Hastings

11°CCloudy

• Today: 13° / 11° · 76% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:53Sunset 16:29

9h 36m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

675 reported · August 2026▲ 34% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences191
• Anti-social behaviour142
• Shoplifting139
• Vehicle crime44

24 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Silverhill · Sussex

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

167 reported road collisions (2025)

52 killed or seriously injured · 211 casualties · 18.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 451 rated 4–5 ★ (423 top)
• 14 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Hastings (1.2 km)
• 32 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£238,780 average▼ 2.5% YoY

Across Hastings · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,007 average monthly rent▲ 1.6% YoY

• 1 bed £697
• 2 bed £897
• 3 bed £1,100

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

8.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.1 times median annual pay (6.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,205 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: 167.7p · Asda (0.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (11.4 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Bohemia Petrol Station (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools31
• Sports pitches46
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

90,995 residents in Hastings · 3,054/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,086
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,042
• Net moves+44

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 3 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

34% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,677 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (34% of 44,540)

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

26 schools · 9,041 pupils

18 primary · 3 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 7 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (58%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hastings

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
• 147 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

67 applications decided

86.6% granted · 58 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Helena Dollimore

Labour (Co-op)

Hastings and Rye

Source: UK Parliament

Green majority

• Lab 3
• Con 2
• Grn 19
• Ref 6
• Oth 2

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics7
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens22
• Restaurants & cafés89

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,490 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

381 jobs advertised · £42,693 avg

e.g. Glazier, SEMH Individual Needs Assistant, Sales Executive

Source: Adzuna

£698 median full-time weekly pay

5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,562 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 · 57,231 certificates

14.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 51% · Wind 37% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

206 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.8 yrs women · 77.4 yrs men

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

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction6.9
• Feeling worthwhile7.3
• Happiness yesterday6.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.2

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

6 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in TN34

• Hastings Old Town Surgery
• Priory Road Surgery
• The Station Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hastings and Rye:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks483 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND234 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases228 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately208 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth181 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Alexandra Park, Hastings · 0.2 km

  Alexandra Park is a public park located in Hastings, East Sussex in England. Originally named St Andrews Gardens at its opening in 1864, it was then redesigned by Robert Marnock during 1877. The park grew in a series…

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  Horntye Park Sports Complex · 0.8 km

  Horntye Park Sports Complex is a sports and conference centre in Hastings, East Sussex, England. Primarily known as a cricket ground, the venue also contains a large indoor sports hall, an all-weather pitch used for f…

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  St Luke's United Reformed Church, Silverhill, Hastings · 0.8 km

  St Luke's Church is a United Reformed church in the Silverhill suburb of Hastings, a town and borough in East Sussex, England. The congregation was originally independent before taking up Presbyterianism, and worshipp…

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  St Peter's Church, St Leonards-on-Sea · 0.9 km

  St Peter's Church is a former Anglican church in the Bohemia area of the town and seaside resort of St Leonards-on-Sea, part of the Borough of Hastings in East Sussex, England. Founded in 1883 in response to the rapid…

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  St Matthew's Church, Silverhill · 0.9 km

  St Matthew's Church is an Anglican church in the Silverhill suburb of Hastings, a town and borough in the English county of East Sussex. The present building, a large brick structure of 1884 by ecclesiastical architec…

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  Old Roar Gill and Coronation Wood · 0.9 km

  Old Roar Gill and Coronation Wood is a 7.6-hectare (19-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Hastings in East Sussex. It is owned and managed by Hastings Borough Council.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)