Placetrics
City · South East

Living in Rother

11 neighbourhoods · 58 sub-areas
Crime vs nat. avg
0.55× nat.
45% below nat. avg · 54.9 / 1k / yr · #109 of 318 cities
Good schools
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Commute to hub
126 min
#265 of 318 cities
Jobs density
0.31
#291 of 318 cities
Avg rent
£1,162/mo
+1.1% YoY · #186 of 314 cities
Council tax
£237/mo
Estimated (Band D)
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Neighbourhoods in Rother

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11 neighbourhoods · 58 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.

Bexhill Central£837+1.1%8543
Bexhill North & Sidley£967+1.1%4735
Bexhill East & Pebsham£1,003+1.1%6375
Kewhurst£1,010+1.1%7688
Northiam, Peasmarsh & Camber£1,220+1.1%1482
Rye & Winchelsea£1,230+1.1%2748
Westfield, Fairlight & Broad Oak£1,266+1.1%2396
Battle & Catsfield£1,279+1.1%1674
Robertsbridge, Hurst Green & Ticehurst£1,284+1.1%1179
Collington, Cooden & Little Common£1,326+1.1%2282
Burwash, Sedlescombe & Staplecross£1,403+1.1%589

Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.

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Where to look in Rother

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Rother. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.

Top 5 cheapest

Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).

  1. 1.Bexhill Central£837/mo
  2. 2.Bexhill North & Sidley£967/mo
  3. 3.Bexhill East & Pebsham£1,003/mo
  4. 4.Kewhurst£1,010/mo
  5. 5.Northiam, Peasmarsh & Camber£1,220/mo
Top 5 most desirable

Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).

  1. 1.Bexhill Central85/100
  2. 2.Kewhurst76/100
  3. 3.Bexhill East & Pebsham63/100
  4. 4.Bexhill North & Sidley47/100
  5. 5.Rye & Winchelsea27/100
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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Rother.

Avg rent
£1,162/mo
#186 of 314 cities
Sale price
£393,750
-2.2% YoY
Yrs to deposit
6.3 yr
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
council-area level rent by bedroom
ONS PIPR median for the council area
1 bed£802/mo
2 bed£1,029/mo
3 bed£1,291/mo
4 bed£1,914/mo
Sale price by property type
HMLR HPI average
Detached£572,627
Semi-detached£373,665
Terraced£296,949
Flat£186,190
Affordability
Price-to-earnings12.7×
Rent / take-home45%
Council tax (estimated, full council area)£2,845/yr
Mortgage (25y, 5%)£2,059/mo

Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.

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Safety in Rother

Crime in Rother runs at 45% below the national average. Above median (#109 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 54.9, averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Total crime / 1k / yr
54.9
#109 of 318 cities
Crime detailTop crime types · safest neighbourhoods in this council area
All crime categories
incidents / 1,000 residents / year — sorted high → low
Violent & sexual offences
21.5
Anti-social behaviour
10.9
Criminal damage & arson
6.2
Public order
4.9
Other theft
3.5
Shoplifting
3.2
Vehicle crime
2.5
Burglary
2.0
Other crime
1.4
Possession of weapons
1.4
Drugs
1.3
Bicycle theft
1.0
Robbery
1.0
Theft from the person
0.7
Safest neighbourhoods in Rother
by safety score (higher = safer)
Westfield, Fairlight & Broad Oak96/100
Burwash, Sedlescombe & Staplecross89/100
Kewhurst88/100

Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.

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Schools in Rother

100% of schools serving Rother are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Best 5% nationally (#1 of 296 cities)

Good or Outstanding
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Good w/in 2 km
32%
#220 of 318 cities
School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools
Ofsted rating distribution
Good100%
Outstanding (count)0
Good (count)1
Requires improvement0
Inadequate0
Best neighbourhoods for schools in Rother
by school score
Kewhurst91/100
Collington, Cooden & Little Common82/100
Rye & Winchelsea76/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Rother

Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.

Best hub
126 min
#265 of 318 cities
To London
126 min
Median across local areas
To Birmingham
225 min
Median across local areas
To Bristol
232 min
Median across local areas
Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods
Commute to major UK cities
public transport, off-peak typical
London
126 min
Birmingham
225 min
Bristol
232 min
Cardiff
253 min
Sheffield
267 min
Manchester
275 min
Leeds
277 min
Liverpool
285 min
Edinburgh
391 min
Glasgow
420 min
How residents travel to work
Census 2021, mode share
Car55%Public3%Active7%WFH33%
Best-connected neighbourhoods in Rother
by transport score
Rye & Winchelsea70/100
Bexhill Central68/100
Bexhill East & Pebsham44/100

DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.

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Job access from Rother

Rother has 0.31 jobs per resident locally. Bottom 10%

Jobs per resident
0.31
#291 of 318 cities
5y jobs growth
+2.6%
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
Reachable jobs by mode
Drive — 100 jobs7 min
PT — 100 jobs8 min
Drive — 500 jobs8 min
PT — 500 jobs15 min
Drive — 5,000 jobs50 min
PT — 5,000 jobs77 min
Local job mix by sector
ONS BRES, % of local jobs
Retail & hospitality
27.3%
Health & social care
15.3%
Finance & insurance
11.0%
Education
8.6%
Construction
7.0%
Professional & business svcs
6.5%
Manufacturing
3.8%
Tech & ICT
1.6%

ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Rother

Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.

What is the average rent in Rother?
The median monthly rent across Rother is £1,162, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
Where is the cheapest place to rent in Rother?
The cheapest neighbourhood in Rother by estimated median rent is Bexhill Central at approximately £837/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Rother?
By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Rother is Bexhill Central at 85/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Rother a safe area?
Rother has an average safety score of 67/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
What is council tax in Rother?
The most common council tax band in Rother is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £341. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Rother.
What is the average salary in Rother?
The median annual resident salary in Rother is £30,790, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Rother, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Rother?
The average property price in Rother is approximately £342,667 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
What's the rental yield in Rother?
Gross rental yield in Rother is approximately 3.2% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
How long does it take to save a deposit in Rother?
Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 6.3 years in Rother. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Rother?
100% of premises in Rother are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
What's the unemployment rate in Rother?
3.3% of 16-64 residents in Rother are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
How many neighbourhoods are in Rother?
Rother contains 11 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 58 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.
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All sub-areas in Rother

Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.