Chichester
House prices, flood zones and new building. Land Registry sales to August 2026; figures last changed 20 October 2026.
Chichester homes sold for a median of £355,000 between September 2025 and August 2026. That covers 341 sales recorded by HM Land Registry.
- Median sold price
- £355,000
- September 2025 – August 2026
- Homes sold
- 341
- 493 in the 12 months before
- Flood zone 3
- 97 of 1128
- postcodes; 44 more in zone 2
- Chichester district index
- −1.4%
- year to July 2026
Sales from July and August 2026 are still being registered with Land Registry, so the latest counts will rise.
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What do homes in Chichester sell for?
Chichester is the cathedral city at the head of Chichester Harbour. These figures cover the city's own parish, from the centre inside the old walls out to the estates around it.
The table below uses three years of sales, so each type of home has enough of them to mean something. Types with fewer than five sales are left out.
| Detached | £605,000 | 279 |
| Semi-detached | £395,000 | 263 |
| Terraced | £356,000 | 353 |
| Flat | £225,000 | 387 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Download these figures (CSV).
Are Chichester house prices going up or down?
The median slipped about 3% on the year before, from £365,000. The steadier guide is the official index for Chichester district, which adjusts for the kind of homes sold: it fell 1.4% in the year to July 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · UK House Price Index.
Is Chichester an expensive place to live?
Not especially, for the area. Detached houses made up 22% of its sales between September 2023 and August 2026, at a median of £605,000. On the government's deprivation index its 17 neighbourhoods sit between deciles 3 and 10, where 10 is the least deprived tenth of England. That index measures deprivation, not wealth, so it supports the picture rather than proving it.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
How many homes sell in Chichester each year?
HM Land Registry recorded 341 open-market sales in Chichester between September 2025 and August 2026, against 493 in the 12 months before. 15 of them were new builds.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
Sales year by year
| 2021 | £362,000 | 751 |
| 2022 | £386,000 | 646 |
| 2023 | £385,000 | 505 |
| 2024 | £360,000 | 488 |
| 2025 | £380,000 | 452 |
| 2026, January to August | £345,000 | 189 |
What locals say about Chichester
From lifelong locals who have lived on this stretch of coast for over 60 years. Where a point can be checked against sales or a published source, the figures or the link follow it.
- Locals say a home inside the old walls costs more, and so does parking there unless the house has its own space. Sales are less clear-cut, because so few homes near the Market Cross are detached. Median sale prices between September 2023 and August 2026: within 600 metres of the Market Cross £351,000 (216 sales, 4% detached); 600 metres to 1.5 km out £352,000 (654 sales, 16% detached); further out £423,000 (412 sales, 41% detached).
- Many of the city-centre shops have closed in the last ten years, and cafes, pubs and barbers have taken their place. In March 2024 the council counted 4 empty units out of 11 on West Street between the Cross and Tower Street, among them the old Post Office and House of Fraser. Chichester District Council, public questions to full council, 19 March 2024
- Ask what locals grumble about and the answer is traffic, the A27 and parking. All three.
- Almost nothing new is built inside the walls. The new estates go on the edges, mostly to the north and west, like Minerva Heights off Old Broyle Road. Share to Buy: Minerva Heights
- Locals see the whole area as squeezed: the national park to the north and the harbour to the south leave a narrow strip for new homes, along the A27 and A259.
Chichester at a glance
The short answers. Each question links to the full answer, with its figures, dates and sources.
Flooding and land in Chichester
- Does Chichester flood?
- Parts of it can: 97 of its 1,128 postcodes are in flood zone 3, and 44 more in zone 2; 465 (41%) have high or medium risk from heavy rain.
- Will Chichester flood more in future?
- Yes, noticeably more: on the Environment Agency's climate change scenario, postcodes at high or medium risk from rivers and the sea go from three to 61, and from heavy rain go from 465 to 598.
- How often does Chichester get flood warnings?
- Flood warnings went out for part of Chichester on two days in the ten years to June 2026, and flood alerts on eight.
- Are there old landfill sites near Chichester?
- The Environment Agency records 18 old landfill sites within 500 metres of a Chichester postcode; 257 postcodes (23%) are on or within 250 metres of one.
Water and energy in Chichester
- How often does sewage spill near Chichester?
- Four monitored storm overflows within 1.5 km spilled 240 times in 2025, for 4,617 hours.
- How clean is the water for swimming near Chichester?
- The nearest beach the Environment Agency rates is Pagham, 8.4 km away: Good for 2025.
- How energy efficient are homes in Chichester?
- 63% of its homes with a certificate are rated C or better, against 50% across the Chichester area; the most common rating is C.
Getting around Chichester
- Can you live in Chichester without a car?
- Yes, more easily than in most places we cover. The nearest station is Chichester, a median 1.2 km away.
Planning and new building in Chichester
- What is being built near Chichester?
- Land Registry has recorded 425 sales of newly built homes since January 2022; the brownfield register lists five sites nearby.
- Can I extend or alter a home in Chichester?
- 320 of its 1,128 postcodes are in a conservation area, National Landscape or National Park, where more needs planning permission; 518 listed buildings lie within 100 metres.
Living in Chichester
- Who lives in Chichester?
- About 29,400 people at the 2021 Census; 24% were 65 or over, against 18% in England, and 24% of households rented privately.
- How much is council tax in Chichester?
- Band D is £2,492 for 2026 to 2027, against an average of £2,470 across Chichester district.
- Is Chichester safe?
- About 141 recorded crimes for every 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026, against 64 across Chichester district.
- How noisy is Chichester, and how clean is the air?
- 520 of its 1,128 postcodes (46%) are above the WHO's road noise guideline; background nitrogen dioxide is about 9 micrograms per cubic metre, under the legal limit of 40.
Figures cover 1128 postcodes in Chichester and only Land Registry's standard-price sales: repossessions, sales to companies and other non-standard transfers are left out. How these figures are made.