Rustington
Rustington is covered by postcode districts BN12, BN16 and BN17. It is in the Arun council area, West Sussex.
Every postcode in Rustington, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 45
- In use before 2020: 1,081
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,126 postcodes in Rustington that ONS places, 45 are new since 2020 and 1,081 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 50.8143, longitude -0.4858. 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
What is it like to live in Rustington?
Homes sold for a typical £394,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.9% on the 12 months before. At 801 of the 1,092 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 374 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 75 of its 1,126 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Angmering, 350 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 Rustington?
Homes in Rustington sold for a typical £394,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 546 sales, down 3.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £610,000 217 sales
- Semi-detached £378,750 122 sales
- Terraced £320,000 101 sales
- Flat or maisonette £232,000 106 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BN16 district, Rustington's main postcode district: a typical £385,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Rustington: 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 Rustington?
45 of the 1,126 postcodes now in use in Rustington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 44 of the 743 homes sold in Rustington were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BN16 district, 13%.
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 Rustington | Across the BN16 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 7 of 546 (1%) | 27 of 495 (5%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 44 of 743 (6%) | 92 of 706 (13%) |
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 Rustington?
Ofcom reports on 1,092 of the 1,126 postcodes in Rustington. At 801 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 Rustington at risk of flooding?
75 of the 1,126 postcodes in Rustington 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 374 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 Rustington?
The open schools at the postcodes in Rustington (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
- East Preston Infant School400 m 223 pupils, 270 places
- East Preston Junior School400 m 351 pupils, 360 places
- Georgian Gardens Community Primary School600 m 405 pupils, 420 places
- St Wilfrids Catholic Primary School1.8 km 160 pupils, 210 places
- Rustington Community Primary School2.0 km 554 pupils, 630 places
- Summerlea Community Primary School2.1 km
- St Margaret's CofE Primary School2.4 km 408 pupils, 420 places
- Ferring C of E Primary School2.9 km 169 pupils, 210 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 Rustington?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Rustington is Angmering Rail Station, 350 m away in a straight line.
- Angmering Rail Station Railway station 350 mWalk
- Goring-by-Sea Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
- Littlehampton Rail Station Railway station 4.3 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 Rustington?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Rustington. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Willow Green Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01903 785152 350 mWalk
- Westcourt Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01903 777000 2.0 kmCycle
- Barn Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01903 242638 2.7 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Rustington safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,117 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Rustington 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
- 73 September 2025
- 80 October 2025
- 70 November 2025
- 73 December 2025
- 61 January 2026
- 73 February 2026
- 116 March 2026
- 81 April 2026
- 123 May 2026
- 124 June 2026
- 123 July 2026
- 120 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 16, burglary 15, other crime 13, bicycle theft 10, possession of weapons 10, theft from the person 3.
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 Rustington?
- District, borough or city council
- Arun
- County council
- West Sussex
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Worthing West (676) and Bognor Regis and Littlehampton (450)
- Police force area
- Sussex
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Rustington
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Arun about council tax Council tax, on arun.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Rustington
- 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
Rustington postcodes
1,126 postcodes in use in Rustington, by district:
Those districts are all in the BN postcode area.
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Places near Rustington
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Rustington's £394,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Rustington
- What is it like to live in Rustington?
- Homes sold for a typical £394,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.9% on the 12 months before. At 801 of the 1,092 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 374 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 75 of its 1,126 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Angmering, 350 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 Rustington?
- Rustington is covered by postcode districts BN12, BN16 and BN17, across 1,126 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Rustington in?
- Rustington is in the Arun council area, and West Sussex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Rustington?
- Homes in Rustington sold for a typical £394,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 546 sales, down 3.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Rustington?
- In Rustington, primary schools at its postcodes include East Preston Infant School, East Preston Junior School and Georgian Gardens Community Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Angmering School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Rustington have a railway station?
- Yes: Angmering is 350 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Rustington, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Rustington?
- Ofcom reports on 1,092 of the 1,126 postcodes in Rustington. At 801 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Rustington at risk of flooding?
- 75 of the 1,126 postcodes in Rustington 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 374 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 Rustington?
- 45 of the 1,126 postcodes now in use in Rustington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 44 of the 743 homes sold in Rustington were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BN16 district, 13%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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