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BN17 6AP

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
BN17
Postcode sector
BN17 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BN17 6AR 0 m
BN17 6EJ 67 m
BN17 6EH 129 m
BN17 5ET 146 m
BN17 6UH 146 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN17 6AP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN17
Postcode sector
BN17 6
Latitude
50.812415
Longitude
-0.537071
British National Grid easting
503,162
British National Grid northing
102,450

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
E00160397
Lower layer super output area
Arun 009D · E01031455
Middle layer super output area
Arun 009 · E02006550

Postcode source versions

Explore BN17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
12
Secondary
2

  1. The Littlehampton Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    295 m

  2. River Beach Primary School

    Academy converter

    412 m

  3. St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Littlehampton

    Academy converter

    577 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,257
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,222
  • Anti social behaviour 458
  • Shoplifting 363
  • Criminal damage and arson 245
  • Public order 243

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BN17 6 residents
14,270

Age bands in BN17 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.6%

2,390 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

1,450 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.9%

3,290 residents

Age 45 to 64
27%

3,881 residents

Age 65 and over
23.4%

3,373 residents

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 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • PARK SURGERY

    ST. FLORAS ROAD, LITTLEHAMPTON, BN17 6BF

    ODS code H82039

    559 m

  • ACF MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code H82066

    656 m

  • WESTCOURT MEDICAL CENTRE

    12 THE STREET, RUSTINGTON, LITTLEHAMPTON, BN16 3NX

    ODS code H82007

    1.6 km

  • WILLOW GREEN SURGERY

    STATION ROAD, EAST PRESTON, LITTLEHAMPTON, BN16 3AH

    ODS code H82059

    3.3 km

  • ARUNDEL SURGERY

    GREEN LANE CLOSE, ARUNDEL, BN18 9HG

    ODS code H82021

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Rosemead

    BCT · Littlehampton

    0.1 miles

  • Rosemead

    BCT · Littlehampton

    0.1 miles

  • Littlehampton Academy

    BCT · Littlehampton

    0.2 miles

  • Church Street

    BCT · Littlehampton

    0.2 miles

  • Anchor Springs Temporary

    BCT · Littlehampton

    0.2 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

16 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools. The Littlehampton Academy is the nearest published school at 295 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,257 published events cover 12 months, averaging 271.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,222 events.

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