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BN16 9SL

River · Arun · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
River
Local authority
Arun
Constituency
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
Postcode district
BN16
Postcode sector
BN16 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
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BN16 9NB 0 m
BN16 9ND 0 m
BN16 9NE 0 m
BN16 9NF 0 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN16 9SL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN16
Postcode sector
BN16 9
Latitude
50.808188
Longitude
-0.538495
British National Grid easting
503,071
British National Grid northing
101,978

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Arun · E07000224
Electoral ward
River · E05009819
Parish or community
E04009867
Westminster constituency
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton · E14001108
Output area
E00160395
Lower layer super output area
Arun 009D · E01031455
Middle layer super output area
Arun 009 · E02006550

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
12
Secondary
2

  1. River Beach Primary School

    Academy converter

    519 m

  2. The Littlehampton Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    772 m

  3. St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Littlehampton

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,766
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,021
  • Anti social behaviour 392
  • Shoplifting 308
  • Criminal damage and arson 209
  • Public order 202

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
Postcode sector residents
Not available

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version not available.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • ACF MEDICAL GROUP

    FITZALAN MEDICAL CENTRE, FITZALAN ROAD, LITTLEHAMPTON, BN17 5JR

    ODS code H82066

    194 m

  • PARK SURGERY

    ST. FLORAS ROAD, LITTLEHAMPTON, BN17 6BF

    ODS code H82039

    486 m

  • WESTCOURT MEDICAL CENTRE

    12 THE STREET, RUSTINGTON, LITTLEHAMPTON, BN16 3NX

    ODS code H82007

    1.8 km

  • WILLOW GREEN SURGERY

    STATION ROAD, EAST PRESTON, LITTLEHAMPTON, BN16 3AH

    ODS code H82059

    3.4 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Library

    BCT · Littlehampton

    0.1 miles

  • Library

    BCT · Littlehampton

    0.1 miles

  • Church Street

    BCT · Littlehampton

    0.1 miles

  • Anchor Springs Temporary

    BCT · Littlehampton

    0.1 miles

  • Granville Road

    BCT · Littlehampton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Arun 009D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,011 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

15 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools. River Beach Primary School is the nearest published school at 519 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2,766 published events cover 12 months, averaging 230.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,021 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.