Living in Bognor Regis: The Complete Area Guide

Against comparable English towns that puts Bognor Regis in the highest-crime 10% of England, so it sits in the busier third of the country for recorded offences. The largest single category is violent crime, at 41% of the offences we sampled, followed by anti social behaviour. A violence-weighted mix usually concentrates around night-time economy streets rather than residential roads, so the picture can change sharply a few streets out. We annualised roughly 5,040 recorded offences around the centre to reach that rate, so month-to-month noise is smoothed out but a single busy street can still lift it. Our safety score of 1.8/10 reflects that rate after calibration against England-wide levels.

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6 Ofsted-rated schools sit inside the search radius, split 10 primary-phase to 2 secondary-phase. Primary provision heavily outnumbers secondary, which is normal for an English town but means secondary catchment is the tighter competition. 2 of the nearest listed schools currently hold a Good or Outstanding judgement. The closest is St Mary's Catholic Primary School, about 0.2 km from the centre point we sampled. Nationally, Bognor Regis schools rate better than 65% of England. Ofsted grades age quickly and admissions are decided by distance in most years, so confirm the current catchment cut-off for the exact street before committing.

Bognor Regis Rail Station (rail station) is 0.5 km away, about 6 minutes on foot.

Bognor Regis Rail Station is about 6 minutes' walk away. Anything inside a 12-minute walk is normally treated as genuinely commutable and tends to carry a price premium over otherwise identical stock further out. We counted 26 bus stops within 800 m, a dense network that usually means several routes rather than one hourly service. Overall the area is in the best-connected 3% of England. Access varies street by street: the same postcode district can be a five-minute walk from the platform at one end and a 30-minute one at the other.

Nearest everyday amenity: Good & Fair (Restaurant / cafe), 36 m away.

We mapped 166 everyday amenities inside the walking radius around the centre of Bognor Regis. Multiple grocery options within walking distance is the single strongest predictor of a genuinely liveable centre, and it holds value in a soft market. The mix leans heavily towards food and drink rather than leisure, typical of a high-street-led town centre. Average Food Standards Agency hygiene rating nearby is 4.7/5, which is strong. Nationally that leaves Bognor Regis in the best-served 1% of England for amenities.

Flood risk: High - many monitored flood areas within 5 km

Flood picture: high - many monitored flood areas within 5 km. Environment Agency flood areas overlap the search radius, which can affect both insurance premiums and lender appetite, so ask for a flood search on the specific address. Air quality reads 34 on the European AQI (Fair). That is a fair reading, typical of an English town centre with through traffic. Overall the environment score puts the area in the lowest flood-risk 1% of England.

Most common band locally: Band B — a typical bill of £1,935 a year.

A Band D bill of £2,487 works out at roughly £207 a month over ten instalments under Arun. That is cheaper council tax than 36% of England. Most homes locally fall in Band B, so the typical household bill differs from the Band D headline that councils publish. Council tax is a fixed annual cost that rarely falls, so it belongs in the affordability calculation alongside the mortgage.