Rye

8°CClear

• Today: 10° / 5° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:25

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chatham Roadside, United Kingdom

• 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

49 reported · August 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences14
• Criminal damage & arson9
• Public order8
• Anti-social behaviour6

Neighbourhood team: Rye · Sussex

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

204 reported road collisions (2025)

65 killed or seriously injured · 285 casualties · 21.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

115 food businesses within 2 miles

• 111 rated 4–5 ★ (95 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Rye (0.3 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£335,680 average▼ 1.9% YoY

Across Rother · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,165 average monthly rent▲ 0.7% YoY

• 1 bed £804
• 2 bed £1,031
• 3 bed £1,295

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

11.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.0 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,282 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

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: The Regent Rye (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools18
• Sports pitches19
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• From the leader – Friday, October 30· 30 Oct 2026
• Cabinet Decisions – 26 October 2026· 29 Oct 2026
• Could you be the next Rother District Councillor?· 28 Oct 2026
• Nurdle Appeal for Information Following Theft of Beach Cleaning Equipment· 27 Oct 2026
• Bexhill seafront fountain replacement moves a step closer· 27 Oct 2026

Source: Rother Council

93,113 residents in Rother · 183/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 53%
• 65+: 32%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,370
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,385
• Net moves+985

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 93 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,701 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 46,950)

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

52 schools · 12,933 pupils

32 primary · 5 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 13 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rother

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 (Rye)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 309 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

184 applications decided

92.4% granted · 170 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Helena Dollimore

Labour (Co-op)

Hastings and Rye

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition

• Lab 6
• Con 12
• LD 9
• Grn 3
• Ref 1
• Oth 7

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens15
• Restaurants & cafés45

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

61 jobs advertised · £46,026 avg

e.g. Deputy Manager, Bartender, Cleaning General Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£691 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,615 disposable income per head (2024)

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

37% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 50,798 certificates

12.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Wind 35% · Nuclear 8% · Biomass 4%

211 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

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

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in TN31

• Rye Medical Centre
• Ferry Road Health Centre
• Northiam Surgery

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

• Rye Austin Friary · 0.1 km

  Rye Austin Friary was an Augustinian friary in Conduit Street, Rye, East Sussex, England.

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  Rye Town Hall, East Sussex · 0.1 km

  Rye Town Hall is a municipal building in Market Street, Rye, East Sussex, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Rye Town Council, is a Grade II* listed building.

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  St Mary's Church, Rye · 0.1 km

  St Mary-the-Virgin, Rye is the Anglican parish church of the civil parish of Rye in East Sussex. Since 1951 it is a Grade I listed building because of its architectural and historical interest.

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  Lamb House · 0.2 km

  Lamb House is a Grade II* listed 18th-century house situated in Rye, East Sussex, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust.

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  The Olde Bell, Rye · 0.2 km

  The Olde Bell inn, also known as Ye Olde Bell, is a Grade II listed historical inn in Rye, East Sussex. It was built in 1390. It has a turbulent history and was once used for smuggling, connected by a secret tunnel wi…

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  Rye Castle · 0.2 km

  Rye Castle, also known as Ypres Tower, was built in the 13th or 14th centuries, and is situated in Rye, East Sussex, England. It is a Grade I listed building and has been scheduled as an ancient monument.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)