Hastings

19°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 19° · 78% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 17° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:21

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

678 reported · July 2026▲ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences199
• Anti-social behaviour156
• Shoplifting79
• Vehicle crime59

16 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Silverhill · Sussex

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

167 reported road collisions (2024)

50 killed or seriously injured · 220 casualties · 18.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 448 rated 4–5 ★ (421 top)
• 10 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

£236,966 average▼ 4.6% YoY

Across Hastings · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,006 average monthly rent▲ 1.6% YoY

• 1 bed £696
• 2 bed £896
• 3 bed £1,099

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 164.7p · Asda (0.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (11.4 km)

8 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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 13 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

30% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

25inspected 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 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

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

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

83 applications decided

81.9% granted · 68 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

3,440 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

506 jobs advertised · £38,657 avg

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats

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

41% low-carbon electricity

Imports 46% · Wind 34% · Gas 14% · Nuclear 4%

94 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.8 yrs women · 77.4 yrs 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 referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership741 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership452 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office329 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test257 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s256 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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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)