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Brighton and Hove

Brighton and Hove is a city in West Sussex, England, with a population of around 290,000. It features around 3 GP surgeries, 2 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets, and around 43 restaurants and cafés, alongside 50 bus stops and the nearby Fishersgate railway station, 0.3 km away. In June 2026, there were around 238 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 Brighton and Hove area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Adur area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 64,547 residents at roughly 1,534 people per km².

Council
Adur
County
West Sussex
Constituency
East Worthing and Shoreham
Police force
Sussex
51/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 142nd of 294 English council areas — better than 52% of them.

Low crime52
Home affordability37
Affordable rents30
Life expectancy81
Low deprivation65
Employment54
Low council tax22

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 85% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 9° · 34% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:29

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

44US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.6 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

Crime

280 reported · August 2026▲ 44% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour83
  • Violence & sexual offences79
  • Public order35
  • Shoplifting24

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Eastbrook · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Drug Harm
  • Antisocial Behaviour (ASB)

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

Road safety

94 reported road collisions (2025)

25 killed or seriously injured · 115 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 448 rated 4–5 ★ (391 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Fishersgate (0.3 km)
  • 50 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Fishersgate (0.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£378,990 average

Across Adur · to 2026-08

Detached£632,543
Semi-detached£443,049
Terraced£368,308
Flat£215,437

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,410 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,000
  • 2 bed £1,299
  • 3 bed £1,606

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

Affordability

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

841 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: 159.9p · Esso (7.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (7.5 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: 05862 St. Andrews Road (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools31
  • Sports pitches28
  • Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

64,547 residents in Adur · 1,534/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,054
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,726
  • Net moves+328

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 192 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,548 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (40% of 28,970)

A £1,699
B £1,982
C £2,265
D £2,548
E £3,115
F £3,681
G £4,247
H £5,097

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

Schools

20 schools · 8,837 pupils

12 primary · 2 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 6 of 6 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Shoreham AcademyOutstanding
  • The Sir Robert Woodard AcademyGood

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Adur

Care & health services

991 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes342
  • GP practices107
  • Dentists220
  • Homecare agencies210
  • Hospitals & hospices37

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Sussex

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

94 applications decided

95.7% granted · 90 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Tom Rutland

Labour

East Worthing and Shoreham

Recent votes:

  • AyeRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 17
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 6
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools10
  • GPs & clinics6
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets6
  • Parks & greens18
  • Restaurants & cafés61

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

2,760 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

1,452 jobs advertised · £40,901 avg

e.g. Mental Wellbeing & Football Lead Coach, Hotel Manager, Intermediate/Senior Architectural Technologist with Revit

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£748 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,237 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 29,016 certificates

9.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Wind 38% · Nuclear 9% · Biomass 6%

184 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 82.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (West Sussex): 64.5 women · 63.1 men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday6.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.8

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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in BN41

  • Portslade Health Centre
  • Mile Oak Medical Centre
  • Links Road Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Worthing and Shoreham:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Fishersgate railway station · 0.3 km

    Fishersgate railway station is a railway station in West Sussex, England, serving both the eastern part of Southwick, as well as the western part of Portslade in Brighton and Hove. The station is operated by Southern…

  • Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Brighton · 0.6 km

    Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Brighton is a Swaminarayan Hindu Temple located in the Portslade area of the city of Brighton and Hove, on the south east coast of England. Inaugurated on 19 September 1999, the 10th Swaminar…

  • Capital Brighton · 0.7 km

    Capital Brighton was a local radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Capital radio network. It served the Brighton and Hove area broadcasting on 107.2 FM and across Sussex on DAB.

  • Heart Sussex and Surrey · 0.7 km

    Heart Sussex and Surrey was a local radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network. It broadcast to Sussex and Surrey from studios in the Portslade area of Brighton.

  • Portslade Town Hall · 0.7 km

    Portslade Town Hall, formerly the Ronuk Hall and Welfare Institute, is a municipal building in Victoria Road in Portslade, East Sussex, England. The structure, which was the meeting place of Portslade Urban District C…

  • Southwick F.C. · 0.7 km

    Southwick Football Club was a football club based in Southwick, West Sussex, England. The club was founded in 1882 and was among the founding members of the Sussex County League, which they won six times. Their home g…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Brighton and Hove?
Brighton and Hove is a town in West Sussex, England, in the Adur local authority.
How deprived is Brighton and Hove?
The Adur local authority, which includes Brighton and Hove, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.