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Horton Heath

Horton Heath is a village in Hampshire, England, with a population of around 2,800. It has 1 pharmacy, around 1 restaurant and café, 20 bus stops, and Hedge End railway station 2.2 km away. There were around 31 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Horton Heath area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Eastleigh area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 136,443 residents at roughly 1,712 people per km².

Council
Eastleigh
County
Hampshire
Constituency
Eastleigh
Police force
Hampshire
74/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 7th of 294 English council areas — better than 98% of them.

Low crime75
Home affordability41
Affordable rents45
Good schools95
Life expectancy75
Low deprivation89
Employment82
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°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 7° · 20% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:36

9h 36m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

55 reported · August 2026▲ 104% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences20
  • Anti-social behaviour14
  • Public order6
  • Other theft5

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Eastleigh East · Hampshire

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

Road safety

186 reported road collisions (2025)

49 killed or seriously injured · 240 casualties · 13.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

107 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 85 rated 4–5 ★ (78 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Hedge End (2.2 km)
  • 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hedge End (2.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£312,753 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Eastleigh · to 2026-08

Detached£527,895
Semi-detached£341,016
Terraced£276,175
Flat£164,961

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,214 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £862
  • 2 bed £1,111
  • 3 bed £1,363

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

Affordability

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,981 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: 137.8p · AppleGreen (4.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (4.2 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

72 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 160 kW
  • Nearest: RAW GREENE KING WELCOME INN 1 (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches6
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

136,443 residents in Eastleigh · 1,712/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,741
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,683
  • Net moves+1,058

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 263 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,342 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (32% of 61,310)

A £1,561
B £1,822
C £2,082
D £2,342
E £2,863
F £3,383
G £3,904
H £4,684

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

Schools

47 schools · 20,623 pupils

34 primary · 7 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 19 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Deer Park SchoolGood
  • Thornden SchoolGood
  • Wildern SchoolGood
  • Crestwood Community School
  • The Hamble School
  • The Toynbee School
  • Wyvern College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Eastleigh

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

133 applications decided

89.5% granted · 119 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Liz Jarvis

Liberal Democrat

Eastleigh

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 1
  • LD 35
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,320 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

6 jobs advertised · £34,675 avg

e.g. Experienced Commercial Cleaners Needed – Office Sites, Commercial Cleaners, Commercial Cleaners for Offices

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£820 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,968 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

55% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 61,442 certificates

7.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 58% · Wind 19% · Biomass 12% · Nuclear 8%

242 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81.6 yrs men

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

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Health services

7 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in SO50

  • Stokewood Surgery
  • Eastleigh Medical Practice
  • St. Andrew'S Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Eastleigh:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Horton Heath, Hampshire · 0.4 km

    Horton Heath is a semi-rural village which forms part of the civil parish of Fair Oak and Horton Heath in the borough of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England. The village is about three miles southeast of Eastleigh town ce…

  • Fair Oak Lodge · 0.7 km

    Fair Oak Lodge, sometimes referred to as Lakesmere House, is a former country house in the village of Fair Oak, Hampshire. Much of the original estate has been built upon with modern housing, but the house itself surv…

  • Wyvern College, Eastleigh · 0.9 km

    Wyvern College is a coeducational secondary school with academy status for students in the villages of Fair Oak, Bishopstoke, Horton Heath, Upham and Durley in southern Hampshire. The college is for students aged 11–1…

  • Borough of Eastleigh · 1.1 km

    The Borough of Eastleigh is a local government district with borough status in Hampshire, England. It is named after its main town of Eastleigh, where the council is based. The borough also contains the town of Hedge…

  • Fair Oak and Horton Heath · 1.5 km

    Fair Oak and Horton Heath is a civil parish within the Borough of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England. The parish contains the villages of Fair Oak and Horton Heath. In 2011 it had a population of 10,212.

  • Fair Oak · 1.6 km

    Fair Oak is a large village to the east of the town of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England. Together with the village of Horton Heath, which lies to the south, it is part of the civil parish of Fair Oak and Horton Heath.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Horton Heath?
Horton Heath is a town in Hampshire, England, in the Eastleigh local authority.
How deprived is Horton Heath?
The Eastleigh local authority, which includes Horton Heath, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.