PO21
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bognor Regis, Aldwick and North Bersted, 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 PO21 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in PO21 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How PO21 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PO21 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO21 at a rate of 114.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across the PO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 537 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,636), anti-social behaviour (1,033) and other crime (858).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO21 was 100.7 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 PO21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO21 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PO21
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arun 012E | 1,347 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.8% |
| Arun 012F | 1,974 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.2% |
| Arun 012G | 1,777 | 120.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% |
| Arun 014E | 1,748 | 111.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.5% |
| Arun 016A | 1,397 | 105.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| Arun 016B | 1,688 | 153.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| Arun 016C | 1,460 | 95.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Arun 016D | 1,756 | 100.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.9% |
| Arun 016E | 1,467 | 148.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Arun 017A | 1,095 | 219.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.3% |
| Arun 017B | 1,947 | 417.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.9% |
| Arun 017C | 1,884 | 86.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.5% |
| Arun 017D | 1,985 | 301.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 40.0% |
| Arun 017E | 2,109 | 199.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 63.7% |
| Arun 017F | 1,705 | 120.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.8% |
| Arun 018A | 1,558 | 50.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 71.2% |
| Arun 018B | 1,652 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.2% |
| Arun 018C | 1,712 | 29.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.6% |
| Arun 018D | 1,561 | 25.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 36.9% |
| Arun 018E | 1,698 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 78.2% |
| Arun 019A | 1,557 | 25.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Arun 019B | 1,910 | 59.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 72.9% |
| Arun 019C | 1,334 | 60.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Arun 019D | 1,647 | 52.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.3% |
| Arun 019E | 1,544 | 68.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 74.6% |
| Arun 019F | 1,713 | 76.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.0% |
MPs for PO21
- Alison GriffithsConservativeMP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton74% of PO21’s postcodes
- Jess Brown-FullerLiberal DemocratMP for Chichester26% of PO21’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 PO215
Postcode sectors in PO216
Council1
Towns in PO211
Postcode districts next to PO212
Nearest rail stations1
More in the PO postcode area2
PO21 in brief
PO21 is a postcode district covering Bognor Regis, Aldwick and North Bersted, in Arun.
About 45,469 people lived in PO21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £315,000 in 2025 across 679 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 114.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO21 was £315,000 in 2025.
PO21 had 43,953 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in PO21 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PO21, 83.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.