Petworth Area Guide | £399k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Around average
Population
3,549
Households
1,620
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 4.8 per 1k
1,620
Households
White Brit. · 92%
Ethnicity
Christian · 57%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 4.8 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£398,750
Median property price
187
Postcodes
1,620
Households
White Brit. · 92%
Ethnicity
Christian · 57%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 4.8 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£398,750
Median property price
187
Postcodes

Sold prices in Petworth

England & Wales
Property sales · Petworth
HM Land Registry · Petworth
Average price
£585,347
YoY: +7.2%
Median price: £451,250
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jul '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 3 sales · avg £262,333
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£1.1m£692k£262k
Jul '24Jan '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 Petworth

England & Wales
Crime trends · Petworth

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
7
YoY —
1050
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
4
YoY —
1580
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
2
YoY —
530
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
0
YoY —
320
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
1
YoY —
740
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

0 of 5 key categories improving

17
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Petworth

High flood risk in part of this area

1 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Tidal Models

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.

Chichester 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.

Schools in Petworth

Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.

View all schools in this area

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.

Amenities in Petworth

GPs make up most of the mapped places

18 GPs · 8 Museums · 7 Libraries · 44 in all

  • GPs18
  • Museums8
  • Libraries7
  • Hospitals6
  • Universities5

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

Overview of Petworth

Coordinates50.9872, -0.6146
Postcodes
187
Population (Census)
3,549
Households (Census)
1,620
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 4.8 per 1k

Demographics in Petworth

Ethnicity

Total residents: 3,550
White Brit.92.4%
Other White3.7%
+ other · 3.9%

Religion

Total residents: 3,552
Christian57.0%
No religion35.3%
Not answered6.1%
+ other · 1.7%

Age groups

Total residents: 3,549
50–6420.8%
35–4916.4%
65–7414.7%
75–8411.5%
25–349.0%
+ 6 other age groups · 27.6%

Households

Total households: 1,620
Any member 66+21.5%
All members 66+14.1%
Other12.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children10.2%
+ 8 other households · 29.0%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Petworth

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 5.47 (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 5.47 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Petworth