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PO21 1BL

Hotham · Arun · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Hotham
Local authority
Arun
Constituency
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
Postcode district
PO21
Postcode sector
PO21 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO21 1PJ 0 m
PO21 1BJ 54 m
PO21 1LH 72 m
PO21 1JN 78 m
PO21 1LW 87 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO21 1BL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO21
Postcode sector
PO21 1
Latitude
50.782631
Longitude
-0.671814
British National Grid easting
493,729
British National Grid northing
98,959

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Arun · E07000224
Electoral ward
Hotham · E05009813
Parish or community
E04009855
Westminster constituency
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton · E14001108
Output area
E00184734
Lower layer super output area
Arun 017A · E01031431
Middle layer super output area
Arun 017 · E02006558

Postcode source versions

Explore PO21

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
12
Secondary
2

  1. St Mary's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    321 m

  2. Edward Bryant School

    Academy converter

    569 m

  3. Bognor Regis Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    917 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,030
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,373
  • Criminal damage and arson 477
  • Anti social behaviour 476
  • Shoplifting 463
  • Public order 264

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
PO21 1 residents
5,850

Age bands in PO21 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12%

756 residents

Age 15 to 24
13.9%

872 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.5%

1,853 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.5%

1,538 residents

Age 65 and over
20.1%

1,262 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PO21 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

6

within 5 km

  • BOGNOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    WEST STREET, BOGNOR REGIS, PO21 1UT

    ODS code H82020

    397 m

  • MAYWOOD HEALTH CARE CENTRE

    225 HAWTHORN ROAD, BOGNOR REGIS, PO21 2UW

    ODS code H82058

    1.6 km

  • BERSTED GREEN SURGERY

    32 DURLSTON DRIVE, BOGNOR REGIS, PO22 9TD

    ODS code H82016

    1.9 km

  • WEST MEADS SURGERY

    2-6 THE PRECINCT, WEST MEADS, BOGNOR REGIS, PO21 5SB

    ODS code H82099

    2.2 km

  • GROVE HOUSE SURGERY

    80 PRYORS LANE, ROSE GREEN, BOGNOR REGIS, PO21 4JB

    ODS code H82043

    3.3 km

  • FLANSHAM PARK HEALTH CENTRE

    109 FLANSHAM PARK, BOGNOR REGIS, PO22 6DH

    ODS code H82038

    3.3 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

  • York Road

    BCT · Bognor Regis

    0.0 miles

  • High Street

    BCT · Bognor Regis

    0.1 miles

  • High Street

    BCT · Bognor Regis

    0.1 miles

  • High Street

    BCT · Bognor Regis

    0.1 miles

  • High Street

    BCT · Bognor Regis

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Arun 017A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,804 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
2 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
1
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. St Mary's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 321 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,030 published events cover 12 months, averaging 335.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,373 events.

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