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Eastbourne

Eastbourne is a town in East Sussex, England, with a population of around 100,000. It has around 14 restaurants and cafés, 23 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Windy Ridge, 0.9 km away. There were around 369 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. Covers 5 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Eastbourne is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 101,686 residents at roughly 2,303 people per km².

28/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 282nd of 294 English council areas — better than 4% of them.

Low crime16
Home affordability63
Affordable rents43
Good schools7
Life expectancy48
Low deprivation33
Employment16
Low council tax5

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

19°COvercast

  • Today: 19° / 12° · 7% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:28

13h 5m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

Crime

419 reported · July 2026 18% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour114
  • Violence & sexual offences109
  • Shoplifting52
  • Public order33

27 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Upperton · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Drug Harm Reduction Targeting drug related crime in your town through intelligence, enforcement and partnership work.
  • Anti-social behaviour (ASB), and youth related crime and disorder (e.g. youth related ASB, large groups or threatening behaviours) Swiftl…

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

Road safety

179 reported road collisions (2024)

52 killed or seriously injured · 224 casualties · 17.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 447 rated 4–5 ★ (381 top)
  • 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

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

Live trains from Hampden Park (1.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£251,811 average 3.7% YoY

Across Eastbourne · to 2026-06

Detached£511,310
Semi-detached£350,177
Terraced£278,918
Flat£173,644

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,166 average monthly rent 0.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £818
  • 2 bed £1,076
  • 3 bed £1,303

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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

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

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

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

Sport & leisure

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 106 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,654 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,770
B £2,064
C £2,359
D £2,654
E £3,244
F £3,834
G £4,424
H £5,309

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

Schools

33 schools · 14,294 pupils

18 primary · 4 secondary · 11 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • St Catherine's CollegeGood
  • The Turing SchoolRequires improvement
  • Ratton School
  • The Eastbourne Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Eastbourne

Care & health services

703 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes298
  • GP practices80
  • Dentists142
  • Homecare agencies108
  • Hospitals & hospices24

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · East Sussex

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

86 applications decided

75.6% granted · 65 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 8
  • LD 19

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools9
  • GPs & clinics5
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets7
  • Parks & greens10
  • Restaurants & cafés85

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,780 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

728 jobs advertised · £39,326 avg

e.g. Contracts Manager – Gate & Barrier Automation, Lifeguard, Lifeguard - Fixed Term Contract Available!

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£727 median full-time weekly pay

4.9% 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

Energy efficiency

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

Health

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Eastbourne:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Eastbourne (constituency) · 0.7 km

    Eastbourne is a constituency for the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was created as one of nine in Sussex in 1885, since when it has reduced in geographic size reflecting the growth of its main settlement, E…

  • Eastbourne District General Hospital · 0.7 km

    Eastbourne District General Hospital is a National Health Service hospital in Eastbourne in East Sussex, England. It is managed by the East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

  • Ocklynge · 0.9 km

    Ocklynge is an area in Eastbourne, England.

  • Cavendish School, Eastbourne · 1.3 km

    The Cavendish School, commonly known as Cavendish School or Cavendish, is a coeducational All-through school with academy status, located in Eastbourne, East Sussex in England for children aged 2 to 16.

  • Sussex Ambulance Service · 1.3 km

    Sussex Ambulance Service was the ambulance service for the County of Sussex in England from 1 April 1995 until 1 July 2006, when it was succeeded by a South East Coast Ambulance Service also covering Surrey and Kent.

  • Ashford Road · 1.3 km

    Ashford Road was a cricket ground in Eastbourne, Sussex. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1857, when Eastbourne played a United All-England Eleven. Sussex played Kent in the grounds first first-class matc…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)