Gosport

19°CLight rain shower

• Today: 21° / 18° · 82% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:25

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

260 reported · July 2026▼ 24% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences95
• Anti-social behaviour53
• Public order23
• Criminal damage & arson22

31 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Gosport East · Hampshire

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

131 reported road collisions (2024)

35 killed or seriously injured · 163 casualties · 16 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 427 rated 4–5 ★ (357 top)
• 19 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Portsmouth Harbour (1.4 km)
• 34 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£1,165 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £820
• 2 bed £1,041
• 3 bed £1,269

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

7.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.2 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (11.4 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons - Gosport (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches31
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

81,953 residents in Gosport · 3,230/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 130 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,344 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (35% of 37,870)

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

32 schools · 9,804 pupils

25 primary · 3 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 11 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

30inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gosport

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

• In a conservation area (St George Barracks South)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 214 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

53 applications decided

94.3% granted · 50 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dame Caroline Dinenage

Conservative

Gosport

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Con 11
• LD 6
• Ref 10
• Oth 1

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens32
• Restaurants & cafés87

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,295 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

339 jobs advertised · £42,280 avg

e.g. Superflex Roadside Patrol, Superflex Roadside Mechanic, Design Engineer – Electrical

Source: Adzuna

£711 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,811 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: C · 41,180 certificates

9.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

21% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Imports 37% · Solar 10% · Biomass 7%

196 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gosport:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases593 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office434 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership411 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s309 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces297 local signatures · 22,077 nationwide

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

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  Gosport railway station · 0.3 km

  Gosport railway station was a terminus station designed by William Tite and opened to passenger and freight trains in 1841 by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). It was closed in 1953 to passenger trains, and…

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  Gosport Town Hall · 0.3 km

  Gosport Town Hall is a municipal structure in the High Street, Gosport, Hampshire, England. The structure currently serves as the headquarters of Gosport Borough Council.

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  St George Barracks, Gosport · 0.4 km

  St George Barracks was a military installation at Gosport, Hampshire. In addition to the guard house, barrack blocks, the sergeant's mess and the gymnasium all survive and are Grade II listed buildings.

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  Holy Trinity Church, Gosport · 0.7 km

  Holy Trinity is a Church of England church in the Anglo-Catholic tradition in Gosport, Hampshire, within the Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth.

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  HMS St Vincent (Gosport shore establishment) · 0.7 km

  HMS St Vincent was a shore establishment of the Royal Navy, located in Gosport, Hampshire.

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  Forton Barracks · 0.7 km

  Forton Barracks was a military installation near Gosport in Hampshire, which served first as an Army barracks and then as a divisional headquarters for the Royal Marines. It subsequently served as a Royal Navy trainin…

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