Bexhill-on-Sea

19°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 13° · 7% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:22Sunset 19:28

13h 5m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

336 reported · July 2026▲ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences116
• Anti-social behaviour84
• Shoplifting45
• Public order27

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Old Town - Bexhill · 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)

289 food businesses within 2 miles

• 275 rated 4–5 ★ (244 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bexhill (1.1 km)
• 49 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: 160.7p · Asda (11.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (4.3 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Yeomans-Hyundai (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres16
• Gyms4
• Swimming pools11
• Sports pitches48
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds14

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
• 62 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

Dr Kieran Mullan

Conservative

Bexhill and Battle

Source: UK Parliament

Green majority

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

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics7
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens44
• Restaurants & cafés90

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,440 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

145 jobs advertised · £42,375 avg

e.g. Contracts Manager – Gate & Barrier Automation, Labourer, 7 x Plumbers

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

17% low-carbon electricity

Imports 73% · Solar 13% · Gas 10% · Wind 4%

105 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 · 6 pharmacies in TN40

• Integrated Community Care
• Integrated Community Care
• Urgent Care

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bexhill and Battle:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership449 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office364 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership347 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test226 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s209 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Bexhill Hospital · 0.3 km

  Bexhill Hospital is a National Health Service hospital at Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex, England. It is managed by the East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

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  Sidley railway station · 0.5 km

  Sidley railway station is a closed railway station In Sidley, East Sussex. It was on the Bexhill West branch of the Hastings line from Tunbridge Wells. It was opened by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway and was op…

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  Sidley United F.C. · 0.8 km

  Sidley United Football Club is a football club based in Sidley, near Bexhill, England. The club is affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association They currently play in the East Sussex Football League.

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  Bexhill Town Hall · 0.9 km

  Bexhill Town Hall is a municipal building in the London Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England. The town hall, which is the headquarters of Rother District Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Bexhill-on-Sea · 1.0 km

  Bexhill-on-Sea is a seaside town and civil parish in the Rother district of the East Sussex county of South East England. It is located along the Sussex Coast and between the towns of Hastings and Eastbourne. In 2021,…

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  Sidley, East Sussex · 1.1 km

  Sidley is a village on the outskirts of Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex, England. Its governance falls within the jurisdiction of the charter trustees town of Bexhill. It is also a ward of Rother district council.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)