Gosport

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 8° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:34

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chilbolton Observatory, United Kingdom

• 6.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

306 reported · August 2026▲ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences116
• Anti-social behaviour54
• Criminal damage & arson47
• Other theft27

12 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Gosport Central · Hampshire

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

114 reported road collisions (2025)

30 killed or seriously injured · 143 casualties · 13.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

474 food businesses within 2 miles

• 426 rated 4–5 ★ (376 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Portsmouth Harbour (3.7 km)
• 42 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£240,093 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across Gosport · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,169 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £823
• 2 bed £1,044
• 3 bed £1,274

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

7.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.2 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,111 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (7.1 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

146 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore - Gosport (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches37
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

81,953 residents in Gosport · 3,230/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK3,835
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,815
• Net moves+20

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 97 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,344 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (35% of 37,870)

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

32 schools · 9,804 pupils

25 primary · 3 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 11 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gosport

1,439 CQC-registered services

• Care homes483
• GP practices166
• Dentists324
• Homecare agencies359
• Hospitals & hospices35

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hampshire

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

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

92 applications decided

95.7% granted · 88 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Conservative (minority)

• Con 11
• LD 6
• Ref 10
• Oth 1

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

• Schools15
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés28

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,315 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

260 jobs advertised · £42,161 avg

e.g. Principal Psychologist, Engineering Technician, Sales Design Consultant

Source: Adzuna

£711 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,811 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: C · 41,180 certificates

9.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hampshire): 65.1 women · 64.2 men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gosport:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases595 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces298 local signatures · 22,219 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth232 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND202 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK194 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Fort Rowner · 0.1 km

  Fort Rowner is one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England.

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  Fort Brockhurst railway station · 0.3 km

  Fort Brockhurst railway station served the town of Gosport, Hampshire, England from 1865 to 1953 on the Fareham-Gosport line.

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  HMS Sultan (1956 shore establishment) · 0.3 km

  HMS Sultan is a stone frigate of the Royal Navy in Gosport, Hampshire, England. It is the primary engineering training establishment for the Royal Navy and home to the Network Rail Advanced Apprenticeship Scheme and t…

• King's Academy Brune Park · 0.5 km

  King's Academy Brune Park, formerly Brune Park Community School, is a coeducational secondary school on Military Road, Gosport, Hampshire, England.

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  Fort Grange · 0.8 km

  Fort Grange is one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England. After Gomer and Elson forts had been approved in 1852, further consideration led to a decision to fill the gap between them by three more forts, and Gra…

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  Gosport (constituency) · 1.0 km

  Gosport is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Caroline Dinenage of the Conservative Party. The constituency is anchored by the town and borough of Gosport.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)