Eastbourne

12°CLight rain shower

• Today: 12° / 10° · 65% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:53Sunset 16:30

9h 37m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

• 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

756 reported · August 2026▲ 36% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour220
• Violence & sexual offences207
• Shoplifting71
• Public order63

49 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Town Centre (Eastbourne) · Sussex

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

166 reported road collisions (2025)

48 killed or seriously injured · 195 casualties · 16.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 452 rated 4–5 ★ (382 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Eastbourne (0.3 km)
• 60 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£255,642 average▼ 0.7% YoY

Across Eastbourne · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,169 average monthly rent▲ 1.1% YoY

• 1 bed £819
• 2 bed £1,079
• 3 bed £1,306

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

1,430 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: 154.9p · Esso (2.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (2.4 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 80 kW
• Nearest: The Beacon Shopping Centre (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches36
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds9

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,721
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,792
• Net moves−71

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 96 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

28 inspected 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 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
• 101 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

117 applications decided

91.5% granted · 107 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Josh Babarinde

Liberal Democrat

Eastbourne

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 8
• LD 19

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics10
• Pharmacies7
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens23
• Restaurants & cafés200

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,805 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

517 jobs advertised · £44,027 avg

e.g. Lifeguard - Fixed Term Contract Available!, Vehicle Technician, Registered Manager

Source: Adzuna

£727 median full-time weekly pay

4.8% 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

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 40% · Wind 36% · Imports 10% · Solar 9%

164 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (East Sussex): 59.9 women · 59.2 men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

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

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

14 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in BN21

• Grove Road Surgery
• The Lighthouse Medical Practice
• Arlington Road Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Eastbourne:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks269 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND202 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases185 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers166 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth161 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Queenwood Ladies' College · 0.1 km

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  Central Methodist Church, Eastbourne · 0.2 km

  The former Central Methodist Church was until 2018 the main Methodist place of worship in Eastbourne, a town and borough in the English county of East Sussex. The large town-centre building, with attached schoolrooms…

• Eastbourne rail crash · 0.2 km

  The Eastbourne rail crash was an accident on the British railway system which occurred on 25 August 1958 at Eastbourne railway station in East Sussex. The accident killed five people and injured 41 others. Eastbourne…

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  Holy Trinity Church, Eastbourne · 0.3 km

  The Holy Trinity Church, Eastbourne, is an Anglican Early English-style place of worship in Eastbourne in the English county of East Sussex.

• Ashford Road · 0.3 km

  Ashford Road was a cricket ground in Eastbourne, Sussex. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1857, when Eastbourne played a United All-England Eleven. Sussex played Kent in the grounds first first-class matc…

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  Eastbourne railway station · 0.3 km

  Eastbourne railway station serves the seaside town of Eastbourne in East Sussex, England. It is on the East Coastway Line. The station is managed by Southern, who operate all trains serving it. It is one of two railwa…

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