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Denmead

Denmead is a town in Hampshire, England, with a population of around 6,107. It has around 1 GP surgery or clinic, 24 bus stops, and Cosham railway station is 6.7 km away. There were around 30 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 Denmead area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Winchester area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 127,444 residents at roughly 193 people per km².

Council
Winchester
County
Hampshire
Constituency
Meon Valley
Police force
Hampshire
75/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 2nd of 294 English council areas — better than 99% of them.

Low crime81
Home affordability23
Affordable rents29
Good schools95
Life expectancy96
Low deprivation90
Employment90
Low council tax69

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° / 8° · 43% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:34

9h 33m 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 · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

19 reported · August 2026▲ 27% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour8
  • Criminal damage & arson4
  • Public order2
  • Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Denmead and Southwick · Hampshire

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

Road safety

320 reported road collisions (2025)

89 killed or seriously injured · 417 casualties · 25.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

88 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 71 rated 4–5 ★ (61 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Cosham (6.9 km)
  • 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Cosham (6.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£453,188 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Winchester · to 2026-08

Detached£727,365
Semi-detached£459,291
Terraced£382,968
Flat£226,292

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,508 average monthly rent▲ 4.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,017
  • 2 bed £1,318
  • 3 bed £1,624

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

Affordability

10.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.7 times median annual pay (10.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,749 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: 156.9p · Esso (11.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.3 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

27 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Brymor Contractors (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches3
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

127,444 residents in Winchester · 193/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK12,194
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,945
  • Net moves+1,249

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 268 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,360 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 58,720)

A £1,573
B £1,835
C £2,098
D £2,360
E £2,884
F £3,409
G £3,933
H £4,720

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

Schools

62 schools · 18,579 pupils

43 primary · 4 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 18 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Kings' SchoolGood
  • Henry Beaufort School
  • Perins School
  • Swanmore College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Winchester

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
  • 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

186 applications decided

91.4% granted · 170 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Suella Braverman

Reform UK

Fareham and Waterlooville

Recent votes:

  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 4
  • LD 36
  • Grn 4
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,175 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

11 jobs advertised · £33,484 avg

e.g. Office Cleaners, Care Assistant - Bank - Care Home, Night Senior Carer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£856 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£34,756 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 61,801 certificates

9.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

33% low-carbon electricity

Gas 62% · Wind 15% · Biomass 8% · Nuclear 5%

255 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86.5 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

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

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in PO7

  • Denmead Health Centre
  • Vine Medical Group
  • Waterlooville Gp Extended Access Hub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Fareham and Waterlooville:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Denmead · 0.2 km

    Denmead is a village in Hampshire near Portsmouth, England. It is part of the City of Winchester district. As of 2005, it had a population of 6,457 and an electorate of 4,987. At the 2011 census the population had inc…

  • Newlands, Hampshire · 0.2 km

    Newlands is a civil parish in Hampshire, England, in the south-east of the local government district of the City of Winchester.

  • Anthill Common · 1.6 km

    Anthill Common is a village in Hampshire, England.

  • Worlds End, Hampshire · 2.3 km

    Worlds End is a small village in the civil parish of Denmead in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. The village is about 7 miles (11 km) north of Portsmouth and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-west of Wate…

  • Forest of Bere · 2.4 km

    The Forest of Bere is a mixed-use partially forested area in Hampshire immediately north of Fareham, Portsmouth and Roman Road, Havant and including a small part of the South Downs National Park.

  • Soberton and Newtown Millennium Walk 2000 · 2.6 km

    The Soberton and Newtown Millennium Walk 2000 is a 10-mile circular footpath through Hampshire, England around villages of Soberton and Newtown.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Denmead?
Denmead is a town in Hampshire, England, in the Winchester local authority.
What is the population of Denmead?
Denmead has an approximate settlement population of 6,107.
How deprived is Denmead?
The Winchester local authority, which includes Denmead, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.