London commuter townsBrighton vs Hove
Brighton vs Hove: which commuter town suits you?
Hove is 3 minutes closer to London, but Brighton is £21k cheaper on the average sold price.
Train to London
60 min
57 min
Annual season ticket
£6,307
£6,527
Average house price
£412k
£433k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
10.5x
11.1x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
94
69
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
957 Mb
957 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
7.4
7.4
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
87
90
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
247 ha
248 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
1218
1256
Estimates only. Prices from HM Land Registry (August 2025 to July 2026), crime from police.uk (August 2025 to July 2026); broadband, life satisfaction and train times from Ofcom, ONS and National Rail, reviewed periodically. A tinted figure is the better of the two on that row alone, not an overall verdict.
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Living in Brighton
East Sussex · 60 min to London · average sold price £412k.
Read the Brighton report