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Ringmer

Ringmer is a village in East Sussex, England, with a population of around 3,165. There is one school and 15 bus stops, with the nearest railway station being Glynde, 3.9 km away. In June 2026, there were around 20 recorded street crimes, 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 Ringmer area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Lewes area is around the average in England (IoD2025). 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
57/ 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 expectancy68
Low deprivation57
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

10°CClear

  • Today: 13° / 6° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:53Sunset 16:33

9h 40m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.3 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

Crime

12 reported · August 2026▲ 50% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour8
  • Criminal damage & arson2
  • Other theft1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Ringmer · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Vehicle Crime Preventing, and supporting victims of all types of vehicle crime, from car theft, keyless entries, to theft, damage and van…
  • Anti-social behaviour (ASB), and youth related crime and disorder (e.g. youth related ASB, large groups or threatening behaviours) Swiftl…

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

Road safety

206 reported road collisions (2025)

61 killed or seriously injured · 282 casualties · 20.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

33 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 27 rated 4–5 ★ (22 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Glynde (3.9 km)
  • 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Glynde (3.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£374,305 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Lewes · to 2026-08

Detached£601,470
Semi-detached£404,613
Terraced£330,094
Flat£201,106

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,333 average monthly rent▲ 5.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £924
  • 2 bed £1,217
  • 3 bed £1,506

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

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

Property sales

1,450 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (8.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (8.6 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Kings Academy Ringmer (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches10
  • Playgrounds4

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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,856
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,018
  • Net moves+838

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 170 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

34 inspected 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 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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

112 applications decided

91.1% granted · 102 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

James MacCleary

Liberal Democrat

Lewes

Recent votes:

  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47

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

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,845 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

7 jobs advertised · £38,050 avg

e.g. Account Management Executive, Labourer, Bank Support Worker

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£829 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% 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

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 49% · Wind 38% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

197 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81 yrs men

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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in BN8

  • Wealden Ridge Medical Partnership
  • St Peter & St James Hospice
  • Greater Wealden Pcn Hub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lewes:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Ringmer · 0.7 km

    Ringmer is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Lewes. Other small settlements in the parish include Upper Wellingham, Ashton Green, Broyle…

  • King's Academy Ringmer · 0.7 km

    King's Academy Ringmer is an academy school and a specialist technology college. It is located in the village of Ringmer, East Sussex, England. The school was opened in 1958 and serves a catchment area of Lewes and su…

  • Ringmer A.F.C. · 0.7 km

    Ringmer Association Football Club is a football club based in Ringmer, England. They are currently members of the Southern Combination Division One and play at the Caburn Community Ground, at King's Academy, Ringmer.

  • Glyndebourne Festival Opera · 1.7 km

    Glyndebourne Festival Opera is an annual opera festival held at Glyndebourne, an English country house near Lewes, in East Sussex, England.

  • Glyndebourne · 1.7 km

    Glyndebourne is an English country house, the site of an opera house that, since 1934, has been the venue for the annual Glyndebourne Festival Opera. The house, near Lewes in East Sussex, is thought to be about six hu…

  • Cliffe Hill · 2.2 km

    Cliffe Hill is a hill to the east of the town of Lewes in East Sussex, England. It is impressive on its western edge, where it looms over Lewes. Its summit is covered in a golf course. It is the second lowest Marilyn…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Ringmer?
Ringmer is a town in East Sussex, England, in the Lewes local authority.
What is the population of Ringmer?
Ringmer has an approximate settlement population of 3,165.
How deprived is Ringmer?
The Lewes local authority, which includes Ringmer, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.