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New Milton

New Milton is a town in Hampshire, England, with a population of around 25,546. It has around 44 bus stops, 2 schools, 2 GP surgeries, 6 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and around 31 restaurants and cafés, with New Milton railway station 0.4 km away. The average sold house price is around £432,315. There were around 96 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the New Milton area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the New Forest area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 175,785 residents at roughly 234 people per km².

Council
New Forest
County
Hampshire
Constituency
New Forest West
Police force
Hampshire
68/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 30th of 294 English council areas — better than 90% of them.

Low crime75
Home affordability26
Affordable rents32
Good schools84
Life expectancy84
Low deprivation81
Employment82
Low council tax55

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: 11° / 8° · 38% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:35

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

50US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Christchurch Barrack Road, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

102 reported · August 2026▲ 10% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences42
  • Shoplifting17
  • Anti-social behaviour12
  • Public order7

13 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: New Milton · Hampshire

Local policing priorities

  • Op Forestguard -

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

Road safety

337 reported road collisions (2025)

96 killed or seriously injured · 440 casualties · 19.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

205 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 177 rated 4–5 ★ (144 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: New Milton (0.6 km)
  • 36 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from New Milton (0.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£384,564 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across New Forest · to 2026-08

Detached£584,165
Semi-detached£370,085
Terraced£301,061
Flat£195,805

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,244 average monthly rent▲ 1.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £864
  • 2 bed £1,132
  • 3 bed £1,391

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

Affordability

10.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.3 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,495 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: 169.9p · ESSO (9.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (8.2 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

32 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Osborne Road Car Park (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches21
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

175,785 residents in New Forest · 234/km²

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 55%
  • 65+: 29%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,107
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,608
  • Net moves+1,499

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

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,420 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (23% of 83,530)

A £1,613
B £1,882
C £2,151
D £2,420
E £2,957
F £3,495
G £4,033
H £4,840

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

Schools

84 schools · 21,771 pupils

53 primary · 9 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 21 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Hounsdown SchoolGood
  • Lift New ForestGood
  • The Arnewood SchoolInadequate
  • Applemore College
  • Noadswood School
  • Priestlands School
  • Ringwood School Academy
  • Testwood School
  • The Burgate School and Sixth Form

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · New Forest

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
  • 14 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

254 applications decided

90.6% granted · 230 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Sir Desmond Swayne

Conservative

New Forest West

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 1
  • Con 24
  • LD 14
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies6
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés34

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

88 jobs advertised · £31,453 avg

e.g. Mortgage Advisor, Field Care Supervisor, Dental Nurse

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£733 median full-time weekly pay

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

£30,441 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 81,051 certificates

9.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

46% low-carbon electricity

Gas 51% · Wind 26% · Biomass 11% · Nuclear 9%

215 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86.2 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

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

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in BH25

  • Coastal Medical Partnership
  • Ashley Pharmacy
  • Pes@Boots New Milton, Hampshire

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in New Forest West:

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

Notable places nearby

  • New Milton railway station · 0.5 km

    New Milton railway station serves the market town of New Milton in Hampshire, England. It is 98 miles 44 chains (158.6 km) down the line from London Waterloo station. It also serves nearby places including Milford on…

  • The Arnewood School · 0.6 km

    The Arnewood School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in New Milton in the English county of Hampshire.

  • Ballard School (New Milton) · 0.8 km

    Ballard School is a private school located in New Milton, Hampshire, for children aged 2 to 16 years. The headmaster is Stuart Turner.

  • New Milton Town Hall · 0.9 km

    New Milton Town Hall is a municipal building in Ashley Road in New Milton, a town in Hampshire, in England. The building accommodates the offices and meeting place of New Milton Town Council.

  • Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum · 1.2 km

    The Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum is an independent museum in New Milton, Hampshire, England. It was set up in 1964, after the former championship winning observed trials rider Sammy Miller set up a parts business in…

  • New Milton · 1.2 km

    New Milton is a market town and civil parish in the New Forest district, in southwest Hampshire, England. To the north is in the New Forest and to the south the coast at Barton on Sea. The town is equidistant between…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is New Milton?
New Milton is a town in Hampshire, England, in the New Forest local authority.
What is the population of New Milton?
New Milton has an approximate settlement population of 25,546.
How deprived is New Milton?
The New Forest local authority, which includes New Milton, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.