Bachelor's Bump

18°CCloudy

• Today: 19° / 17° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 19° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:20

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

70 reported · July 2026▲ 46% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences26
• Anti-social behaviour20
• Vehicle crime7
• Public order4

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Ore · 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)

94 food businesses within 2 miles

• 87 rated 4–5 ★ (86 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

£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 (4.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (3.5 km)

7 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)

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
• 29 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)

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,440 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

50% low-carbon electricity

Wind 40% · Imports 34% · Gas 16% · Nuclear 6%

85 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

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 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

• 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)