Gosport

10°CSunny

• Today: 13° / 10° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:36

9h 37m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

• 6.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

320 reported · August 2026▲ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences109
• Anti-social behaviour63
• Public order36
• Shoplifting31

24 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Gosport East · Hampshire

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

114 reported road collisions (2025)

30 killed or seriously injured · 143 casualties · 13.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 426 rated 4–5 ★ (357 top)
• 22 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

£240,093 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across Gosport · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,169 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £823
• 2 bed £1,044
• 3 bed £1,274

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

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

1,111 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 (4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (4.9 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK3,835
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,815
• Net moves+20

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 97 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gosport

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

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

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

92 applications decided

95.7% granted · 88 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

2,315 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

260 jobs advertised · £42,161 avg

e.g. Principal Psychologist, Engineering Technician, Sales Design Consultant

Source: Adzuna

£711 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% 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

31% low-carbon electricity

Gas 67% · Wind 16% · Biomass 9% · Nuclear 7%

274 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hampshire): 65.1 women · 64.2 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

14 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in PO12

• Sultan Medical Centre
• Audiology Service Inm
• Aviation Medicine Inm

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gosport:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases595 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces298 local signatures · 22,219 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth232 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND202 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK194 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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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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  St Vincent College · 0.7 km

  St Vincent College is a co-educational sixth form (16–18) college located in Gosport, Hampshire, England. The majority of students come from the surrounding towns including Gosport, Fareham, Stubbington and Winchester…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)