GU28 0LY Area Guide - Crime, Schools & Is It a Good Place to Live?

GU28 0LY is a postcode in Petworth, Chichester, South East, England. This postcode area guide brings together crime, schools, demographics, property prices, planning applications, HMO licences and roadworks near GU28 0LY, then scores the surrounding small area 59/100 - top 42% nationally across 8 matched LocaleIQ domains.

The strongest signals around GU28 0LY are safety and health, while housing is the main area to examine before moving, renting or buying here. LocaleIQ uses these local signals as a practical area rating rather than a single raw statistic, so read the score alongside the detailed map layers and source records.

The demographic profile for GU28 0LY is based on Chichester 006 Census 2021. It covers 8,236 residents, 75 people per square kilometre. The median age is around 52, helping show whether the area skews younger, family-sized or older. Housing tenure is 69% owner-occupied, 16% privately rented, 14% social rented, useful context for renters, buyers and landlords comparing the local property market. On the official England neighbourhood wellbeing index the area ranks in decile 4/10.

For property prices near GU28 0LY, LocaleIQ uses Land Registry sold-price evidence for the GU28 postcode district. The latest median sold price is £940k from 23 rolling sales. The Property tab separates flats, terraced, semi-detached and detached homes where enough sales exist.

For safety, the Crime tab breaks down recorded crime near GU28 0LY by category and map position. Crime trend is flat or improving month on month. Use it with the LocaleIQ safety score because police data can lag and does not capture every local issue.

LocaleIQ checks available planning, HMO and roadworks feeds near GU28 0LY; no local change records are currently listed inside this report radius.