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Newhaven

Newhaven is a town in East Sussex, England, with a population of around 12,854. It has around 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, and 10 restaurants and cafés, with 24 bus stops and Newhaven Town railway station 0.5 km away. The average sold house price is around £310,486, and there were around 176 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Newhaven area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Lewes area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 99,907 residents at roughly 342 people per km².

Council
Lewes
County
East Sussex
Constituency
Lewes
Police force
Sussex
58/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 102nd of 294 English council areas — better than 65% of them.

Low crime80
Home affordability31
Affordable rents34
Good schools95
Life expectancy70
Low deprivation61
Employment41
Low council tax1

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°CSunny

  • Today: 20° / 17° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 19° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:23

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

Crime

223 reported · July 2026 40% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences74
  • Anti-social behaviour61
  • Shoplifting24
  • Public order22

10 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Denton · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Drug harm reduction. Targeting drug related crime in your town through intelligence, enforcement and partnership work.
  • Operation Downsway Our yearly campaign to address community concerns around road and driving related offences that fall into the fatal 5…

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

Road safety

172 reported road collisions (2024)

57 killed or seriously injured · 227 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

88 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 71 rated 4–5 ★ (66 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Newhaven Town (0.5 km)
  • 24 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Newhaven Town (0.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£367,918 average 1.7% YoY

Across Lewes · to 2026-06

Detached£591,548
Semi-detached£398,016
Terraced£323,093
Flat£198,184

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,325 average monthly rent 6.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £919
  • 2 bed £1,209
  • 3 bed £1,497

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

Affordability

9.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.7 times median annual pay (9.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (9.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Morrisons (4.2 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Newhaven Town Centre Car Park (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches12
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

99,907 residents in Lewes · 342/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 57%
  • 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 194 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,756 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 47,330)

A £1,837
B £2,144
C £2,450
D £2,756
E £3,369
F £3,981
G £4,594
H £5,512

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

Schools

38 schools · 13,446 pupils

25 primary · 6 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 8 of 8 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

34inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Peacehaven Community SchoolGood
  • Seahaven AcademyGood
  • Chailey School
  • King's Academy Ringmer
  • Priory School
  • Seaford Head School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lewes

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 40 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

80 applications decided

80% granted · 64 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

James MacCleary

Liberal Democrat

Lewes

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Green / Labour coalition

  • Lab 8
  • LD 14
  • Grn 18
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens10
  • Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,860 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

138 jobs advertised · £32,692 avg

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£829 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,837 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 48,390 certificates

10.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

44% low-carbon electricity

Imports 31% · Gas 25% · Solar 22% · Wind 18%

115 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lewes:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Newhaven ERF · 0.4 km

    The Newhaven ERF is an incinerator, in the town of Newhaven in the English county of East Sussex, for the treatment of up to 210,000 tonnes per annum of the county's municipal solid waste. The facility, built by Veoli…

  • Newhaven Town railway station · 0.4 km

    Newhaven Town railway station is the main station serving Newhaven, East Sussex, England, the other being Newhaven Harbour. A third station, Newhaven Marine, formally closed in October 2020, but had not had a train se…

  • Newhaven · 0.5 km

    Newhaven is a port town in the Lewes district of East Sussex, England, lying at the mouth of the River Ouse.

  • UTC@harbourside · 0.5 km

    UTC@harbourside was a University Technical College for students aged 14–18 located in Newhaven, East Sussex, England which opened in September 2015. It specialised in science, technology, engineering and maths, leadin…

  • Denton, East Sussex · 0.5 km

    Denton is a small village in the civil parish of Newhaven, in the Lewes district, in the county of East Sussex, England. It adjoins the village of South Heighton and Mount Pleasant and backs onto the South Downs.

  • Newhaven Harbour railway station · 1.0 km

    Newhaven Harbour railway station is a railway station in Newhaven, East Sussex, England. It originally served boat train services to Dieppe, but that was taken over by Newhaven Marine and then Newhaven Town.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Newhaven?
Newhaven is a town in East Sussex, England, in the Lewes local authority.
What is the population of Newhaven?
Newhaven has an approximate settlement population of 12,854.
How deprived is Newhaven?
The Lewes local authority, which includes Newhaven, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.