Brighton and Hove

19°CLight rain shower

• Today: 20° / 19° · 60% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:19

12h 46m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

932 reported · July 2026▲ 12% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences254
• Anti-social behaviour219
• Shoplifting117
• Public order87

Neighbourhood team: Preston Park · Sussex

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

543 reported road collisions (2024)

148 killed or seriously injured · 625 casualties · 19.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 424 rated 4–5 ★ (360 top)
• 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: London Road (Brighton) (0.3 km)
• 68 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£407,803 average▲ 0.3% YoY

Across Brighton and Hove · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,809 average monthly rent▼ 1.1% YoY

• 1 bed £1,190
• 2 bed £1,518
• 3 bed £1,797

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

10.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.6 times median annual pay (10.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (3.3 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: 05785 Rugby Road (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms12
• Swimming pools9
• Sports pitches109
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

277,104 residents in Brighton and Hove · 3,345/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 71%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 140 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,581 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (26% of 136,090)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

82 schools · 32,976 pupils

47 primary · 10 secondary · 25 other

Ofsted: 21 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

63inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Brighton and Hove

324 CQC-registered services

• Care homes86
• GP practices55
• Dentists87
• Homecare agencies54
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Brighton and Hove

• In a conservation area (Preston Park)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 255 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

384 applications decided

91.7% granted · 352 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Siân Berry

Green Party

Brighton Pavilion

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 31
• Con 5
• Grn 11
• Oth 6

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools25
• GPs & clinics13
• Pharmacies13
• Supermarkets18
• Parks & greens66
• Restaurants & cafés298

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

15,910 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2,248 jobs advertised · £38,379 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required, Beauty Therapist, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

£766 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,073 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 166,539 certificates

12.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

15% low-carbon electricity

Gas 47% · Imports 39% · Solar 5% · Wind 5%

206 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 79.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.6 women · 61.1 men

55% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

24 GP surgeries · 19 pharmacies in BN1

• St. Peter'S Medical Centre
• Carden Surgery
• Preston Park Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brighton Pavilion:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership763 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership713 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks380 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases284 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review anti-discrimination laws to strengthen trans women & LGBTQ+ protections271 local signatures · 27,351 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Brighton Pavilion (constituency) · 0.2 km

  Brighton Pavilion is a constituency in East Sussex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Siân Berry of the Green Party.

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  St Augustine's Church, Brighton · 0.2 km

  St Augustine's Church is a former Anglican church in Brighton, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove. It is close to the Preston Park and Round Hill areas in the central northern part of the city. Built in 189…

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  London Road (Brighton) railway station · 0.3 km

  London Road (Brighton) railway station is a railway station located in Round Hill, an inner suburb of Brighton in East Sussex, England. It is the first intermediate station on the Brighton branch of the East Coastway…

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  Hollingdean Depot · 0.5 km

  Hollingdean Depot is a large waste management facility in Hollingdean, an area of the city of Brighton and Hove. The site is operated by Veolia Environmental Services in cooperation with Brighton & Hove City Council a…

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  London Road Viaduct · 0.5 km

  The London Road Viaduct is a brick railway viaduct in Brighton, part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England. It carries the East Coastway Line between Brighton and London Road railway stations. Built…

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  Duke of York's Picture House, Brighton · 0.6 km

  The Duke of York's Picture House is an art house cinema in Brighton, England, which lays claim to being the oldest cinema in continuous use in Britain. According to cinema historian Allen Eyles, the cinema "deserves t…

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