Lancing and Sompting
Lancing and Sompting is covered by postcode districts BN15, BN43, BN95 and BN99. It is in the Adur council area, West Sussex.
Every postcode in Lancing and Sompting, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 11
- At medium risk at worst: 2
- At low risk at worst: 123
- At very low risk only: 10
- Not on the at-risk list: 900
Of the 1,046 postcodes in Lancing and Sompting that ONS places, 11 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 123 are at low risk at worst, 10 are at very low risk only and 900 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
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. 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 50.8286, longitude -0.3267. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
What is it like to live in Lancing and Sompting?
Homes sold for a typical £355,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.8% on the 12 months before. At 625 of the 699 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 317 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 146 of its 1,046 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Lancing, 300 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 Lancing and Sompting?
Homes in Lancing and Sompting sold for a typical £355,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 332 sales, up 3.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £440,000 68 sales
- Semi-detached £375,000 139 sales
- Terraced £326,750 80 sales
- Flat or maisonette £192,500 45 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BN15 district, Lancing and Sompting's main postcode district: a typical £355,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Lancing and Sompting: 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 Lancing and Sompting?
91 of the 1,046 postcodes now in use in Lancing and Sompting came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 398 homes sold in Lancing and Sompting were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BN15 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 Lancing and Sompting | Across the BN15 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 332 (0%) | 6 of 339 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 1 of 398 (Under 1%) | 45 of 449 (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 Lancing and Sompting?
Ofcom reports on 699 of the 1,046 postcodes in Lancing and Sompting. At 625 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 Lancing and Sompting at risk of flooding?
146 of the 1,046 postcodes in Lancing and Sompting 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 317 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 Lancing and Sompting?
The open schools at the postcodes in Lancing and Sompting. 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
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 Lancing and Sompting?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lancing and Sompting is Lancing Rail Station, 300 m away in a straight line.
- Lancing Rail Station Railway station 300 mWalk
- East Worthing Rail Station Railway station 2.1 kmCycle
- Worthing Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
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 Lancing and Sompting?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Lancing and Sompting. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- The Orchard Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01903 875900 200 mWalk
- New Pond Row Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01903 851073 500 mWalk
- Ball Tree Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2026 · Phone 01903 752200 900 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Lancing and Sompting safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,791 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Lancing and Sompting 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
- 131 September 2025
- 175 October 2025
- 125 November 2025
- 110 December 2025
- 147 January 2026
- 121 February 2026
- 152 March 2026
- 151 April 2026
- 134 May 2026
- 155 June 2026
- 181 July 2026
- 209 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 33, burglary 27, possession of weapons 27, robbery 17, bicycle theft 7, theft from the person 4.
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 Lancing and Sompting?
- District, borough or city council
- Adur
- County council
- West Sussex
- Parliamentary constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham
- Police force area
- Sussex
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- MP
- Tom Rutland (Labour)
All 1,046 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 Lancing and Sompting
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Adur about council tax Council tax, on adur-worthing.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Lancing and Sompting
- 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 Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Lancing and Sompting postcodes
1,046 postcodes in use in Lancing and Sompting, by district:
Those districts are all in the BN postcode area.
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Places near Lancing and Sompting
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Lancing and Sompting's £355,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Lancing and Sompting
- What is it like to live in Lancing and Sompting?
- Homes sold for a typical £355,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.8% on the 12 months before. At 625 of the 699 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 317 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 146 of its 1,046 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Lancing, 300 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 Lancing and Sompting?
- Lancing and Sompting is covered by postcode districts BN15, BN43, BN95 and BN99, across 1,046 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Lancing and Sompting in?
- Lancing and Sompting is in the Adur council area, and West Sussex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Lancing and Sompting?
- Lancing and Sompting is in the East Worthing and Shoreham parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Tom Rutland (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Lancing and Sompting?
- Homes in Lancing and Sompting sold for a typical £355,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 332 sales, up 3.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Lancing and Sompting?
- In Lancing and Sompting, primary schools at its postcodes include The Globe Primary Academy, Springboard Education and Seaside Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Springboard Education, The Sir Robert Woodard Academy and Lancing College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Lancing and Sompting have a railway station?
- Yes: Lancing is 300 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Lancing and Sompting, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Lancing and Sompting?
- Ofcom reports on 699 of the 1,046 postcodes in Lancing and Sompting. At 625 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Lancing and Sompting at risk of flooding?
- 146 of the 1,046 postcodes in Lancing and Sompting 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 317 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 Lancing and Sompting?
- 91 of the 1,046 postcodes now in use in Lancing and Sompting came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 398 homes sold in Lancing and Sompting were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BN15 district, 10%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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