United Kingdom · South East · Local Authority
Brighton and Hove
Unitary authority · South East, England · population ~292k · 63 state-funded schools
Expensive to live in, tough to earn in. Brighton and Hove’s median house price is 10.4 times median annual pay, and rent consumes a high 55% of gross earnings, both figures significantly above the South East medians. This affordability squeeze is compounded by higher than average recorded crime, a high deprivation score, and council tax that ranks among the lowest in the region for affordability. While school performance is only slightly below the South East median, the overall picture suggests this is a place for those with substantial existing wealth rather than those looking to build it.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Brighton and Hove ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£39,806/yr
Mid
Around UK average
House price
£415,000
Expensive
Worse than 79% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,826/mo
Very expensive
Worse than 93% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,581/yr
Most expensive
Worse than 85% of UK LAs
Crime
101.8/1k
Highest
Worse than 85% of UK LAs
Deprivation
20.8
Mid
Worse than 59% of UK LAs
Schools
93.7%
Mid
Better than 56% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
63 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
59 of 63 (93.7%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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63 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 63 schools, sortable and filterable.
Schools in Brighton and Hove →Places with similar signatures
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Brighton and Hove head-to-heads
What we don't know yet
Commute times · GP appointment availability · broadband speeds · air quality at LA level · green-space proximity · public transport coverage. These matter for a relocation decision. We'll add them when the source data is reliable nationally and consistent across LA boundaries.