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Goring

Ward

South west Worthing. About 8,342 people in 3.2 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Goring live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,415
3,192nd most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Goring compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

GoringMiddle
Population13 wards, Worthing · 2021
Population: every ward in Worthing13 areas from 5,834 to 10,556. The middle area is 8,466. Goring is 8,415.
8,4155th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares13 wards, Worthing · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Worthing13 areas from 100.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Goring is 100.0%.
100%
Gigabit broadband coverage13 wards, Worthing · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Worthing13 areas from 95.4% to 99.8%. The middle area is 98.0%. Goring is 95.9%.
95.9%2nd lowest
Claimant rate13 wards, Worthing · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Worthing13 areas from 1.7% to 5.6%. The middle area is 2.9%. Goring is 2.4%.
2.4%2nd lowest

Is Goring safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Goring at a rate of 51.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 101.6 per 1,000 people across Worthing.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 63 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Goring.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (124), anti-social behaviour (111) and other crime (68).

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.

Figures for the whole of Worthing

These figures are published for the whole of Worthing, not for each ward, so they describe all of Worthing and not Goring alone. See Worthing

Average house price
£297,200
Down 3.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,581
110th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.1×
Joint 130th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
15.9
Joint 111th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Goring in brief

Goring had 8,415 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Goring live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Goring, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Goring, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.