United Kingdom · South East · Local Authority
Arun
Non-metropolitan district · South East, England · population ~161k · 43 state-funded schools
Affordable housing comes at the cost of lower pay and higher crime in Arun. While median house prices are a more manageable 9.5 times annual earnings, and rents take a lower share of pay than many places in the region, this comes with a caveat. Weekly earnings here are £705.60, below the South East median, and recorded crime is higher than the regional average at 71.8 per 1,000. The share of median gross pay taken by median rent is 39.8%, which is high. Arun suits those prioritising property affordability over career prospects and who are willing to accept a higher crime rate.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Arun ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£36,691/yr
Low
Worse than 78% of UK LAs
House price
£350,000
Expensive
Worse than 69% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,217/mo
Expensive
Worse than 65% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,487/yr
Expensive
Worse than 66% of UK LAs
Crime
71.8/1k
Mid
Around UK average
Deprivation
18.6
Mid
Around UK average
Schools
93.0%
Mid
Around UK average
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
43 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
40 of 43 (93%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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43 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 43 schools, sortable and filterable.
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