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Chandler's Ford

Chandler's Ford is a town in Hampshire, England. It has 52 bus stops, one GP surgery, two pharmacies, and 25 restaurants and cafés. The nearest railway station is Chandler's Ford, located 0.6 km away, and there were around 43 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 Chandler's Ford area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Eastleigh area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 136,443 residents at roughly 1,712 people per km².

Council
Eastleigh
County
Hampshire
Constituency
Winchester
Police force
Hampshire
74/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 7th of 294 English council areas — better than 98% of them.

Low crime75
Home affordability41
Affordable rents45
Good schools95
Life expectancy75
Low deprivation89
Employment82
Low council tax72

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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 5° · 27% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

60US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

42 reported · August 2026▲ 5% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences21
  • Criminal damage & arson8
  • Other theft4
  • Anti-social behaviour3

4 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Romsey East · Hampshire

Local policing priorities

  • Rural Crime
  • Violent Crime

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

Road safety

186 reported road collisions (2025)

49 killed or seriously injured · 240 casualties · 13.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

192 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 150 rated 4–5 ★ (137 top)
  • 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Chandler's Ford (1.0 km)
  • 34 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Chandlers Ford (1.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£312,753 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Eastleigh · to 2026-08

Detached£527,895
Semi-detached£341,016
Terraced£276,175
Flat£164,961

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,214 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £862
  • 2 bed £1,111
  • 3 bed £1,363

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

Affordability

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,981 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: 137.8p · AppleGreen (6.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (6.7 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

73 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Kids Today LTD (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms2
  • Sports pitches13
  • Playgrounds14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

136,443 residents in Eastleigh · 1,712/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,741
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,683
  • Net moves+1,058

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 263 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,342 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (32% of 61,310)

A £1,561
B £1,822
C £2,082
D £2,342
E £2,863
F £3,383
G £3,904
H £4,684

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

Schools

47 schools · 20,623 pupils

34 primary · 7 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 19 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Deer Park SchoolGood
  • Thornden SchoolGood
  • Wildern SchoolGood
  • Crestwood Community School
  • The Hamble School
  • The Toynbee School
  • Wyvern College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Eastleigh

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

133 applications decided

89.5% granted · 119 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Liz Jarvis

Liberal Democrat

Eastleigh

Recent votes:

  • NoRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 1
  • LD 35
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies2
  • Parks & greens27
  • Restaurants & cafés15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,320 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

129 jobs advertised · £35,521 avg

e.g. Dealership Tyre Fitter, Conveyancing Assistant, Customer Advisor - Private Medical Insurance

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£820 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,968 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

55% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 61,442 certificates

7.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 47% · Wind 28% · Biomass 12% · Nuclear 10%

200 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81.6 yrs men

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

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in SO53

  • The Fryern Surgery
  • Park Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Eastleigh:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Knightwood · 0.0 km

    Knightwood is a small village in Chandler's Ford which is in Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Valley Park. It is roughly 6 miles north of Southampton.

  • Valley Park, Chandler's Ford · 0.3 km

    Valley Park is a civil parish and a new town in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. The part of the parish is called Knightwood.

  • Valley Park Woodlands · 0.6 km

    Valley Park Woodlands is a 24.8-hectare (61-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Chandler's Ford in Hampshire. It is owned and managed by Test Valley Borough Council.

  • Flexford Nature Reserve · 0.7 km

    Flexford Nature Reserve is a 18-hectare (44-acre) nature reserve in Chandler's Ford in Hampshire. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.

  • Chandler's Ford railway station · 1.0 km

    Chandler's Ford railway station serves the Chandler's Ford area of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England. It is on the Eastleigh to Romsey Line, 75 miles 25 chains (121.2 km) measured from London Waterloo.

  • Chandler's Ford shooting · 1.2 km

    The Chandler's Ford shooting was the shooting of armed robbers in the town of Chandler's Ford, Hampshire, in southern England, on 13 September 2007. Two men were shot dead by Metropolitan Police officers while they we…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Chandler's Ford?
Chandler's Ford is a town in Hampshire, England, in the Eastleigh local authority.
How deprived is Chandler's Ford?
The Eastleigh local authority, which includes Chandler's Ford, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.