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Sutton Scotney

Sutton Scotney is a village in Hampshire, England, with a population of around 858. It has around 4 restaurants and cafés, 5 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Micheldever, 6.1 km away. There were around 6 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Sutton Scotney area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Test Valley area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 130,492 residents at roughly 208 people per km².

Council
Test Valley
County
Hampshire
Constituency
Romsey and Southampton North
Police force
Hampshire
63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 58th of 294 English council areas — better than 80% of them.

Low crime78
Home affordability34
Affordable rents42
Good schools19
Life expectancy75
Low deprivation83
Employment94
Low council tax80

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

8°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 5° · 39% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:32

9h 28m 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 · Chilbolton Observatory, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

8 reported · August 2026▲ 100% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Other theft2
  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: Winchester Rural North · Hampshire

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

Road safety

245 reported road collisions (2025)

71 killed or seriously injured · 330 casualties · 18.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

21 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 18 rated 4–5 ★ (16 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Micheldever (6.2 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Micheldever (6.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£372,289 average▼ 0.8% YoY

Across Test Valley · to 2026-08

Detached£608,008
Semi-detached£359,779
Terraced£287,186
Flat£171,723

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,235 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £888
  • 2 bed £1,144
  • 3 bed £1,408

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

Affordability

9.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.4 times median annual pay (9.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,778 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: 172.9p · ESSO (9.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 200.9p · ESSO (9.6 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

9 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 237 kW
  • Nearest: Roadchef Sutton Scotney Services A34 Southbound (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

130,492 residents in Test Valley · 208/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,717
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,193
  • Net moves+524

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,306 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 58,870)

A £1,537
B £1,793
C £2,049
D £2,306
E £2,818
F £3,330
G £3,843
H £4,611

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

Schools

65 schools · 17,628 pupils

46 primary · 6 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 16 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Danebury SchoolInadequate
  • Harrow Way Community School
  • John Hanson Community School
  • Lift Winton
  • The Mountbatten School
  • The Romsey School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Test Valley

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
  • 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

252 applications decided

92.1% granted · 232 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Dr Danny Chambers

Liberal Democrat

Winchester

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Con 25
  • LD 16
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

13 jobs advertised · £28,531 avg

e.g. End of Lease Cleaner, Commercial Cleaners for Offices, Commercial Cleaners

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£795 median full-time weekly pay

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

£29,610 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 54,443 certificates

8.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Wind 25% · Biomass 11% · Nuclear 9%

219 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

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

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Health services

8 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in SO21

  • Worthy Down Medical Centre
  • Winchester Group Medical Practice
  • Gratton Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Winchester:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Sutton Scotney railway station · 0.1 km

    Sutton Scotney railway station is a disused station which served the village of Sutton Scotney a few miles north of Winchester on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway.

  • Sutton Scotney · 0.2 km

    Sutton Scotney is a village in Hampshire, England, north of Winchester in the civil parish of Wonston.

  • Naomi and Jack's · 0.6 km

    Naomi and Jack's is a hospice for children and young adults in the Wessex region. The hospice is located at Sutton Scotney, near Winchester, Hampshire, England. It is also known as The Wessex Children's Hospice Trust,…

  • Wonston · 1.1 km

    Wonston is a village and civil parish in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. The village had 1446 usual residents as of Census day 2011. The civil parish includes the settlements of Sutton Scotney,…

  • Bullington, Hampshire · 1.4 km

    Bullington is a civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. The parish contains Upper Bullington and Lower Bullington, both about 9 miles (14 km) south-east of Andover. According to the 2001 census…

  • Hunton, Hampshire · 1.7 km

    Hunton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wonston, in the Winchester district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It is about 6 miles (10 km) miles from the city of Winchester. In 1931 the pa…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Sutton Scotney?
Sutton Scotney is a town in Hampshire, England, in the Test Valley local authority.
What is the population of Sutton Scotney?
Sutton Scotney has an approximate settlement population of 858.
How deprived is Sutton Scotney?
The Test Valley local authority, which includes Sutton Scotney, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.