United Kingdom · South East · Local Authority
Worthing
Non-metropolitan district · South East, England · population ~111k · 29 state-funded schools
Affordable rent, but a high price to pay in earnings. Worthing offers a median monthly rent of £1,310, just below the South East median, and house prices are also below regional averages at £350,000. However, this affordability comes at the cost of significantly lower pay, with median weekly earnings at £724.10, placing it below the regional median and taking up 41.7% of gross pay for rent. Crime rates are also a concern, being the highest in the South East region at 80.8 per 1,000. This location suits those prioritising lower housing costs over career progression and who are willing to accept higher crime figures.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Worthing ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£37,653/yr
Low
Worse than 69% of UK LAs
House price
£350,000
Expensive
Worse than 69% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,310/mo
Expensive
Worse than 72% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,456/yr
Mid
Worse than 57% of UK LAs
Crime
80.8/1k
High
Worse than 63% of UK LAs
Deprivation
17.0
Mid
Better than 56% of UK LAs
Schools
86.2%
Concerning
Worse than 90% of UK LAs
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
29 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
25 of 29 (86.2%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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29 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 29 schools, sortable and filterable.
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What we don't know yet
Commute times · GP appointment availability · broadband speeds · air quality at LA level · green-space proximity · public transport coverage. These matter for a relocation decision. We'll add them when the source data is reliable nationally and consistent across LA boundaries.