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Hill Brow and Rake

Hill Brow and Rake is a town or village in Hampshire, England, with a population of around 14 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. It has 8 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Liss, 1.8 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hill Brow and Rake area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Hampshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 125,742 residents at roughly 244 people per km².

Council
East Hampshire
County
Hampshire
Constituency
East Hampshire
Police force
Hampshire
66/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 35th of 294 English council areas — better than 88% of them.

Low crime92
Home affordability14
Affordable rents29
Good schools33
Life expectancy89
Low deprivation94
Employment90
Low council tax72

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

9°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 10% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:33

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

13 reported · August 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences7
  • Other theft2
  • Burglary1
  • Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Liss · Hampshire

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

Road safety

201 reported road collisions (2025)

60 killed or seriously injured · 244 casualties · 16 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

34 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 31 rated 4–5 ★ (27 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Liss (1.8 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Liss (1.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£440,599 average▼ 1.7% YoY

Across East Hampshire · to 2026-08

Detached£705,338
Semi-detached£430,757
Terraced£333,662
Flat£198,888

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,262 average monthly rent▲ 1.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £901
  • 2 bed £1,180
  • 3 bed £1,483

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

Affordability

11.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.6 times median annual pay (11.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,772 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: 174.9p · Asda (5.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (5.1 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

13 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Champneys Forest Mere (3.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools7
  • Sports pitches16
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

125,742 residents in East Hampshire · 244/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,263
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,052
  • Net moves+1,211

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 278 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,344 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 56,500)

A £1,563
B £1,823
C £2,083
D £2,344
E £2,865
F £3,386
G £3,907
H £4,688

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

Schools

60 schools · 18,836 pupils

42 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 16 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Bohunt SchoolGood
  • Amery Hill School
  • Eggar's School
  • Horndean Technology College
  • Oakmoor School
  • The Petersfield School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Hampshire

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
  • 11 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

117 applications decided

88% granted · 103 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Conservative / Independent coalition

  • Lab 1
  • Con 18
  • LD 14
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 9

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£901 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,411 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 57,309 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85.6 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

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

54% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Health services

0 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in GU33

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Arundel and South Downs:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Rake Hanger · 0.5 km

    Rake Hanger is a 28.2-hectare (70-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Midhurst in West Sussex.

  • Hill Brow · 0.7 km

    Hill Brow is a small village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Rogate, 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Rake, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) southeast of Liss and 3 miles (4.8…

  • Rake, West Sussex · 1.1 km

    Rake is a small rural village lying astride the B2070 road and the border between West Sussex and Hampshire in southeast England. The B2070 was formerly the A3 London to Portsmouth trunk road, but Rake, several other…

  • Farther Common · 1.3 km

    Farther Common or Farther Commons is a geographical region of East Hampshire in the Parish of Liss, Hampshire, England. It is characterised by greensand topography, woodland and heath, which was a common on the Money…

  • Liss Athletic F.C. · 1.4 km

    Liss Athletic F.C. is an amateur football club based in Liss, near Petersfield, in England. The club is affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association and is an England Accredited club They are currently members of…

  • Liss, Hampshire · 1.7 km

    Liss is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, 3.3 miles (5.3 km) north-east of Petersfield, on the A3 road, on the West Sussex border. It covers 3,567 acres (14 km2) of semi-rural cou…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Hill Brow and Rake?
Hill Brow and Rake is a town in Hampshire, England, in the East Hampshire local authority.
How deprived is Hill Brow and Rake?
The East Hampshire local authority, which includes Hill Brow and Rake, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.