Locks Heath

21°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 18° · 80% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 18° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:26

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

161 reported · July 2026▲ 50% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences69
• Anti-social behaviour26
• Public order17
• Shoplifting17

6 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Western Wards · 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)

266 food businesses within 2 miles

• 227 rated 4–5 ★ (197 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Swanwick (1.6 km)
• 37 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 (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (9.7 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

36 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Locks Heath Shopping Village (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds14

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
• 8 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

Paul Holmes

Conservative

Hamble Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

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

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens17
• Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

32 jobs advertised · £31,465 avg

e.g. Residential End of Tenancy Cleaners, Property Reset Cleaners, Care Assistant - Driving License Required

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

34% low-carbon electricity

Gas 39% · Imports 28% · Solar 23% · Biomass 6%

175 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 Hamble Valley:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases683 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership465 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s399 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office361 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test314 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Locks Heath · 0.2 km

  Locks Heath is a residential suburb of Fareham, in the south of Hampshire, England. Locks Heath is immediately surrounded by a collection of villages including Sarisbury to the west, Swanwick, Park Gate and Whiteley t…

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  South Hampshire · 0.6 km

  South Hampshire is a term used mainly to refer to the conurbation formed by the city of Portsmouth, city of Southampton and the boroughs of Gosport, Fareham, Havant and Eastleigh in southern Hampshire, South East Engl…

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  Park Gate · 1.0 km

  Park Gate is a village in the Fareham district in Hampshire, England. It borders Locks Heath to the south, Segensworth to the east and Sarisbury to the west. Park Gate has two churches, Duncan Road Church and St Marga…

• Brookfield Community School, Fareham · 1.0 km

  Brookfield Community School is a large state-funded secondary school located in the Locks Heath ward of the Borough of Fareham. Brookfield serves 6 feeder schools in the local area: Locks Heath Junior School, Park Gat…

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  Fareham Community Hospital · 1.1 km

  Fareham Community Hospital is a healthcare facility at Brook Lane in Sarisbury, Hampshire, England. It is managed by the Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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  Coldeast · 1.2 km

  Coldeast is a former manor house and former psychiatric hospital between Park Gate and Sarisbury in Hampshire, England. The house is used today as a wedding and conference venue and much of the former grounds are bein…

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