Southampton

20°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 23° / 11° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:28

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

898 reported · July 2026▲ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences313
• Anti-social behaviour128
• Public order95
• Other theft69

176 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Bevois · Hampshire

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

465 reported road collisions (2024)

118 killed or seriously injured · 570 casualties · 18.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 396 rated 4–5 ★ (299 top)
• 22 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: St Denys (0.8 km)
• 57 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£235,362 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Southampton · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,255 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY

• 1 bed £879
• 2 bed £1,112
• 3 bed £1,354

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

6.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.6 times median annual pay (6.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (3.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (3.9 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

109 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Bedford Place Car Park (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms4
• Swimming pools19
• Sports pitches30
• Playgrounds28

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

248,922 residents in Southampton · 4,990/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 68%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 55 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,381 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (33% of 111,430)

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

86 schools · 35,028 pupils

53 primary · 12 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 27 of 33 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

74inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Southampton

281 CQC-registered services

• Care homes52
• GP practices43
• Dentists53
• Homecare agencies104
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Southampton

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

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

169 applications decided

89.3% granted · 151 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Satvir Kaur

Labour

Southampton Test

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 24
• Con 6
• LD 8
• Grn 5
• Ref 8

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

• Schools17
• GPs & clinics6
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets11
• Parks & greens63
• Restaurants & cafés176

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,005 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

4,666 jobs advertised · £40,330 avg

e.g. Specialist Occupational Therapist, Commercial Tyre Technician - Mobile, Senior Staff Nurse - Theatre

Source: Adzuna

£724 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,886 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 133,290 certificates

11.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Wind 45% · Solar 14% · Gas 11% · Biomass 11%

62 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.4 yrs women · 78 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59 women · 57.6 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.8

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

12 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in SO14

• Southampton Sea City Partnership
• Alma Road Surgery
• Homeless Healthcare Team

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Southampton Test:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership415 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s343 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership240 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office238 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test203 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  The Hobbit, Southampton · 0.2 km

  The Hobbit is a pub in the Bevois Valley area of Southampton, England. Previously the Portswood Hotel, it was named after J. R. R. Tolkien's book The Hobbit in 1989. The pub was involved in a legal dispute with Middle…

• Bevois · 0.3 km

  Bevois is an Electoral Ward in the Unitary Authority of Southampton, England comprising the suburbs Bevois Valley, Nicholstown and Northam, with a population of 16,844.

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  Bevois Valley · 0.3 km

  Bevois Valley is an inner city area of Southampton, England, within Bevois Electoral Ward, and includes areas called Bevois Town and Bevois Mount. The area lies south of and adjoins Portswood and is within easy walkin…

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  Old Farmhouse, Southampton · 0.5 km

  The Old Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed pub which was originally a farmhouse, and dates back to at least 1560. It was rebuilt in 1611 and converted to its current usage in 1843. It is claimed to be the oldest building…

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  St Edmund's Church, Southampton · 0.5 km

  St Edmund's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Southampton, Hampshire. It is situated on the corner of The Avenue and Rockstone Place. It was built in 1889 and is a Grade II listed building.

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  Avenue St Andrew's United Reformed Church · 0.6 km

  Avenue St. Andrew's is a United Reformed Church in Southampton, England. The church building is listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)