Fareham

19°CLight rain shower

• Today: 21° / 18° · 63% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

109 reported · July 2026▲ 30% YoY

• Shoplifting34
• Violence & sexual offences31
• Anti-social behaviour16
• Criminal damage & arson9

9 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Crofton and Titchfield · Hampshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

172 reported road collisions (2024)

40 killed or seriously injured · 211 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

284 food businesses within 2 miles

• 239 rated 4–5 ★ (204 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Fareham (2.2 km)
• 45 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,364 average▲ 0.8% YoY

Across Fareham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,189 average monthly rent▲ 1.7% YoY

• 1 bed £841
• 2 bed £1,085
• 3 bed £1,344

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

8.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.6 times median annual pay (9.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (5.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (3.3 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

37 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Holiday Inn Fareham-Solent (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches12
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

114,513 residents in Fareham · 1,542/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 298 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,271 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 51,100)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

48 schools · 16,712 pupils

30 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 17 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

40inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Fareham

1,436 CQC-registered services

• Care homes482
• GP practices163
• Dentists325
• Homecare agencies362
• Hospitals & hospices35

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hampshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 106 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

143 applications decided

97.2% granted · 139 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Paul Holmes

Conservative

Hamble Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 1
• Con 22
• LD 6
• Ref 1
• Oth 2

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,238 jobs advertised · £40,644 avg

e.g. Superflex Roadside Patrol - Southampton, Superflex Roadside Technician, Midday Lunch Supervisor

Source: Adzuna

£836 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,171 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 47,737 certificates

7.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

29% low-carbon electricity

Gas 62% · Wind 13% · Imports 9% · Biomass 8%

256 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

11 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in PO15

• Gudgeheath Lane Surgery
• Meon Health Practice
• Fareham Area Clinical Enterprise Ltd

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hamble Valley:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases683 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership465 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s399 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office361 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test314 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• Catisfield · 0.2 km

  Catisfield is an area of Fareham, Hampshire, England. Originally a small village in its own right, it has now merged with the western edge of the town.

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  Titchfield · 0.8 km

  Titchfield is a village and former civil parish in the Fareham district, in southern Hampshire, England, by the River Meon. The village has a history stretching back to the sixth century. During the medieval period, t…

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  Titchfield Abbey · 0.8 km

  Titchfield Abbey is a medieval abbey and later country house, located in the village of Titchfield near Fareham in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1222 for Premonstratensian canons, an austere order of pr…

• Titchfield Carnival · 1.0 km

  Titchfield Carnival was an annual event that was held in Titchfield, Hampshire, England, every year from 1880 to 2016, except during World War I, World War II, and 2007. It was organised each year by the Titchfield…

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  Titchfield Canal · 1.0 km

  The Titchfield Canal is a two-mile (3.2 km) watercourse between the village of Titchfield, Hampshire, and the coast at Titchfield Haven. Lying above and roughly parallel to the nearby River Meon, it is an artificial w…

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  The Henry Cort Community College · 1.3 km

  The Henry Cort Community College, formerly Fareham Park Senior School, is a mixed sex comprehensive school in Fareham, Hampshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)