Hastings

10°CClear

• Today: 11° / 9° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:26

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

• 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

725 reported · August 2026▲ 64% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences193
• Anti-social behaviour178
• Shoplifting140
• Vehicle crime45

28 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Castle (Hastings) · Sussex

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

167 reported road collisions (2025)

52 killed or seriously injured · 211 casualties · 18.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 452 rated 4–5 ★ (424 top)
• 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Hastings (0.4 km)
• 27 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£238,780 average▼ 2.5% YoY

Across Hastings · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,007 average monthly rent▲ 1.6% YoY

• 1 bed £697
• 2 bed £897
• 3 bed £1,100

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

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

1,205 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: 167.7p · Asda (2.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (2.2 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Pelham Place Car Park (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools10
• Sports pitches38
• 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,086
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,042
• Net moves+44

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 3 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

34% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

25 inspected 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 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

• In a conservation area (Hastings Town Centre)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 472 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

67 applications decided

86.6% granted · 58 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics7
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens28
• Restaurants & cafés123

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,490 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

381 jobs advertised · £42,693 avg

e.g. Glazier, SEMH Individual Needs Assistant, Sales Executive

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

56% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Wind 40% · Nuclear 10% · Biomass 6%

176 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.8 yrs women · 77.4 yrs men

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

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction6.9
• 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 · 7 pharmacies in TN34

• Hastings Old Town Surgery
• Priory Road Surgery
• The Station Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hastings and Rye:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks483 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND234 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases228 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately208 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth181 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Hastings Town Hall · 0.1 km

  Hastings Town Hall is a municipal building in Queen's Road, Hastings, East Sussex, England. The town hall, which was the meeting place of Hastings Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  University Centre Hastings · 0.1 km

  The University Centre Hastings was a small higher education institute located in Hastings, England that was managed by University of Brighton. The centre was opened in 2003 in buildings previously occupied by BT.

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  Wellington Square Baptist Church, Hastings · 0.1 km

  Wellington Square Baptist Church is a Baptist church in the centre of Hastings, a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, England. It was built in 1838 for a congregation which had previously been meeting for worship…

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  Priory Meadow Shopping Centre · 0.2 km

  Priory Meadow Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Hastings, East Sussex, England. The centre was opened in 1997 by Queen Elizabeth II.

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  Robertson Street United Reformed Church · 0.2 km

  Robertson Street Congregational Church is a former United Reformed church in the centre of Hastings, a seaside town and borough in East Sussex, England. Built in 1885 on the site of an earlier church which had been co…

• Hastings Priory · 0.2 km

  Hastings Priory was a medieval Augustinian monastic house in Hastings, East Sussex, England. It closed down in 1413.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)