Brighton and Hove

17°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 18° / 17° · 43% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 18° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:28

13h 2m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

1933 reported · July 2026▲ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences534
• Anti-social behaviour468
• Shoplifting298
• Public order178

92 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Tarner · Sussex

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

543 reported road collisions (2024)

148 killed or seriously injured · 625 casualties · 19.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 456 rated 4–5 ★ (396 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Aquarium (0.6 km)
• 99 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£407,803 average▲ 0.3% YoY

Across Brighton and Hove · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,809 average monthly rent▼ 1.1% YoY

• 1 bed £1,190
• 2 bed £1,518
• 3 bed £1,797

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

10.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.6 times median annual pay (10.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (8.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Asda (4.9 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: 05866 Blaker Street (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms18
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches47
• Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

277,104 residents in Brighton and Hove · 3,345/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 71%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 140 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,581 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (26% of 136,090)

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

82 schools · 32,976 pupils

47 primary · 10 secondary · 25 other

Ofsted: 21 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

63inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Brighton and Hove

324 CQC-registered services

• Care homes86
• GP practices55
• Dentists87
• Homecare agencies54
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Brighton and Hove

• In a conservation area (Valley Gardens)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 832 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

384 applications decided

91.7% granted · 352 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Chris Ward

Labour

Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 31
• Con 5
• Grn 11
• Oth 6

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

• Schools20
• GPs & clinics18
• Pharmacies13
• Supermarkets27
• Parks & greens67
• Restaurants & cafés693

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

15,910 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2,248 jobs advertised · £38,379 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required, Beauty Therapist, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

£766 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,073 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 · 166,539 certificates

12.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

2% low-carbon electricity

Imports 69% · Gas 29% · Wind 2% · Hydro 0%

174 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 79.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.6 women · 61.1 men

55% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership521 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership458 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases290 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office261 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s230 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Statue of George IV, Brighton · 0.1 km

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  North Gate of the Royal Pavilion · 0.2 km

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