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Droxford

Droxford is a village in Hampshire, England, with a population of around 675. It has around 1 restaurant or café and 8 bus stops. There were around 4 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Droxford area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Winchester area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). 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 deprivation92
Employment92
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

21°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 23° / 12° · 20% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:27

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Crime

6 reported · July 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences4
  • Other theft1
  • Public order1

Neighbourhood team: West Meon and Hambledon · Hampshire

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

Road safety

305 reported road collisions (2024)

100 killed or seriously injured · 409 casualties · 23.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

20 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 19 rated 4–5 ★ (14 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Botley (9.7 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£471,136 average 4.6% YoY

Across Winchester · to 2026-06

Detached£758,684
Semi-detached£477,453
Terraced£397,078
Flat£234,733

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,505 average monthly rent 3.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,015
  • 2 bed £1,316
  • 3 bed £1,620

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 167.7p · Asda (11.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (11.7 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

6 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 7 kW
  • Nearest: The Crest Droxford (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2

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)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 293 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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%)

51inspected 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

1,436 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

  • In a conservation area (Droxford)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 40 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

210 applications decided

95.7% granted · 201 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dr Danny Chambers

Liberal Democrat

Winchester

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
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

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
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,005 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

21 jobs advertised · £31,200 avg

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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

67% low-carbon electricity

Solar 32% · Wind 28% · Imports 19% · Gas 14%

70 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86.5 yrs women · 82.4 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Winchester:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Church of St Mary and All Saints, Droxford · 0.2 km

    The Church of St Mary and All Saints is an Anglican church in the village of Droxford, in Hampshire, England. It is in the Diocese of Portsmouth, and is one of the churches of the Meon Bridge Benefice. The building is…

  • Droxford · 0.5 km

    Droxford is a village in Hampshire, England.

  • Droxford railway station · 0.7 km

    Droxford railway station was an intermediate station on the Meon Valley Railway, built to a design by T. P. Figgis and opened in 1903. It served the villages of Droxford, Soberton and Hambledon in Hampshire, England.…

  • Brockbridge · 0.8 km

    Brockbridge is a hamlet in Hampshire, England, in the South Downs National Park. All parts are between a .5-mile (0.80 km) to 1-mile (1.6 km) walk across two footbridges or one road bridge to Droxford. Its nearest tow…

  • A32 road · 1.3 km

    The A32 is a road in Hampshire, southern England, that links Gosport and Alton. Starting at Gosport, facing Portsmouth, it travels north via Fareham, Wickham, Droxford, before joining the A31 road near Alton. The road…

  • Soberton · 1.7 km

    Soberton is a village in the Meon Valley, Hampshire, England, east of the A32 and a few miles south of the village of Droxford. It appears in the Domesday Book as "Sudbertone" or "Sudbertune". For administration, it i…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Droxford?
Droxford is a town in Hampshire, England, in the Winchester local authority.
What is the population of Droxford?
Droxford has an approximate settlement population of 675.
How deprived is Droxford?
The Winchester local authority, which includes Droxford, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.