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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 (IoD2019). 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 expectancy77
Low deprivation91
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

18°CMist

  • Today: 23° / 16° · 87% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 17° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:26

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

31US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

34 reported · July 2026 13% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences14
  • Other theft7
  • Public order5
  • Anti-social behaviour3

5 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Romsey East · Hampshire

Local policing priorities

  • Rural Crime
  • Violent Crime

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

Road safety

168 reported road collisions (2024)

40 killed or seriously injured · 202 casualties · 12.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

191 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 150 rated 4–5 ★ (136 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

£308,476 average 1.7% YoY

Across Eastleigh · to 2026-06

Detached£521,978
Semi-detached£337,423
Terraced£270,585
Flat£162,610

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,214 average monthly rent 3.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £861
  • 2 bed £1,111
  • 3 bed £1,361

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (6.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (6.7 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

72 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)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 288 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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

46 schools · 20,623 pupils

34 primary · 7 secondary · 5 other

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

43inspected 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

1,436 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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

131 applications decided

90.8% granted · 119 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Liz Jarvis

Liberal Democrat

Eastleigh

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

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

6,280 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

166 jobs advertised · £41,604 avg

e.g. Loss Adjuster – Eastleigh /Southampton / Reading region, School Cook - St Francis Primary, Business Development Manager

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

15% low-carbon electricity

Gas 58% · Imports 27% · Biomass 7% · Wind 4%

252 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81.6 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Eastleigh:

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

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 IoD2019.