PO21 5BS

Bersted · Arun · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bognor Regis
Ward
Bersted
Local authority
Arun
Constituency
Chichester
Postcode district
PO21
Postcode sector
PO21 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO21 5GF 37 m
PO21 5FZ 60 m
PO21 5DA 82 m
PO21 5BZ 85 m
PO21 5FU 87 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO21 5BS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2010
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO21
Postcode sector
PO21 5
Latitude
50.802228
Longitude
-0.695015
British National Grid easting
492,055
British National Grid northing
101,109

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Arun · E07000224
Electoral ward
Bersted · E05009806
Parish or community
E04009854
Westminster constituency
Chichester · E14001166
Output area
E00184820
Lower layer super output area
Arun 012F · E01034822
Middle layer super output area
Arun 012 · E02006553

Postcode source versions

Explore PO21

91 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
41, The Boulevard, Bognor Regis, PO21 5BS 10 October 2025 £410,000
8, The Boulevard, Bognor Regis, PO21 5BS 18 July 2025 £277,000
3, The Boulevard, Bognor Regis, PO21 5BS 22 November 2024 £360,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
20
Primary
15
Secondary
4
  1. Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis

    Community school

    328 m
  2. Southway Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    881 m
  3. The Regis School

    Academy sponsor led

    988 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
1,562
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 535
  • Shoplifting 209
  • Anti social behaviour 205
  • Criminal damage and arson 134
  • Other theft 103

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
117

64 female, 53 male

Postcode households
47
Residents per household
2.5
PO21 5 residents
11,121

Age bands in PO21 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.6%

1,996 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

1,103 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.8%

2,884 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.2%

2,706 residents

Age 65 and over
19.2%

2,065 residents

This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PO21 5 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+
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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • BERSTED GREEN SURGERY

    32 DURLSTON DRIVE, BOGNOR REGIS, PO22 9TD

    ODS code H82016

    1.0 km

  • WEST MEADS SURGERY

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

    ODS code H82099

    1.6 km

  • MAYWOOD HEALTH CARE CENTRE

    225 HAWTHORN ROAD, BOGNOR REGIS, PO21 2UW

    ODS code H82058

    1.7 km

  • BOGNOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    WEST STREET, BOGNOR REGIS, PO21 1UT

    ODS code H82020

    2.4 km

  • GROVE HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code H82043

    2.8 km

  • FLANSHAM PARK HEALTH CENTRE

    109 FLANSHAM PARK, BOGNOR REGIS, PO22 6DH

    ODS code H82038

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Newbarn Lane

    BCT · North Bersted

    0.1 miles
  • Newbarn Lane

    BCT · North Bersted

    0.1 miles
  • The Royal Oak

    BCT · North Bersted

    0.1 miles
  • The Royal Oak

    BCT · North Bersted

    0.2 miles
  • Brazwick Avenue

    BCT · North Bersted

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Arun 012F, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,470 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
10 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
2
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

Property market

The five-year median is £360,000 from 23 recorded sales in PO21 5BS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Arun is £321,927 in June 2026, up 3.1% year on year.

Schools

20 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 4 secondary schools. Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis is the nearest published school at 328 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,562 published events cover 12 months, averaging 130.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 535 events.

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