Brighton and Hove

18°CSunny

• Today: 19° / 17° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 19° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:24

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

275 reported · July 2026▲ 39% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences84
• Anti-social behaviour82
• Shoplifting22
• Public order21

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Eastbrook · Sussex

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

100 reported road collisions (2024)

29 killed or seriously injured · 119 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 437 rated 4–5 ★ (376 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£380,031 average▲ 1.8% YoY

Across Adur · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,399 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £992
• 2 bed £1,289
• 3 bed £1,593

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (7.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · ESSO (9.8 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

64,547 residents in Adur · 1,534/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 164 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,548 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

21 schools · 8,938 pupils

12 primary · 2 secondary · 7 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Adur

988 CQC-registered services

• Care homes343
• GP practices106
• Dentists219
• Homecare agencies210
• Hospitals & hospices37

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Sussex

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

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

69 applications decided

94.2% granted · 65 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Tom Rutland

Labour

East Worthing and Shoreham

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 17
• Grn 2
• Ref 6
• Oth 4

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

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens17
• Restaurants & cafés63

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2,248 jobs advertised · £38,379 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required, Beauty Therapist, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

£748 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% 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

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

43% low-carbon electricity

Imports 39% · Solar 22% · Gas 18% · Wind 18%

92 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 82.7 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

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

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership453 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership435 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases382 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s342 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office306 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  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…

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  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.

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  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.

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  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…

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  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…

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