Bachelor's Bump

10°CClear

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:52Sunset 16:29

9h 36m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US 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

51 reported · August 2026▲ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences18
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Criminal damage & arson6
• Vehicle crime6

Neighbourhood team: Ore · 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)

96 food businesses within 2 miles

• 87 rated 4–5 ★ (85 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Three Oaks (2.1 km)
• 11 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 (4.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (4.7 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Covehurst Bay Holiday Cottages (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools12
• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds2

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
• 29 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)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,490 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 42% · Nuclear 7% · Biomass 4%

185 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

1 GP surgery · 4 pharmacies in TN35

• The Hill Surgery

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

• Hastings Academy · 0.3 km

  The Mulberry Academy Hastings, formerly known as The Hastings Academy, is a secondary school in Hastings, East Sussex, England. The Hastings Academy opened on 1 September 2011 moving into a new building during Februar…

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  Guestling · 1.2 km

  Guestling is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. The village is located 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of Hastings on the A259 road to Rye. Its parish church is dedicated to St Laur…

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  Ore, East Sussex · 1.3 km

  Ore is a large suburb of the urban area of Hastings, East Sussex, England. Formerly a village, it is still known and advertised locally as "Ore Village". It is located 1.3 miles (2.1 km) to the north-east of Hastings…

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  Christ Church, Ore · 1.3 km

  Christ Church is an Anglican church in the Ore area of the town and borough of Hastings, one of six local government districts in the English county of East Sussex. It is one of three Anglican churches with this dedic…

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  Speckled Wood, Hastings · 1.5 km

  Speckled Wood is a 12.7-acre (5.1 ha) woodland and park in Ore Village in the Ore Valley, Hastings, East Sussex, United Kingdom. The woodland park consists of woodland trails and clearings. The woodland has steep sixt…

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  Hastings Cemetery · 1.8 km

  Hastings Cemetery is a cemetery in Hastings, East Sussex, located off the Ridge road.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)