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Rodmell

Rodmell is a village in East Sussex, England, with a population of around 527. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 4 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Southease, 1.3 km away. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly burglary. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Rodmell 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

11°COvercast

  • Today: 12° / 9° · 27% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:30

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

41US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

1 reported · August 2026

  • Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Glynde, Firle, Beddingham and Southease · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Operation Downsway Our yearly campaign to address community concerns around road and driving related offences that fall into the fatal 5…
  • Anti-social behaviour (ASB), and anti-social driving (e.g. speeding, nuisance or noisy vehicles, cycles or e-scooters on the pavement) Sw…

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

7 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 7 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Southease (1.4 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Southease (1.4 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: 157.9p · Esso (4.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.4 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

21 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Lewes Station (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches7

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

  • In a conservation area (Rodmell)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 57 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:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

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
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,845 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 39% · Wind 33% · Imports 12% · Solar 9%

166 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

7 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in BN7

  • Foundry Healthcare Lewes
  • Community Dermatology Service Nhs H&R
  • East Sussex Dermatology Service

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

  • Monk's House · 0.1 km

    Monk's House is a 17th-century weatherboarded cottage in the village of Rodmell, three miles (4.8 km) south of Lewes, East Sussex, England. The writer Virginia Woolf and her husband, the political activist, journalist…

  • St Peter's Church, Rodmell · 0.1 km

    St Peter's Church is the parish church of Rodmell, East Sussex, England, and dates from the 12th century. It is a Grade I listed building and is among the earliest surviving examples of Norman architecture in the coun…

  • Rodmell · 0.4 km

    Rodmell is a small village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. It is located three miles (4.8 km) south-east of Lewes, on the Lewes to Newhaven road and six and a half miles from the City o…

  • Southease · 1.1 km

    Southease is a small village and civil parish in East Sussex, in South East England between the A26 road and the C7 road from Lewes to Newhaven. The village is to the west of the River Ouse, Sussex and has a church de…

  • Lewes Brooks · 1.2 km

    Lewes Brooks is a 339.1-hectare (838-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Lewes in East Sussex. The Falmer-Glynde and the Ouse valleys meet in Lewes Brooks, and the Upper and Lower Rises are t…

  • Southease railway station · 1.4 km

    Southease railway station is located 1⁄2 mile (800 m) east of the village of Southease in East Sussex, England. It is on the Seaford branch of the East Coastway Line, 53 miles 40 chains (86.1 km) measured from London…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Rodmell?
Rodmell is a town in East Sussex, England, in the Lewes local authority.
What is the population of Rodmell?
Rodmell has an approximate settlement population of 527.
How deprived is Rodmell?
The Lewes local authority, which includes Rodmell, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.