Crap Towns / West Sussex / Bognor Regis
Bognor Regis
53/100Crap Score
464th crappest of 984 towns, and 8th in West Sussex. Higher scores are crapper.
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Letters from the locals
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Bugger Bognor.
They stuck Regis on the end to sound posh. It didn't work.
Bognor stuck Regis on the end to sound posh. Didn't work, did it. It keeps getting voted the worst seaside resort going, the town centre's on its arse, the pier needs fixing and the seafront plans never finish. Get your chips by all means. Check the hygiene rating first, because twice the typical town's share of its kitchens score 0 to 2.
The sun's out for 1,890 hours a year, and the bathing water off Aldwick was rated Poor, so sit in the sun and keep out of the sea. Locals reckon the bad reviews keep the beach quiet. Fair enough.
What the score is made of
Ten ingredients, each marked out of 100. Higher is crapper.
Bognor Regis's 84 for food hygiene means it's crapper than 84% of towns.
- Food hygiene84/1004.7% rated 0 to 2, of the 363 food businesses with a rating
- Broadband76/10010.5% of premises can't get gigabit, January 2026, and 17.7% across the Arun council area
- Criminal damage and arson71/1008.8 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Serious road collisions62/1002.8 per 10,000 people a year, fatal and serious, 2021 to 2025
- Anti-social behaviour49/10015.2 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Fly-tipping42/1009.7 incidents per 1,000 people a year, Arun council area, 2022-23 to 2024-25
- Deliberate fires37/100
- Sewage spills36/100136 spill hours per 10,000 people a year, storm overflows within 1 km, 2024 to 2025
- Air pollution22/1005.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.9 of fine particles, 2024 average
- Rain14/100115 days of rain a year, at least 1 mm, 1991 to 2020 average
| Pos | Town | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Wick | 61 |
| 5 | Shoreham-by-Sea | 61 |
| 6 | Barnham | 60 |
| 7 | Southwick | 55 |
| 8 | Bognor Regis | 53 |
| 9 | East Grinstead | 45 |
| 10 | Worthing | 44 |
| In danger of becoming nice from here down.11 | Haywards Heath | 37 |
| 12 | Burgess Hill | 36 |
Below the dashed line: in danger of becoming nice.
Bognor Regis by numbers
Thinking of moving here? Don't say we didn't warn you.
Crime, muck and dodgy water
- 77.3 crimes per 1,000 people a year (September 2023 to August 2026) About the same: About the same as the typical town's 76.2
- 31 reports of potholes and bad road surfaces on FixMyStreet, the most reported problem in the year to October 2026 Worse: 4.5 per 10,000 people, 32% higher than the typical town's 3.4
- 6 serious pollution incidents within 1 km since 2016, the latest in 2026
- 1 of 5 bathing waters here or within 2 km rated Excellent in 2025; 1 rated Poor
What's left on the high street
- 32 pubs, 52 hairdressers, 13 charity shops, 5 bookmakers, 8 vape shops, 2 banks, 2 Greggs on the map here as of 1 October 2026
- 2.2% of takeaways rated 0 to 2 for hygiene (1 of 45) Better: 45% lower than the typical town's 4.0%
- 5 bank branch closures announced since 2022 Worse: 7.3 per 100,000 people, 2.1x the typical town's 3.4
- 16 public toilets on the map (October 2026) Better: 2.3 per 10,000 people, 44% higher than the typical town's 1.6
- 2 public swimming pools open Worse: 0.3 per 10,000 people, 57% lower than the typical English town's 0.7
- 1 place on England's Heritage at Risk register
Getting about, getting online, getting rained on
- All night buses on a Wednesday Better: The typical town's last bus goes at 12.14am
- 0.1% of premises can't get superfast broadband (January 2026) Better: 80% lower than the typical town's 0.5%
- 21.3% live more than 400 metres from a park or play space Worse: 37% higher than the typical town's 15.5%
- 1,890 hours of sunshine a year (1991 to 2020 average) Better: 23% higher than the typical town's 1,532
Arun council
- £2,487 Band D council tax (2026-27) About the same: £95 more than the English average
- 19% of West Sussex County Council's unclassified roads should have been considered for maintenance (2025-26) Worse: 19% higher than England's 16%
- 4 ombudsman complaints upheld against the council in 2025-26
- More on the council
Have a crap-off
Bognor Regis against your mate's town, and a match ticket to rub it in.
- ?Fly-tippingper 1,000, council area?
- ?Anti-social behaviourper 1,000 people?
- ?Serious road crashesper 10,000 people?
- ?Sewage spillshours per 10,000 people?
- ?Food hygienerated poor?
- ?Criminal damageper 1,000 people?
- ?Dirty airµg/m³?
- ?No gigabitof premises can't get it?
- ?Deliberate firesper 10,000 people?
- ?Raindays a year?
Ten ingredients. One verdict. Who's crapper? The higher Crap Score takes it.