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32 recorded sales · median £232,750 · Rother
Rother Council · Independent / Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition 27/38 seats · 71% · OCD 2026
61/100
Mixed
Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£233k
median price
7.7
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£233k
median sold price
11 yrs
of local pay to buy
75 min
London — fastest
16
rail stations mapped
0
grammar schools
52
schools total
7.7
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
249
Violence — most
6.1
NO₂ · WHO 10
6.6%
in a flood zone
284
green spaces
6.1
PM2.5 · WHO 5
324
eat & drink
69
shops
61.3%
gigabit
41
gyms & leisure
Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.
Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities
Sold price trend
£82,500 in 1996 → £260,000 in 2011
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Rother, clearly labelled.
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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-09-09
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2026 (control)
Crime2026-07
Deprivation2025
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Ground checks2022–25
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01
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What does it cost? This street
A typical home here sells for £232,750. That's about 11× local earnings — around the 12.2× five-year average.
Sold price history
2011 · 3 sales
Median sold price · 12 months to Sep 2026 · 32 sales£232,750
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay11× · five-year average 12.2×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Resold at a loss from Rother8.8%
Of the homes across Rother that sold again within five years, 8.8% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Better than South East (17.4%).
By property type
Detached houses5.3%
Semi-detached houses1.1%
Terraced houses5.3%
Flats9.6%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new19.5%
Bought second-hand8.2%
Overall
Typical resale gain+34.3% · ~7.7-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (1,597 resale pairs) across Rother — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted
Home ownership73%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,594
Rother District Council£234
East Sussex County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,960
Police & Crime Commissioner£282
Fire & Rescue£117
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,729
Band B£2,017
Band C£2,306
Band D (baseline)£2,594
Band E£3,170
Band F£3,747
Band G£4,323
Band H£5,188
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April
Neighbourhood prices in Rother how Smugglers Way compares · from Rother
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Pebsham +17%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pebsham | £305,000 | +17% | 218 |
| Bexhill-on-Sea | £185,000 | +16.4% | 144 |
| White Hill | £415,000 | +15.9% | 122 |
| The Highlands | £337,000 | +14.4% | 66 |
| Sidley | £260,000 | +14.4% | 108 |
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months
Homes in Smugglers Way — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlyn Smugglers Way Fairlight | Semi-detached | — | — | £345,000 | Feb 2026 |
| CAPRICE SMUGGLERS WAY FAIRLIGHT | Detached | — | — | £300,000 | Feb 2022 |
| 2 Smugglers Way Fairlight | Detached | — | — | £430,000 | Sep 2021 |
| The Moorings Smugglers Way Fairlight | Semi-detached | — | — | £250,000 | Oct 2019 |
| Crossways Smugglers Way Fairlight | Detached | — | — | £425,000 | Jun 2018 |
| 33, Smugglers Way Fairlight | Detached | — | — | £325,000 | Oct 2016 |
| HEAVE HO SMUGGLERS WAY | Detached | — | — | £242,000 | Jan 2014 |
| 2 Smugglers Way Fairlight | Detached | — | — | £249,000 | Jul 2012 |
| 33, Smugglers Way Fairlight | Detached | — | — | £180,000 | Sep 2011 |
| SOURS, 1 SMUGGLERS WAY | Detached | — | — | £260,000 | Jun 2011 |
24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
How safe is it? from Rother
Crime runs at 7.7 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.
Crime rate
Per 1,000 / month7.7
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Rother
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Rother district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on. Some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can look like a hotspot.
Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk
Who lives here? from Rother
Population93,108
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 5/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 45% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 5/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 5/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 45% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).
SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 5 in 2019 — little changed since.
The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.
Income
5.9/10
Employment
4.9/10
Education & skills
5.0/10
Health & disability
5.2/10
Crime
6.3/10
Housing & services
2.7/10
Living environment
5.0/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Rother — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Employment rate · residents aged 16+48%
Unemployment · economically active residents5%
Degree-level (Level 4+)30%
Good or very good health78%
Own their home73%
Median age53.5
Born outside the UK8%
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
67% of the 6 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
4 of 6 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 6 nearest inspected schools
of the 6 nearest inspected schools
GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"
Catchments
Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.
Council catchment polygons + GIAS
Nearest schools 21 nearest schools
AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery
| School | Phase | Ofsted | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairlight Playgroup | Nursery | Good ('24) | 0.3 km |
| Guestling Bradshaw Church of England Primary School | Primary | Good ('22) | 3.2 km |
| Mulberry Academy Hastings | Secondary | Requires improvement ('23) | 3.5 km |
| Ore Village Primary Academy | Primary | Good ('24) | 3.8 km |
| The Athelstan Nursery | Nursery | Good ('22) | 4.0 km |
| Buckswood School | All-through | — | 4.1 km |
| Sandown Primary School and Nursery | Primary | — | 4.2 km |
| Clive Vale Nursery School | Nursery | Good ('23) | 4.3 km |
| All Saints CofE Junior Academy | Primary | — | 4.4 km |
| Icklesham Church of England Primary School and Nursery | Primary | — | 4.7 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
At a glance
| Here | |
|---|---|
| Life expectancy — men | 79.9 yrs |
| Life expectancy — women | 82.7 yrs |
| Smoking | 11.6% |
| Adults overweight or obese | 55.9% |
OHID Fingertips · district-level figures (the health-outcomes grain)
3
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 3.9 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
5
nearest dentists · nearest 4.6 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
9
nearest pharmacies · nearest 3.9 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hill Surgery | GP | — | 3.9 km |
| Laycock Chemist | Pharmacy | — | 3.9 km |
| Osbon Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 4.0 km |
| J Andersen'S Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 4.4 km |
| Hillview Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 4.5 km |
| Priory Road Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 4.6 km |
| J Andersen'S Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 4.7 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 5.3 km |
Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)
Getting around from Rother
5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 78 min from Hastings.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Oaks | 2.9 mi | — | no direct train |
| Ore | 3.3 mi | London Bridge | 94 min |
| Doleham | 3.9 mi | — | no direct train |
| Hastings | 4.0 mi | London Bridge | 78 min |
| Winchelsea | 4.4 mi | — | no direct train |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Hastings (78 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging5 points
Per 10,000 residents0.5
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Rother
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1000.9%
Flood zone6.6% of postcodes
Radonup to <1% of homes
Historic landfill175 sites within ~1 km
EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search
Transport noise (Defra)
Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".
Defra strategic noise mapping
Heritage & green space
Listed buildings2,147
Conservation areas10
Green belt0%
Green spaces284
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Rother
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 324 | 96% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 69 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 41 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 284 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Rother
Figures for the wider Rother — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate5%
In work (employment rate)47.7%
Companies registered here15,966
New incorporations (12m)1,782
Property companies (SPVs)2,157
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district