Fareham

11°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 8° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:34

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

• 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

179 reported · August 2026▲ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences66
• Anti-social behaviour39
• Public order21
• Shoplifting18

22 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Fareham · Hampshire

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

171 reported road collisions (2025)

38 killed or seriously injured · 195 casualties · 14.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

307 food businesses within 2 miles

• 264 rated 4–5 ★ (226 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Fareham (0.9 km)
• 46 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£334,303 average▲ 0.5% YoY

Across Fareham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,176 average monthly rent▲ 0.9% YoY

• 1 bed £832
• 2 bed £1,073
• 3 bed £1,330

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

8.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.6 times median annual pay (9.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,803 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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (3.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (10.5 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

61 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Fareham (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches20
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

114,513 residents in Fareham · 1,542/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,522
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,931
• Net moves+591

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 291 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,271 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 51,100)

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

48 schools · 16,712 pupils

30 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 17 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Fareham

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

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

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

149 applications decided

98% granted · 146 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Suella Braverman

Reform UK

Fareham and Waterlooville

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 1
• Con 22
• LD 6
• Ref 1
• Oth 1

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens24
• Restaurants & cafés41

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,183 jobs advertised · £39,689 avg

e.g. Deliveroo Driver, Technical Engineer - Generator, Morning Delivery Driver

Source: Adzuna

£836 median full-time weekly pay

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

£27,171 disposable income per head (2024)

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

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 47,737 certificates

7.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 51% · Wind 15% · Solar 14% · Imports 8%

212 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

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

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

11 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in PO16

• Portchester Practice
• Centre Practice
• Westlands Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Fareham and Waterlooville:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases473 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death267 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth236 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks207 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK157 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

• Westbury Manor Museum · 0.1 km

  Westbury Manor Museum was the main town centre museum located at 84 West Street, Fareham, Hampshire, England. It featured a variety of exhibits on local history, such as the use of Fareham red bricks in the constructi…

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  Church of the Sacred Heart, Fareham · 0.1 km

  The Church of the Sacred Heart is the Roman Catholic parish church of the town of Fareham in Hampshire, southern England. It opened in 1878 on a centrally located site, replacing a converted shed which had been used f…

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  Fareham · 0.2 km

  Fareham is a market town at the north-west tip of Portsmouth Harbour, between the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton in south east Hampshire, England. It gives its name to the Borough of Fareham. It was historically…

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  Fareham Shopping Centre · 0.3 km

  Fareham Shopping Centre is located at the heart of the centre of the Hampshire town of Fareham. Built in two phases between 1975 and 1981, the centre contains many well known retailers and is quite large for a town of…

• Fareham Common · 0.4 km

  Fareham Common is a suburb of Fareham, Hampshire. It is 1.3 miles (2.8 km) north of the town centre and is made up of a few industrial estates. It is north of the M27 motorway and the nearest villages are Knowle and W…

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  Borough of Fareham · 0.4 km

  The Borough of Fareham is a local government district with borough status in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in Fareham. Other places within the borough include Portchester, Hill Head, Sarisbury, Stubbington,…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)