Littlehampton in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Littlehampton in context

3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LittlehamptonEngland (Region)United Kingdom (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Littlehampton plotted against England and United Kingdom. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Littlehampton's incremental SNDi fell from 5.0 to 4.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Littlehampton ranked 99th out of 124 cities in England and 111th out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.13
Rank in United Kingdom
72nd of 143
Rank in England
66th of 124

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.99
Rank in United Kingdom
111th of 143
Rank in England
99th of 124

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LittlehamptonLakhdariaPiotrkow Trybunalski

In new street additions, Littlehampton and Lakhdaria both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Piotrków Trybunalski built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Littlehampton had a more sprawly network than Lakhdaria in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.