Chichester
Chichester is covered by postcode districts PO18, PO19 and PO20. It is in the Chichester council area, West Sussex.
Every postcode in Chichester, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 129
- In use before 2020: 1,099
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,228 postcodes in Chichester that ONS places, 129 are new since 2020 and 1,099 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.8387, longitude -0.7753. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 31 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PO19 3HJ, is the newest of them.
- 30 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PO20 2LZ, is the newest of them.
- 21 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PO19 9AD, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PO20 2NE, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PO20 2NR, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PO19 6EY, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Chichester?
Homes sold for a typical £365,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.4% on the 12 months before. At 847 of the 1,136 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 18 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 217 of its 1,228 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chichester, 850 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Chichester?
Homes in Chichester sold for a typical £365,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 377 sales, down 1.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £559,000 83 sales
- Semi-detached £397,000 87 sales
- Terraced £347,500 101 sales
- Flat or maisonette £212,500 106 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole PO19 district, Chichester's main postcode district: a typical £365,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Chichester: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Chichester?
129 of the 1,228 postcodes now in use in Chichester came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 33 of the 517 homes sold in Chichester were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PO19 district, 10%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Chichester | Across the PO19 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 3 of 377 (Under 1%) | 15 of 383 (4%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 33 of 517 (6%) | 56 of 554 (10%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Chichester?
Ofcom reports on 1,136 of the 1,228 postcodes in Chichester. At 847 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Chichester at risk of flooding?
217 of the 1,228 postcodes in Chichester have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 18 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Chichester?
The open schools at the postcodes in Chichester (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- The Prebendal School550 m 119 pupils, 290 places
- St. Joseph's CofE Junior School550 m 165 pupils, 360 places
- St. Joseph's Infant School550 m 129 pupils, 135 places
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School700 m
- Portfield Primary Academy800 m 288 pupils, 315 places
- St Anthony's School900 m
- Parklands Community Primary School1.0 km 426 pupils, 436 places
- Rumboldswhyke CofE Primary School1.1 km 127 pupils, 126 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Chichester?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Chichester is Chichester Rail Station, 850 m away in a straight line.
- Chichester Rail Station Railway station 850 mWalk
- Fishbourne Rail Station Railway station 2.8 kmCycle
- Bosham Rail Station Railway station 5.1 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Chichester?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Chichester. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Langley House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 01243 782266 600 mWalk
- Cathedral Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01243 813450 750 mWalk
- Parklands Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01243 782819 850 mWalk
- Lavant Road Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01243 527264 1.7 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Chichester safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 5,269 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Chichester over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 366 September 2025
- 470 October 2025
- 418 November 2025
- 346 December 2025
- 294 January 2026
- 406 February 2026
- 466 March 2026
- 429 April 2026
- 506 May 2026
- 462 June 2026
- 596 July 2026
- 510 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 90, bicycle theft 81, robbery 73, possession of weapons 65, other crime 61, theft from the person 22.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Chichester?
- District, borough or city council
- Chichester
- County council
- West Sussex
- Parliamentary constituency
- Chichester
- Police force area
- Sussex
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- MP
- Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat)
All 1,228 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Chichester
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Chichester about council tax Council tax, on chichester.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Chichester
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Chichester postcodes
1,228 postcodes in use in Chichester, by district:
Those districts are all in the PO postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Chichester
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Chichester's £365,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Chichester
- What is it like to live in Chichester?
- Homes sold for a typical £365,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.4% on the 12 months before. At 847 of the 1,136 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 18 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 217 of its 1,228 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chichester, 850 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Chichester?
- Chichester is covered by postcode districts PO18, PO19 and PO20, across 1,228 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Chichester in?
- Chichester is in the Chichester council area, and West Sussex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Chichester?
- Chichester is in the Chichester parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Chichester?
- Homes in Chichester sold for a typical £365,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 377 sales, down 1.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Chichester?
- In Chichester, primary schools at its postcodes include The Prebendal School, St. Joseph's CofE Junior School and St. Joseph's Infant School; secondary schools at its postcodes include St Anthony's School, Chichester High School and Fordwater School, Chichester. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Chichester have a railway station?
- Yes: Chichester is 850 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Chichester, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Chichester?
- Ofcom reports on 1,136 of the 1,228 postcodes in Chichester. At 847 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Chichester at risk of flooding?
- 217 of the 1,228 postcodes in Chichester have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 18 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Chichester?
- 129 of the 1,228 postcodes now in use in Chichester came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 33 of the 517 homes sold in Chichester were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PO19 district, 10%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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