Telscombe Cliffs

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 9° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:28

9h 30m 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 · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

• 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

96 reported · August 2026▲ 28% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences34
• Anti-social behaviour32
• Public order11
• Burglary4

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Telscombe Cliffs and East Saltdean · Sussex

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

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)

123 food businesses within 2 miles

• 115 rated 4–5 ★ (96 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Newhaven Town (5.0 km)
• 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£374,305 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Lewes · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (7.3 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

27 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: BP Peacehaven (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools20
• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

99,907 residents in Lewes · 342/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

Around the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,756 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lewes

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

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

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

112 applications decided

91.1% granted · 102 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Chris Ward

Labour

Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Labour coalition

• Lab 8
• LD 14
• Grn 18
• Oth 1

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,845 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

14 jobs advertised · £40,731 avg

e.g. SEN Teacher, Domino’s Moped Delivery Driver, Event Manager

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

59% low-carbon electricity

Wind 42% · Gas 40% · Nuclear 10% · Biomass 7%

165 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in BN10

• Havenshealth
• Havens Community Nursing Team

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND584 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks528 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases290 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death233 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence162 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

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

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