BN17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Littlehampton, Wick and Toddington, in Arun.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an BN17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 89% of people in BN17 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BN17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BN17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BN17 at a rate of 110.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 101.8 per 1,000 people across the BN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 365 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BN17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,316), anti-social behaviour (734) and other crime (658).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BN17 was 120.1 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in BN17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BN17 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BN17
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arun 004A | 1,697 | 174.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.5% |
| Arun 004B | 1,573 | 133.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 64.4% |
| Arun 004C | 1,433 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.0% |
| Arun 004F | 2,142 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.7% |
| Arun 004G | 2,045 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.6% |
| Arun 004H | 1,560 | 117.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.1% |
| Arun 004I | 1,710 | 75.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.4% |
| Arun 007A | 1,501 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Arun 007B | 2,100 | 58.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.7% |
| Arun 007C | 1,289 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.7% |
| Arun 009A | 1,466 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.1% |
| Arun 009B | 1,647 | 71.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.9% |
| Arun 009C | 1,439 | 79.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.0% |
| Arun 009D | 1,656 | 135.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 70.4% |
| Arun 009F | 1,649 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.8% |
| Arun 011A | 1,592 | 80.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 73.7% |
| Arun 011B | 1,538 | 126.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 83.2% |
| Arun 011C | 2,507 | 383.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 68.9% |
| Arun 011D | 1,747 | 140.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 60.9% |
MPs for BN17
- Alison GriffithsConservativeMP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton99% of BN17’s postcodes
- Andrew GriffithConservativeMP for Arundel and South Downs1.3% of BN17’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in BN173
Postcode sectors in BN173
Council1
Towns in BN172
Postcode districts next to BN173
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BN postcode area2
BN17 in brief
BN17 is a postcode district covering Littlehampton, Wick and Toddington, in Arun.
About 33,623 people lived in BN17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £300,000 in 2025 across 523 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 110.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BN17 was £300,000 in 2025.
BN17 had 32,999 usual residents at the census.
About 89% of people in BN17 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BN17, 83.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.