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East Sussex

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822,956 people · median £357,071

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

65/100

Mixed

Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£357k

median price

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£357k

median sold price

9.9 yrs

of local pay to buy

rail stations mapped

grammar schools

302

schools total

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

7.9

NO₂ · WHO 10

6.2%

in a flood zone

1,195

green spaces

6.3

PM2.5 · WHO 5

2,785

eat & drink

625

shops

68.4%

gigabit

186

gyms & leisure

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£255,000 in 2015 → £360,000 in 2026 · 11,602 sales in 12 months

⌄ Below this county: East Sussex is an aggregation of its districts — every figure above sums or population-weights them. Click any district in the tables for its own full report.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-05

Affordability2025

Crime2026-07

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This county

A typical home here sells for £357,071. That's about 9.9× local earnings.

Sold price history

2026 YTD · 4,485 sales

Median sold price · 12 months to May 2026£357,071

Full history since 1995

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay9.9×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Resold at a loss8.5%

Of the homes here that sold again within five years, 8.5% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Better than England (18%).

By property type

Detached houses4.3%

Semi-detached houses4%

Terraced houses3.9%

Flats8.8%

New-build vs second-hand

Bought new12%

Bought second-hand8.3%

Overall

Typical resale gain+32% · ~8.5-yr hold

Same home sold twice within five years (14,583 resale pairs) · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted

£3,489 per square metre

What this means ▾

The sold price divided by the home's recorded floor area, which makes differently-sized homes easier to compare.

HM Land Registry + EPC floor areas

Prices by district 6 districts — the county, broken down

District	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Brighton and Hove	£407,500	—	—
Eastbourne	£270,000	—	—
Hastings	£270,000	—	—
Lewes	£372,300	—	—
Rother	£340,000	—	—
Wealden	£375,000	—	—

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

How safe is it? This county

Crime runs at 11 per 1,000 residents a month — above the 9.9 average across districts Acreright covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Monthly recorded crimes across the whole county

Per 1,000 / month11

Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months county

Violence and sexual offences

26,339

Anti-social behaviour

17,951

Shoplifting

10,438

Public order

6,855

Criminal damage and arson

5,963

Other theft

5,007

Recorded crimes by category across the whole county, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or near	Crimes
Supermarket	1,531
Supermarket	1,154
Nightclub	662
Parking Area	551
Supermarket	439

Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are), and some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can rank high without the crime happening there · police.uk

Who lives here? This county

Population822,956

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis)

ONS Census 2021

Schools This county

Ofsted

302 schools in the county.

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

Schools by district

This county has 302 schools across its districts. Open any district below for its full school list, Ofsted ratings and catchments.

GIAS + Ofsted

Health This county

At a glance

	Here
Life expectancy — men	79.9 yrs
Life expectancy — women	84 yrs

OHID Fingertips

127

GP surgeries
NHS ODS

dentists
NHS ODS

Getting around This county

EV charging89 points

Per 10,000 residents1.1

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment This county

Air quality

NO₂

7.9

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.3

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

A population-weighted county average across East Sussex’s districts — air quality varies locally. See the per-district ranking.

Ground checks

Flood zone6.2% of postcodes

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 buildings7,609

Conservation areas150

Green spaces1,195

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities This county

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	2,785	—
Shops	625	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	186	—
Green spaces & parks	1,195	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

68.4%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy This county

At a glance

	Count	Trend, 12 months
Companies registered here	135,895	—

Companies House