Gosport

21°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 16° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:30

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

267 reported · July 2026▼ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences123
• Anti-social behaviour37
• Other theft24
• Public order22

22 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Gosport Central · Hampshire

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

131 reported road collisions (2024)

35 killed or seriously injured · 163 casualties · 16 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

473 food businesses within 2 miles

• 428 rated 4–5 ★ (378 top)
• 11 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

£235,188 average▲ 1.4% YoY

Across Gosport · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,165 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £820
• 2 bed £1,041
• 3 bed £1,269

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (3.6 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

144 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 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)

Around the average in England

Ranked 130 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gosport

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
• 26 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

53 applications decided

94.3% granted · 50 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

2,295 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

339 jobs advertised · £42,280 avg

e.g. Superflex Roadside Patrol, Superflex Roadside Mechanic, Design Engineer – Electrical

Source: Adzuna

£711 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% 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

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 cases593 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office434 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership411 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s309 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces297 local signatures · 22,077 nationwide

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

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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)