Hook (Hart)

17°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 17° · 78% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:25

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

11 reported · July 2026▼ 21% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Other theft1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Basingstoke East · Hampshire

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

266 reported road collisions (2024)

71 killed or seriously injured · 362 casualties · 14.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

53 food businesses within 2 miles

• 41 rated 4–5 ★ (35 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hook (1.6 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£368,739 average▼ 1.3% YoY

Across Basingstoke and Deane · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,307 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £929
• 2 bed £1,208
• 3 bed £1,463

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

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (9.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Morrisons (8.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (8.6 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

34 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Mccarthy Stone-Roslin Place (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

185,154 residents in Basingstoke and Deane · 292/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 246 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,255 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (34% of 81,590)

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

86 schools · 26,122 pupils

58 primary · 10 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 33 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

75inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Basingstoke and Deane

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 (Newnham)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 27 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

225 applications decided

94.2% granted · 212 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Alex Brewer

Liberal Democrat

North East Hampshire

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 10
• Con 11
• LD 11
• Grn 2
• Ref 3
• Oth 17

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

• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£823 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,000 disposable income per head (2024)

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

59% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 88,518 certificates

7.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

14% low-carbon electricity

Imports 46% · Gas 40% · Wind 8% · Biomass 5%

198 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 82.8 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Hampshire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership425 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s398 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office334 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases324 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test311 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Nately Scures · 0.4 km

  Nately Scures is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newnham, in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest large village is Hook, which lies approximately 1.7 mile…

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  Newnham, Hampshire · 0.5 km

  Newnham is a village and parish in Hampshire, England. It is centred 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Basingstoke, and 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Hook. At the 2011 census it had a population of 518. A large portion of its land i…

• Hook Common · 0.8 km

  Hook Common is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hook in the Hart district of Hampshire, England. It lies approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west from Hook.

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  St Swithun's Church, Nately Scures · 1.4 km

  St Swithun's Church is the smallest ancient Church of England parish church in the English county of Hampshire. Newnham and Nately Scures are part of the Anglican United Parish which includes: Greywell, Mapledurwell a…

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  Hook Common and Bartley Heath · 1.4 km

  Hook Common and Bartley Heath is a 129.4-hectare (320-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern outskirts of Hook in Hampshire, England. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wild…

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  Hook, Hart · 1.5 km

  Hook is a civil parish and large village in the Hart District of northern Hampshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)