Eastbourne

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 8° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:27

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

• 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

457 reported · August 2026▲ 25% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences125
• Anti-social behaviour122
• Shoplifting73
• Public order42

37 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Upperton · Sussex

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

166 reported road collisions (2025)

48 killed or seriously injured · 195 casualties · 16.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 447 rated 4–5 ★ (383 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Windy Ridge (0.9 km)
• 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£255,642 average▼ 0.7% YoY

Across Eastbourne · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,169 average monthly rent▲ 1.1% YoY

• 1 bed £819
• 2 bed £1,079
• 3 bed £1,306

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

7.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.4 times median annual pay (7.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,430 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: 154.9p · Esso (1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (11.6 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 80 kW
• Nearest: EVC Lottbridge Golf Club (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres8
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches36
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

101,686 residents in Eastbourne · 2,303/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,721
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,792
• Net moves−71

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 96 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,654 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 49,860)

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

33 schools · 14,294 pupils

18 primary · 4 secondary · 11 other

Ofsted: 9 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (75%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Eastbourne

703 CQC-registered services

• Care homes301
• GP practices81
• Dentists140
• Homecare agencies107
• Hospitals & hospices24

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · East Sussex

• Not in the Green Belt
• 54 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

117 applications decided

91.5% granted · 107 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 8
• LD 19

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés84

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,805 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

517 jobs advertised · £44,027 avg

e.g. Lifeguard - Fixed Term Contract Available!, Vehicle Technician, Registered Manager

Source: Adzuna

£727 median full-time weekly pay

4.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,063 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 57,151 certificates

11.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (East Sussex): 59.9 women · 59.2 men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction6.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.2
• Happiness yesterday6.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.8

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Eastbourne:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks269 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND202 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases185 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers166 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth161 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Eastbourne (constituency) · 0.7 km

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  Eastbourne District General Hospital · 0.7 km

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  East Sussex College · 0.8 km

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• Ocklynge · 0.9 km

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• Cavendish School, Eastbourne · 1.3 km

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• Sussex Ambulance Service · 1.3 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)