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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 less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). 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
67/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 34th of 294 English council areas — better than 88% of them.

Low crime75
Home affordability26
Affordable rents32
Good schools84
Life expectancy85
Low deprivation76
Employment78
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

19°CSunny

  • Today: 20° / 13° · 16% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:29

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Christchurch Barrack Road, United Kingdom

Crime

149 reported · July 2026 64% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences51
  • Shoplifting37
  • Anti-social behaviour11
  • Public order11

11 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: New Milton · Hampshire

Local policing priorities

  • Op Forestguard -

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

Road safety

327 reported road collisions (2024)

99 killed or seriously injured · 399 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

208 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 181 rated 4–5 ★ (148 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

£380,310 average 1.2% YoY

Across New Forest · to 2026-06

Detached£576,165
Semi-detached£366,192
Terraced£296,504
Flat£195,788

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,241 average monthly rent 1.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £862
  • 2 bed £1,130
  • 3 bed £1,387

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · ESSO (9.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · ESSO (9.6 km)

5 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)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 241 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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

86 schools · 21,932 pupils

54 primary · 9 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 22 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

67inspected 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

1,436 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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

194 applications decided

89.2% granted · 173 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir Desmond Swayne

Conservative

New Forest West

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

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

9,045 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

146 jobs advertised · £31,626 avg

e.g. Commis Pastry Chef, Trainee Chef, Sous Chef

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£733 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% 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

70% low-carbon electricity

Solar 32% · Wind 31% · Imports 18% · Gas 11%

58 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86.2 yrs women · 81.1 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in New Forest West:

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

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 less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.