | 1,557 | 25.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| [Arun 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031445) | 1,910 | 59.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 72.9% |
| [Arun 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031446) | 1,334 | 60.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Arun 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031447) | 1,647 | 52.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.3% |
| [Arun 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031448) | 1,544 | 68.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 74.6% |
| [Arun 019F](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031449) | 1,713 | 76.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.0% |

## Your MP

- [Bognor Regis and Littlehampton](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bognor-regis-and-littlehampton): Alison Griffiths (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 74% of the people here.
- [Chichester](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chichester): Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 26% 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 PO21

[Aldwick](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/aldwick), [Bognor Regis Central](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/bognor-regis-central), [Hawthorn Road](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/hawthorn-road), [North Bersted](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/north-bersted), [Nyetimber & Pagham](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/nyetimber-and-pagham)

## Postcode sectors in PO21

[PO21 1 (261 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po21-1), [PO21 2 (266 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po21-2), [PO21 3 (279 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po21-3), [PO21 4 (270 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po21-4), [PO21 5 (273 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po21-5), [PO21 9 (3 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po21-9)

## Council

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

## Towns in PO21

[Bognor Regis](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bognor-regis)

## Postcode districts next to PO21

[PO20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po20), [PO22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po22)

## Nearest rail stations

[Bognor Regis (2.6 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)

## PO21 in brief

PO21 is a postcode district covering Bognor Regis, Aldwick and North Bersted, in Arun.
About 45,469 people lived in PO21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £315,000 in 2025 across 679 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 114.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO21 was £315,000 in 2025.
PO21 had 43,953 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in PO21 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PO21, 83.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: PO21
- Postcode area: [PO](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po)
- Constituency: [Bognor Regis and Littlehampton †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bognor-regis-and-littlehampton)
- Council: [Arun †](https://openindex.co.uk/arun)
- Area: 19.80 km²
- People, mid-2024: 45,469*
- Neighbourhoods: 26
- Output areas: 146

* 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

[PO20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po20), [PO22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po22)

## Latest updates for PO21

- 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/PO21

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po21, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po21#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po21