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Havant

Havant is a town in Hampshire, England, with a population of around 45,574. It has around 1 GP surgery or clinic, around 3 pharmacies, around 3 supermarkets, around 54 restaurants and cafés, 61 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Havant, 0.7 km away. The average sold house price is around £318,879, and there were around 305 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Havant area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Havant area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 124,208 residents at roughly 2,228 people per km².

Council
Havant
County
Hampshire
Constituency
Havant
Police force
Hampshire
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My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 153rd of 294 English council areas — better than 48% of them.

Low crime46
Home affordability37
Affordable rents37
Good schools66
Life expectancy40
Low deprivation47
Employment48
Low council tax77

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

10°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 12° / 9° · 28% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:35

9h 36m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

363 reported · August 2026▲ 12% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences118
  • Anti-social behaviour58
  • Shoplifting51
  • Public order38

22 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Havant and Emsworth · Hampshire

Local policing priorities

  • Waterlooville has experienced an increase in ASB in recent months which has affected 3 main areas – Town centre inc Wellington Retail Par…
  • A long term district priority to make Leigh Park and in particular the Greywell a safer place to live.

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

Road safety

187 reported road collisions (2025)

55 killed or seriously injured · 218 casualties · 15.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

278 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 232 rated 4–5 ★ (211 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Havant (0.4 km)
  • 52 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Havant (0.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£319,869 average▼ 0.3% YoY

Across Havant · to 2026-08

Detached£531,937
Semi-detached£347,620
Terraced£272,368
Flat£164,631

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,151 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £852
  • 2 bed £1,085
  • 3 bed £1,354

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

Affordability

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (9.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,582 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (6.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (8.5 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

64 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Waitrose Havant (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches38
  • Playgrounds16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

124,208 residents in Havant · 2,228/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,172
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,145
  • Net moves+1,027

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 139 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,320 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (26% of 57,340)

A £1,547
B £1,805
C £2,062
D £2,320
E £2,836
F £3,352
G £3,867
H £4,641

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

Schools

48 schools · 15,725 pupils

31 primary · 7 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 11 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • The Cowplain SchoolGood
  • Warblington SchoolRequires improvement
  • Crookhorn College
  • Havant Academy
  • Oaklands Catholic School
  • Purbrook Park School
  • The Hayling College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Havant

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

113 applications decided

97.3% granted · 110 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Alan Mak

Conservative

Havant

Recent votes:

  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 7
  • Con 5
  • LD 5
  • Grn 6
  • Ref 10
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools13
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies8
  • Supermarkets5
  • Parks & greens22
  • Restaurants & cafés71

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,190 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

371 jobs advertised · £40,940 avg

e.g. Driver Rep, CNC Miller, Carpenter - Re-active And Planned Maintenance

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£735 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,599 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,652 certificates

9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

32% low-carbon electricity

Gas 57% · Solar 12% · Imports 11% · Wind 10%

237 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

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

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.8
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Health services

8 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in PO9

  • Rowlands Castle Surgery
  • The Bosmere Medical Practice
  • Homewell Curlew Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Havant:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Havant War Memorial Hospital · 0.3 km

    Havant War Memorial Hospital was a health facility in Crossway in Havant, Hampshire, England. It was managed by Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.

  • Havant Cricket Club · 0.3 km

    Havant Cricket Club is an amateur cricket club based at Havant, Hampshire. The club's first team plays in the Southern Premier Cricket League, which is one of the ECB Premier Leagues that are the highest level of the…

  • Havant railway station · 0.4 km

    Havant railway station serves the town of Havant, in Hampshire, England, along with Hayling Island and Waterlooville. Located near to Portsmouth, it lies on the Portsmouth Direct Line which runs between London Waterlo…

  • Havant · 0.6 km

    Havant is a town in the south-east corner of Hampshire, England. Nearby places include Portsmouth to the south-west, Southampton to the west, Waterlooville to north, Chichester to the east and Hayling Island to the so…

  • Borough of Havant · 0.7 km

    The Borough of Havant is a local government district with borough status in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in Havant. Other towns and villages within the borough include Bedhampton, Cowplain, Emsworth, Hayli…

  • The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre · 0.8 km

    The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre, formerly Havant Arts Centre and, before that, Havant Town Hall, is an arts centre in East Street, in Havant, Hampshire, England. The building served as the local town hall until it w…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Havant?
Havant is a town in Hampshire, England, in the Havant local authority.
What is the population of Havant?
Havant has an approximate settlement population of 45,574.
How deprived is Havant?
The Havant local authority, which includes Havant, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.