Crap Towns / Brighton and Hove / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Brighton and Hove?
In January 2026, 1.0% of premises in Brighton and Hove couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 745 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 86.7% of premises, 8% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 745 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 1,475 | 1.0% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 126,099 | 86.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Steyning | 16.4 km | 3.0 |
| Henfield | 15.5 km | 2.7 |
| Shoreham-by-Sea | 11.4 km | 1.1 |
| Brighton and Hove | – | 1.0 |
| Lancing and Sompting | 15.5 km | 0.8 |
| Peacehaven | 9.4 km | 0.8 |
| Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint | 11.3 km | 0.8 |
| Southwick | 9.0 km | 0.4 |
| Burgess Hill | 13.0 km | 0.2 |
| Lewes | 8.6 km | 0.1 |
| Newhaven | 12.4 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |