Castle Area Guide | £335k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Around average
Population
9,425
Households
4,011
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 7.9 per 1k
4,011
Households
White Brit. · 85%
Ethnicity
No religion · 46%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 7.9 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£335,000
Median property price
263
Postcodes
4,011
Households
White Brit. · 85%
Ethnicity
No religion · 46%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 7.9 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£335,000
Median property price
263
Postcodes

Sold prices in Castle

England & Wales
Property sales · Castle
HM Land Registry · Castle
Average price
£318,445
YoY: -3.6%
Median price: £346,625
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 2 sales · avg £325,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£365k£302k£240k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Castle

England & Wales
Crime trends · Castle

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
39
YoY +77%
39200
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
7
YoY -30%
40200
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
2
YoY —
420
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
2
YoY —
420
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
9
YoY —
1370
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving · violent crime rising

74
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Castle

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to West Sussex.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Worthing is the district council. School applications go through West Sussex.

Apply for a primary place via West Sussex

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Castle

GPs make up most of the mapped places

18 GPs · 5 Hospitals · 5 Libraries · 29 in all

  • GPs18
  • Hospitals5
  • Libraries5
  • Museums1

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of Castle

Coordinates50.8204, -0.4171
Postcodes
263
Population (Census)
9,425
Households (Census)
4,011
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 7.9 per 1k

Demographics in Castle

Ethnicity

Total residents: 9,441
White Brit.84.6%
Other White4.6%
Bangladeshi1.6%
Indian1.4%
Other Asian1.3%
+ 1 other groups · 6.6%

Religion

Total residents: 9,435
No religion46.1%
Christian43.0%
Not answered5.5%
Muslim2.8%
+ other · 2.6%

Age groups

Total residents: 9,425
35–4920.0%
50–6418.3%
25–3413.4%
65–7410.3%
10–157.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 30.4%

Households

Total households: 4,011
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children14.7%
Other14.5%
Any member 66+14.4%
All members 66+9.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.7%
+ 7 other households · 37.0%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Castle

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 5.33 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.33 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).