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Hounslow

Hounslow is a town in Greater London, England, with a population of around 270,000. The area features 1 school, 2 GP surgeries, 6 pharmacies, 7 supermarkets, 1 park and green, and around 95 restaurants and cafés, along with 68 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Hounslow East, 0.4 km away, and in June 2026, there were around 772 recorded street crimes, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. Covers 4 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Hounslow is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 288,181 residents at roughly 5,148 people per km².

46/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 176th of 294 English council areas — better than 40% of them.

Low crime30
Home affordability16
Affordable rents9
Good schools95
Life expectancy73
Low deprivation16
Employment15
Low council tax92

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

10°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 9° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:28

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 8.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 6.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

692 reported · August 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences216
  • Anti-social behaviour152
  • Shoplifting76
  • Other theft61

Neighbourhood team: Hounslow East · Metropolitan

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

Road safety

697 reported road collisions (2025)

146 killed or seriously injured · 827 casualties · 24.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 375 rated 4–5 ★ (261 top)
  • 15 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Hounslow East (0.4 km)
  • 68 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hounslow (0.9 km):

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Live buses at School Road:

  • H32 → Southall Broadway · 25 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£528,051 average▼ 1.5% YoY

Across Hounslow · to 2026-08

Detached£1,047,015
Semi-detached£720,301
Terraced£617,676
Flat£353,291

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,952 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,583
  • 2 bed £1,947
  • 3 bed £2,241

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

Affordability

11.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.3 times median annual pay (10.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,845 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (9.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (9.2 km)

26 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Treaty Shopping Centre Car Park Level 1b (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres4
  • Gyms3
  • Sports pitches53
  • Playgrounds17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

288,181 residents in Hounslow · 5,148/km²

  • Under 16: 21%
  • 16–64: 68%
  • 65+: 12%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK23,542
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK29,176
  • Net moves−5,634

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

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 49 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,186 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (37% of 111,270)

A £1,457
B £1,700
C £1,943
D £2,186
E £2,671
F £3,157
G £3,643
H £4,371

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

Schools

89 schools · 46,477 pupils

49 primary · 18 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 39 of 39 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Gunnersbury Catholic SchoolOutstanding
  • Lampton AcademyOutstanding
  • St Mark's Catholic SchoolOutstanding
  • The Heathland SchoolOutstanding
  • Bolder AcademyGood
  • Chiswick SchoolGood
  • Cranford Community CollegeGood
  • Heston Community SchoolGood
  • Isleworth and Syon School for BoysGood
  • Springwest AcademyGood
  • The Green School for BoysGood
  • The Green School for GirlsGood
  • Brentford School for Girls
  • Gumley House RC Convent School, FCJ
  • Lift Kingsley
  • Logic Studio School
  • Rivers Academy West London
  • Space Studio West London

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hounslow

Care & health services

244 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes33
  • GP practices57
  • Dentists65
  • Homecare agencies73
  • Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hounslow

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

357 applications decided

75.1% granted · 268 granted, 89 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Ruth Cadbury

Labour

Brentford and Isleworth

Recent votes:

  • AyeRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 32
  • Con 17
  • LD 1
  • Grn 3
  • Ref 8
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools17
  • GPs & clinics5
  • Pharmacies9
  • Supermarkets12
  • Parks & greens18
  • Restaurants & cafés122

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

15,205 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

1,077 jobs advertised · £44,121 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver - Weybridge, Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders, Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Choose when you work!

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£808 median full-time weekly pay

5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,788 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 119,032 certificates

9.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 29% · Biomass 12% · Nuclear 10%

195 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59.4 women · 59.6 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Health services

15 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in TW3

  • Hounslow Medical Centre
  • Blue Wing Family Doctor Unit
  • Chestnut Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brentford and Isleworth:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Kingsley Academy · 0.2 km

    Kingsley Academy is an 11–18 mixed, secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Hounslow, Greater London, England. It is part of the Academies Enterprise Trust.

  • Hounslow Town tube station · 0.3 km

    Hounslow Town was a London Underground station located in Hounslow, west London. It was first opened in 1883 by the District Railway, the precursor to today's District line, on a branch line which is now disused.

  • Mural of Elizabeth II · 0.3 km

    In 2022, Jignesh and Yash Patel painted a mural of Elizabeth II, following her death. Located outside the Hounslow East Underground tube station, the mural took two days to complete and was funded in part by the India…

  • Hounslow East tube station · 0.4 km

    Hounslow East is a London Underground station in Hounslow, in the London Borough of Hounslow. It is on the Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly line, between Hounslow Central and Osterley stations. The station is located…

  • London Borough of Hounslow · 0.4 km

    The London Borough of Hounslow is a London borough in west London, England, forming part of Outer London. It is governed by Hounslow London Borough Council.

  • Isleworth Hundred · 0.5 km

    Isleworth Hundred was a subdivision of the historic county of Middlesex, England. In Domesday Book (1086) it was recorded as Hundeslaw Hundred.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)