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Hounslow

Hounslow is a town in Greater London, England, with a population of around 66,292. It has around 4 schools, 4 GP surgeries, 4 pharmacies, 8 supermarkets, and around 92 restaurants and cafés, along with 64 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Hounslow Central, 0.6 km away. The average sold house price is around £743,888, and there were around 808 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hounslow area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Hounslow area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 288,181 residents at roughly 5,148 people per km².

Council
Hounslow
County
Greater London
Constituency
Feltham and Heston
Police force
Metropolitan Police
48/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 165th of 294 English council areas — better than 44% of them.

Low crime29
Home affordability16
Affordable rents9
Good schools95
Life expectancy74
Low deprivation30
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

19°COvercast

  • Today: 24° / 14° · 45% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:25

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Teddington Bushy Park, United Kingdom

Crime

764 reported · July 2026 17% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences243
  • Anti-social behaviour150
  • Public order69
  • Vehicle crime61

67 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Hounslow Central · Metropolitan

Local policing priorities

  • Burglary – Hounslow Central focusing on residential PMP/23887/25
  • VAWG – Vicinities leading from transport hubs PMP/70917/24

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

Road safety

637 reported road collisions (2024)

122 killed or seriously injured · 757 casualties · 22.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 381 rated 4–5 ★ (254 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 Central (0.5 km)
  • 62 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hounslow (0.7 km):

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Live buses at Douglas Road:

  • 110Hammersmith Bus Station · 1 min
  • 281Tolworth · 3 min
  • 111Kingston · 5 min
  • 281Tolworth · 14 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£512,888 average 1.1% YoY

Across Hounslow · to 2026-06

Detached£1,011,513
Semi-detached£694,432
Terraced£593,764
Flat£346,804

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,945 average monthly rent 3.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,577
  • 2 bed £1,941
  • 3 bed £2,233

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (9.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (9.4 km)

55 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 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres4
  • Gyms3
  • Sports pitches52
  • Playgrounds19

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)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 95 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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%)

76inspected 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

242 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes32
  • GP practices57
  • Dentists65
  • Homecare agencies72
  • Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hounslow

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

288 applications decided

75.3% granted · 217 granted, 71 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Ruth Cadbury

Labour

Brentford and Isleworth

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 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

  • Schools21
  • GPs & clinics5
  • Pharmacies6
  • Supermarkets12
  • Parks & greens21
  • Restaurants & cafés113

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

14,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1,933 jobs advertised · £40,759 avg

e.g. Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Flexible Schedule, Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Work when you want!, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

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

61% low-carbon electricity

Wind 37% · Gas 25% · Biomass 16% · Imports 15%

124 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brentford and Isleworth:

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

Notable places nearby

  • London Borough of Hounslow · 0.1 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.

  • Treaty Centre · 0.2 km

    The Treaty Centre is an enclosed shopping mall in the town centre of Hounslow in Greater London, England. Opened on 29 September 1987 and located on the High Street, the Treaty Centre offers 270,194 square feet of ret…

  • Kingsley Academy · 0.3 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.

  • Bell Square · 0.4 km

    Bell Square is an outdoor performance space in the London Borough of Hounslow. The space in Hounslow town centre was unveiled in 2014, following five years of collaborative development between Hounslow Council and the…

  • Hanworth Road drill hall, Hounslow · 0.4 km

    The Hanworth Road drill hall is a former military installation in Hounslow, London.

  • Hounslow House · 0.5 km

    Hounslow House is a municipal facility in Bath Road, Hounslow, London. The building is the headquarters of Hounslow London Borough Council.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Hounslow?
Hounslow is a town in Greater London, England, in the Hounslow local authority.
What is the population of Hounslow?
Hounslow has an approximate settlement population of 66,292.
How deprived is Hounslow?
The Hounslow local authority, which includes Hounslow, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.