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Holybourne

Holybourne is a village in Hampshire, England. It has 1 pharmacy, 2 supermarkets, and around 2 restaurants and cafés, with 15 bus stops and Alton railway station 1.7 km away. There were around 32 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Holybourne area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Hampshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). 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 39th of 294 English council areas — better than 87% of them.

Low crime92
Home affordability14
Affordable rents29
Good schools34
Life expectancy89
Low deprivation90
Employment88
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

17°COvercast

  • Today: 17° / 10° · 9% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:34

13h 6m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Crime

38 reported · July 2026 16% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences20
  • Public order5
  • Anti-social behaviour4
  • Drugs2

4 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Alton Rural · Hampshire

Local policing priorities

  • SHOPLIFTING

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

Road safety

200 reported road collisions (2024)

42 killed or seriously injured · 248 casualties · 15.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

112 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 90 rated 4–5 ★ (74 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Alton (1.7 km)
  • 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Alton (1.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£446,392 average 0.4% YoY

Across East Hampshire · to 2026-06

Detached£714,262
Semi-detached£436,253
Terraced£336,652
Flat£203,168

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,262 average monthly rent 1.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £901
  • 2 bed £1,179
  • 3 bed £1,482

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · ESSO (8.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · ESSO (8.6 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Manor Way Carpark (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches10
  • Playgrounds5

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)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 285 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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%)

51inspected 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

1,436 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 (Holybourne)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 69 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

142 applications decided

88.7% granted · 126 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,010 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

41 jobs advertised · £41,267 avg

e.g. Online Maths Tutor - Part Time, People and Culture Manager, Become a Maths Tutor in Holybourne – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£901 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% 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

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Hampshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Holybourne · 0.1 km

    Holybourne is a village in the civil parish of Alton, in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 1.3 miles (2.2 km) northeast of the centre of Alton, is contiguous with it and shares its A31 bypass. T…

  • Treloar School · 0.3 km

    Treloar School and College is a non-maintained residential and day special school and college for disabled children and young people, aged from 2 to 25 in Holybourne near Alton, Hampshire, UK.

  • Eggar's School · 0.6 km

    Eggar's School is a co-educational secondary school with academy status, located in the town of Alton, Hampshire, England.

  • Neatham · 0.8 km

    Neatham is a Roman hamlet, an ancient hundred and a former civil parish, now in the parish of Alton, in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Alton, which lies 1.6 miles (2.6 km) south…

  • Municipal Ground · 0.9 km

    The Municipal Ground and locally at different times as the Courage Ground and Bass Sports Ground was a cricket ground in Alton, Hampshire.

  • Alton F.C. · 1.1 km

    Alton Football Club is a football club based in Alton, Hampshire, England. Formed by a merger of Alton Town and Bass (Alton) in 1991, they are currently members of the Combined Counties League Premier Division South a…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Holybourne?
Holybourne is a town in Hampshire, England, in the East Hampshire local authority.
How deprived is Holybourne?
The East Hampshire local authority, which includes Holybourne, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.