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Frogham

Frogham is a village in Hampshire, England, with a population of around 150. It has three restaurants and cafés and five bus stops. There were around 1 recorded street crime 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 Frogham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the New Forest area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 175,785 residents at roughly 234 people per km².

Council
New Forest
County
Hampshire
Constituency
New Forest West
Police force
Hampshire
67/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 34th of 294 English council areas — better than 88% of them.

Low crime75
Home affordability26
Affordable rents32
Good schools84
Life expectancy85
Low deprivation76
Employment78
Low council tax55

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

20°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 15° · 86% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:28

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Christchurch Barrack Road, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · July 2026 33% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Ringwood and Fordingbridge · Hampshire

Local policing priorities

  • Op Forestguard
  • Catapult use in Fordingbridge.

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

Road safety

327 reported road collisions (2024)

99 killed or seriously injured · 399 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

56 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 50 rated 4–5 ★ (43 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£380,310 average 1.2% YoY

Across New Forest · to 2026-06

Detached£576,165
Semi-detached£366,192
Terraced£296,504
Flat£195,788

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,241 average monthly rent 1.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £862
  • 2 bed £1,130
  • 3 bed £1,387

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

Affordability

10.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.3 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (8.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Morrisons (9.4 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 60 kW
  • Nearest: Sandy Balls Holiday Village (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools5
  • Sports pitches5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

175,785 residents in New Forest · 234/km²

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 55%
  • 65+: 29%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 241 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,420 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (23% of 83,530)

A £1,613
B £1,882
C £2,151
D £2,420
E £2,957
F £3,495
G £4,033
H £4,840

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

Schools

86 schools · 21,932 pupils

54 primary · 9 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 22 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

67inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Hounsdown SchoolGood
  • Lift New ForestGood
  • The Arnewood SchoolInadequate
  • Applemore College
  • Noadswood School
  • Priestlands School
  • Ringwood School Academy
  • Testwood School
  • The Burgate School and Sixth Form

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · New Forest

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 (Western Escarpment)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 26 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

194 applications decided

89.2% granted · 173 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir Desmond Swayne

Conservative

New Forest West

Recent votes:

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

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 1
  • Con 24
  • LD 14
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,045 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised · £31,200 avg

e.g. Domestic End of Tenancy Cleaning Specialist, Professional House Cleaner, Rental Property Cleaning Specialists

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£733 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,441 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 81,051 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 39% · Imports 29% · Solar 22% · Biomass 6%

176 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86.2 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in New Forest West:

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

Notable places nearby

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  • Hyde, Hampshire · 0.6 km

    Hyde is a village and civil parish in the New Forest near Fordingbridge in Hampshire, England.

  • Blissford · 0.7 km

    Blissford is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hyde situated in the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Fordingbridge, which lies approximately 2 miles (2.5 km) west from the village. The…

  • Hungerford, Hampshire · 0.9 km

    Hungerford is a hamlet in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Fordingbridge, which lies approximately 2 miles (3.4 km) north-west of the village.

  • Ogdens · 0.9 km

    Ogdens is a small hamlet south of Hyde Common near Frogham in the New Forest area of Hampshire, England.

  • Gorley Lynch · 1.0 km

    Gorley Lynch is a hamlet in the civil parish of Gorley in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Hyde. Its nearest town is Fordingbridge, which lies approximately 3.2 miles (4…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Frogham?
Frogham is a town in Hampshire, England, in the New Forest local authority.
How deprived is Frogham?
The New Forest local authority, which includes Frogham, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.