Brighton and Hove

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 8° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:28

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

44US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

• 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

857 reported · August 2026▲ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences235
• Anti-social behaviour205
• Shoplifting116
• Public order67

54 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Preston Park · Sussex

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

579 reported road collisions (2025)

161 killed or seriously injured · 662 casualties · 20.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 433 rated 4–5 ★ (369 top)
• 8 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

£408,240 average▼ 2.1% YoY

Across Brighton and Hove · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,808 average monthly rent▼ 1.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,189
• 2 bed £1,518
• 3 bed £1,797

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

3,308 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (3 km)

7 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK25,839
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK26,655
• Net moves−816

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 143 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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 · 32,784 pupils

47 primary · 10 secondary · 25 other

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

62 inspected 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
• 256 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

400 applications decided

92.5% granted · 370 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Siân Berry

Green Party

Brighton Pavilion

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 31
• Con 5
• Grn 12
• Oth 6

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

16,150 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,452 jobs advertised · £40,901 avg

e.g. Mental Wellbeing & Football Lead Coach, Hotel Manager, Intermediate/Senior Architectural Technologist with Revit

Source: Adzuna

£766 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% 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

52% low-carbon electricity

Gas 47% · Wind 36% · Nuclear 9% · Biomass 6%

192 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 UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks1,041 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND638 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases290 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements225 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide
• Disapprove the draft Equality Act 2010 guidance laid on 21 May 2026219 local signatures · 27,626 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Brighton Pavilion (constituency) · 0.2 km

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  St Augustine's Church, Brighton · 0.2 km

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  London Road (Brighton) railway station · 0.3 km

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  Hollingdean Depot · 0.5 km

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  London Road Viaduct · 0.5 km

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

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