Knowle

17°CCloudy

• Today: 19° / 14° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:28

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

14 reported · July 2026▼ 44% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Public order2
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Wickham and Whiteley · Hampshire

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

172 reported road collisions (2024)

40 killed or seriously injured · 211 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

156 food businesses within 2 miles

• 143 rated 4–5 ★ (127 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Fareham (3.2 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,364 average▲ 0.8% YoY

Across Fareham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,189 average monthly rent▲ 1.7% YoY

• 1 bed £841
• 2 bed £1,085
• 3 bed £1,344

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

8.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.6 times median annual pay (9.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (11.6 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

32 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: NATS Whiteley (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

114,513 residents in Fareham · 1,542/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 298 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,271 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 51,100)

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

48 schools · 16,712 pupils

30 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 17 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

40inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Fareham

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

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

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

143 applications decided

97.2% granted · 139 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Suella Braverman

Reform UK

Fareham and Waterlooville

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 1
• Con 22
• LD 6
• Ref 1
• Oth 2

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

• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

45 jobs advertised · £32,932 avg

e.g. Domestic End of Tenancy Cleaning Specialist, Experienced End of Tenancy (EOT) Cleaners, SEMH Teaching Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£836 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,171 disposable income per head (2024)

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

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 47,737 certificates

7.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

46% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Wind 31% · Biomass 8% · Nuclear 7%

222 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Fareham and Waterlooville:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases473 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership427 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office371 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s320 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test320 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Knowle Hospital · 0.1 km

  Knowle Hospital was a psychiatric hospital that was repurposed as the village of Knowle near the town of Fareham in Hampshire, southern England, which opened in 1852 and closed in 1996.

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  Knowle, Hampshire · 0.2 km

  Knowle is a village with mainly 21st century shops and businesses in the Winchester district of Hampshire, England, that sits high on the left bank of the Meon between the Southampton and Portsmouth conurbations. It i…

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  Knowle Halt railway station · 0.3 km

  Knowle Halt was a railway station in the county of Hampshire in England. It was served by trains on the Eastleigh to Fareham and Meon Valley lines. The station opened in 1907 and closed in 1964.

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  Funtley · 1.2 km

  Funtley – from the Anglo-Saxon, "Funtaleg", "spring field (clearing)", is a hamlet or exurb north of Fareham, Hampshire, England. It forms a projection towards the South Downs National Park and is generally included w…

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  Welborne, Hampshire · 1.3 km

  Welborne is a town under construction to the north of Fareham, England. It is intended to include 6,000 houses with businesses and community facilities. A plan for the development was submitted for central Government…

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  Crockerhill, Hampshire · 1.5 km

  Crockerhill is a hamlet in south Hampshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was included in the Borough of Fareham

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)