PO20
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Selsey and East Wittering, in Chichester and 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 PO20 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 57% of people in PO20 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How PO20 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PO20 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO20 at a rate of 62.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across the PO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 312 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO20.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (867), anti-social behaviour (598) and other crime (425).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO20 was 60.1 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 PO20, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO20 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PO20
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arun 003C | 1,664 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 53.2% |
| Arun 003D | 2,434 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 63.1% |
| Arun 003E | 1,841 | 78.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 51.1% |
| Chichester 012D | 1,290 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 78.2% |
| Chichester 012E | 1,595 | 92.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.0% |
| Chichester 012F | 1,739 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.8% |
| Chichester 012G | 1,715 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.0% |
| Chichester 012H | 1,791 | 61.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 28.7% |
| Chichester 013A | 1,739 | 52.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.3% |
| Chichester 013B | 2,361 | 57.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.4% |
| Chichester 013C | 1,436 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.9% |
| Chichester 013D | 1,304 | 89.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 6.2% |
| Chichester 013E | 1,375 | 56.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.9% |
| Chichester 013F | 1,397 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.3% |
| Chichester 013G | 2,016 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 63.6% |
| Chichester 014A | 2,014 | 103.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 79.0% |
| Chichester 014B | 1,658 | 131.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 57.1% |
| Chichester 014C | 1,740 | 64.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.2% |
| Chichester 014D | 1,337 | 23.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.1% |
| Chichester 014E | 1,254 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.5% |
| Chichester 014F | 1,450 | 59.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.4% |
| Chichester 014G | 1,469 | 78.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 68.3% |
MPs for PO20
- Jess Brown-FullerLiberal DemocratMP for Chichester88% of PO20’s postcodes
- Andrew GriffithConservativeMP for Arundel and South Downs12% of PO20’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 PO204
Postcode sectors in PO207
Councils PO20 covers2
Towns in PO202
Postcode districts next to PO206
Nearest rail stations3
More in the PO postcode area2
PO20 in brief
PO20 is a postcode district covering Selsey and East Wittering, in Chichester and Arun.
About 38,382 people lived in PO20 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £380,000 in 2025 across 587 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 62.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO20 was £380,000 in 2025.
PO20 had 36,290 usual residents at the census.
About 57% of people in PO20 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PO20, 74.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.