Locks Heath

12°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 13° / 9° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:38

9h 40m 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 · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

• 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

105 reported · August 2026▼ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences34
• Anti-social behaviour19
• Public order16
• Shoplifting14

3 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Western Wards · Hampshire

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

171 reported road collisions (2025)

38 killed or seriously injured · 195 casualties · 14.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

265 food businesses within 2 miles

• 228 rated 4–5 ★ (198 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Swanwick (1.6 km)
• 37 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£334,303 average▲ 0.5% YoY

Across Fareham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,176 average monthly rent▲ 0.9% YoY

• 1 bed £832
• 2 bed £1,073
• 3 bed £1,330

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

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

1,803 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

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (9.7 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

37 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,522
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,931
• Net moves+591

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 291 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Fareham

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

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

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

149 applications decided

98% granted · 146 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Paul Holmes

Conservative

Hamble Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

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

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

15 jobs advertised · £32,658 avg

e.g. Commercial Cleaners, Administrator - Customer Care, Experienced Commercial Cleaners Needed – Office Sites

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

35% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Wind 13% · Imports 12% · Solar 12%

220 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hampshire): 65.1 women · 64.2 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

9 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in SO31

• Hamble Valley Health
• Lockswood Surgery
• Brook Lane Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hamble Valley:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases687 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death366 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth263 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks234 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND210 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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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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