# PO22

Postcode district covering Bognor Regis, Felpham and South Bersted, in Arun.

PO22 is a postcode district covering Bognor Regis, Felpham and South Bersted, in Arun. Median sale price £350,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 74.6 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code PO22. 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 PO22 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £350,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in PO22 was £350,000 in 2025. Joint 789th 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/po22#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 31,289** (2021). PO22 had 31,289 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 851st 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/po22#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 87%** (2022). About 87% of people in PO22 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/po22#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.0%** (January 2026). In PO22, 94.0% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po22#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=PO22) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 87% of people in PO22 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=PO22) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 497 homes were sold in PO22 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=PO22) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for PO22.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=PO22) (Census 2021, England and Wales): PO22 had 31,289 usual residents at the census.

## How PO22 compares

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

| Measure | PO22 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £350,000 | 9th most expensive | 34 postcode districts, PO · 2025 |
| Population | 31,289 | 15th most populated | 34 postcode districts, PO · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 87% | 11th most people in radon Affected Areas | 34 postcode districts, PO · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.0% | 15th highest | 34 postcode districts, PO · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the PO postcode area.
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

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

## Neighbourhoods in PO22

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Arun 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031393) | 2,478 | 49.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 77.1% |
| [Arun 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031394) | 1,643 | 119.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.3% |
| [Arun 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031402) | 1,689 | 230.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.7% |
| [Arun 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031403) | 1,486 | 62.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.7% |
| [Arun 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031405) | 1,390 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| [Arun 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031417) | 1,702 | 31.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.6% |
| [Arun 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031438) | 1,522 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| [Arun 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031439) | 1,879 | 32.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.6% |
| [Arun 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031440) | 1,515 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.8% |
| [Arun 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031404) | 1,168 | 140.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Arun 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031433) | 1,413 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Arun 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031434) | 1,656 | 121.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.5% |
| [Arun 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031441) | 1,710 | 155.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.6% |
| [Arun 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031416) | 1,518 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Arun 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031418) | 2,059 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.4% |
| [Arun 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031419) | 1,575 | 193.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.7% |
| [Arun 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01031420) | 1,752 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.7% |
| [Arun 015F](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01034824) | 1,924 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.3% |
| [Arun 015G](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/neighbourhood/e01034825) | 1,765 | 35.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.7% |

## 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.
- [Arundel and South Downs](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/arundel-and-south-downs): Andrew Griffith (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 15% of the people here.
- [Chichester](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chichester): Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 11% 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 PO22

[Felpham](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/felpham), [Middleton-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/middleton-on-sea), [South Bersted](https://openindex.co.uk/arun/south-bersted)

## Postcode sectors in PO22

[PO22 0 (130 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po22-0), [PO22 6 (192 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po22-6), [PO22 7 (224 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po22-7), [PO22 8 (211 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po22-8), [PO22 9 (241 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po22-9)

## Council

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

## Towns in PO22

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

## Postcode districts next to PO22

[BN17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn17), [BN18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn18), [PO20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po20), [PO21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po21)

## Nearest rail stations

[Bognor Regis (2.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-0.6762,50.7866), [Barnham (3.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-0.6397,50.8309)

## 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)

## 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.
About 87% of people in PO22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PO22, 94.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: PO22
- 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: 23.79 km²
- People, mid-2024: 31,735*
- Neighbourhoods: 19
- Output areas: 106

* 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

[PO21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po21), [BN18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn18), [PO20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po20), [BN17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn17)

## Latest updates for PO22

- 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/PO22

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po22, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po22#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 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po22