PO22
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bognor Regis, Felpham and South Bersted, in Arun.
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 PO22 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PO22, 94.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PO22 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PO22 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO22 at a rate of 74.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across PO.
In August 2026 alone, 211 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO22.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (785), anti-social behaviour (432) and other crime (366).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO22 was 75.3 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 PO22, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO22 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PO22
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arun 003A | 2,478 | 49.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 77.1% |
| Arun 003B | 1,643 | 119.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.3% |
| Arun 012B | 1,689 | 230.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.7% |
| Arun 012C | 1,486 | 62.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.7% |
| Arun 012D | 1,390 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Arun 013A | 1,702 | 31.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.6% |
| Arun 013B | 1,522 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Arun 013C | 1,879 | 32.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.6% |
| Arun 013D | 1,515 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.8% |
| Arun 014A | 1,168 | 140.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Arun 014B | 1,413 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Arun 014C | 1,656 | 121.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.5% |
| Arun 014D | 1,710 | 155.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.6% |
| Arun 015A | 1,518 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Arun 015B | 2,059 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.4% |
| Arun 015C | 1,575 | 193.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.7% |
| Arun 015D | 1,752 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.7% |
| Arun 015F | 1,924 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.3% |
| Arun 015G | 1,765 | 35.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.7% |
MPs for PO22
- Alison GriffithsConservativeMP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton74% of PO22’s postcodes
- Andrew GriffithConservativeMP for Arundel and South Downs15% of PO22’s postcodes
- Jess Brown-FullerLiberal DemocratMP for Chichester11% of PO22’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in PO223
Postcode sectors in PO225
Council1
Towns in PO222
Postcode districts next to PO224
Nearest rail stations2
More in the PO postcode area2
PO22 in brief
PO22 is a postcode district covering Bognor Regis, Felpham and South Bersted, in Arun.
About 31,735 people lived in PO22 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £350,000 in 2025 across 497 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 74.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO22 was £350,000 in 2025.
PO22 had 31,289 usual residents at the census.
In PO22, 94.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PO22, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.