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18°CCloudy

• Today: 20° / 15° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 18° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 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

95 reported · July 2026▲ 32% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences32
• Anti-social behaviour21
• Shoplifting13
• Public order10

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Sovereign Harbour · Sussex

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

179 reported road collisions (2024)

52 killed or seriously injured · 224 casualties · 17.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

176 food businesses within 2 miles

• 137 rated 4–5 ★ (122 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pevensey and Westham (2.1 km)
• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£251,811 average▼ 3.7% YoY

Across Eastbourne · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,166 average monthly rent▲ 0.7% YoY

• 1 bed £818
• 2 bed £1,076
• 3 bed £1,303

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

7.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.4 times median annual pay (7.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (7.4 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 80 kW
• Nearest: ASDA Eastbourne Superstore (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches7
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

101,686 residents in Eastbourne · 2,303/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 106 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,654 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 49,860)

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

33 schools · 14,294 pupils

18 primary · 4 secondary · 11 other

Ofsted: 9 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (75%)

28inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Eastbourne

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
• 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

86 applications decided

75.6% granted · 65 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Josh Babarinde

Liberal Democrat

Eastbourne

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 8
• LD 19

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,780 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£727 median full-time weekly pay

4.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,063 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 57,151 certificates

11.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

66% low-carbon electricity

Wind 45% · Imports 23% · Solar 11% · Gas 11%

58 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction6.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.2
• Happiness yesterday6.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.8

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Eastbourne:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership433 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office343 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s314 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership312 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test239 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• 
  Eastbourne Lifeboat Station · 0.9 km

  Eastbourne Lifeboat Station can be found at Sovereign Harbour Marina, off Pevensey Bay Rd, in Eastbourne, a seaside resort overlooking the English Channel, in the county of East Sussex, on the south coast of England.…

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  Sovereign Harbour · 0.9 km

  Sovereign Harbour is a residential and commercial development of the shingle beachland and marsh between Eastbourne and Pevensey Bay in the seaside town of Eastbourne, England.

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  Priory Lane · 1.2 km

  Priory Lane is an association football stadium located in Langney, an eastern suburb of Eastbourne, East Sussex, England. It is the home of Eastbourne Borough, who play in the National League South. Eastbourne Borough…

• St Catherine's College, Eastbourne · 1.3 km

  St Catherine's College is a coeducational Church of England secondary school situated on the south coast of England in Eastbourne. The school is part of the Diocese of Chichester Academy Trust.

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  Langney Priory · 1.5 km

  Langney Priory is the modern name for Langney Grange, which served as an agricultural manor of several hundred acres providing produce for Lewes Priory, a Cluniac monastery. It was established before 1121 in the villa…

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  Langney · 1.5 km

  Langney is a distinct area of Eastbourne, East Sussex, located on the eastern side of the popular seaside resort. The original village and priory have since been incorporated into the main town of Eastbourne, and Lang…

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