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Peacehaven

Peacehaven is a town in East Sussex, England, with a population of around 18,579. It has 2 GP surgeries, 3 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets, 1 park and green, and 9 restaurants and cafés, 24 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Newhaven Town, 3.5 km away. The average sold house price is around £340,389, and there were around 123 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 Peacehaven 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
Brighton, Kemptown
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

19°COvercast

  • Today: 20° / 19° · 77% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 19° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:21

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

Crime

118 reported · July 2026 11% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences49
  • Anti-social behaviour33
  • Public order11
  • Other theft9

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Peacehaven West and North · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour (ASB) inc. addressing and taking action against ASB in the form of nuisance noise, dangerous driving and ASB associ…
  • 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

99 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 87 rated 4–5 ★ (76 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Newhaven Harbour (4.3 km)
  • 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Newhaven Harbour (4.3 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 (8.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Morrisons (7.6 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

15 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: BP Peacehaven (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Swimming pools17
  • Sports pitches14
  • Playgrounds6

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
  • 2 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

Chris Ward

Labour

Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145

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 & clinics3
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens9
  • Restaurants & cafés18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,860 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

122 jobs advertised · £32,806 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required, Site Manager - School Refurbishment, Online Guitar Tutor - Part Time

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

14% low-carbon electricity

Imports 61% · Gas 24% · Wind 14% · Hydro 1%

131 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 Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Peacehaven Community School · 0.8 km

    Peacehaven Community School is a mixed secondary school for 11 to 16-year-olds in Peacehaven, East Sussex in the United Kingdom.

  • Peacehaven · 0.9 km

    Peacehaven is a town and civil parish in the Lewes district of East Sussex, England. It is above the chalk cliffs of the South Downs about 6 miles (10 km) east of Brighton city centre, on the A259 road. It is the plac…

  • Telscombe · 1.2 km

    Telscombe is a town and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. It consists of three distinct settlements, separated from each other by an open area of downland called Telscombe Tye.

  • Peacehaven & Telscombe F.C. · 1.4 km

    Peacehaven & Telscombe Football Club is a football club based in Peacehaven, East Sussex, England. The club is affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association. The club are currently members of the Isthmian Leagu…

  • Brighton to Newhaven Cliffs · 1.6 km

    Brighton to Newhaven Cliffs is a 165.4-hectare (409-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest and Geological Conservation Review site, which stretches along the coast between Brighton and New…

  • Grand Ocean, Saltdean · 2.3 km

    Grand Ocean is a restored 1938 hotel building in Saltdean, Brighton, on the south coast of England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Peacehaven?
Peacehaven is a town in East Sussex, England, in the Lewes local authority.
What is the population of Peacehaven?
Peacehaven has an approximate settlement population of 18,579.
How deprived is Peacehaven?
The Lewes local authority, which includes Peacehaven, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.