A district located in Sussex has been identified as the calmest area to reside in across the South East region.
Research conducted by property law firm SAM Conveyancing revealed that Wealden district achieved the highest ranking for tranquility within the South East.
The assessment evaluated four distinct factors encompassing nocturnal sound levels, criminal activity statistics, availability of accessible parks and natural areas, and distances between residential properties and entertainment establishments.
The East Sussex district accumulated 85.5 points from a possible 100.
This performance also positioned the locality at fifth position across the entire country.
Official figures documented an incidence of 41.1 criminal incidents per thousand inhabitants, with merely 0.23 percent of the local population residing in proximity to clusters of bars and clubs.
Horsham, situated in West Sussex, also demonstrated strong results by securing fifth place with a score of 80.1.
The market town recorded the seventh lowest crime rate throughout the South East at 44.4 offences per thousand residents, while only 1.07 percent of householders lived adjacent to concentrations of licensed venues.
Bracknell Forest attained second position in the rankings, falling narrowly short of first place with 85 points, while Hart in Hampshire claimed third.
At the opposite end of the regional rankings, Portsmouth emerged as the least tranquil location in the South East, occupying position 64 out of 64 within the region and 308th nationwide, registering a mere 6.9 points.
Brighton and Hove ranked 63rd with Southampton placing 62nd.
The South East demonstrated robust overall performance, with 15 of its 64 local authorities featuring within the national top 50 and 29 appearing among the top 100.
Night-time acoustic measurements were obtained from 37.7 million individual residential addresses using information sourced from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs national noise cartography.
The tranquility index was developed to capture the conditions experienced by residents in the immediate vicinity of their homes.