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Totton

Totton is a town in Hampshire, England, with a population of around 34,169. It has around 23 restaurants and cafés, 2 pharmacies, 1 park & green, 46 bus stops, and Totton station is 1.4 km away. There were around 137 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 Totton 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 East
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

21°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 23° / 11° · 14% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:29

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

140 reported · July 2026 24% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences44
  • Public order17
  • Anti-social behaviour15
  • Criminal damage & arson15

4 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Totton · 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

234 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 194 rated 4–5 ★ (161 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Totton (0.5 km)
  • 37 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Totton (0.6 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: 137.8p · AppleGreen (10.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (10.1 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

65 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Westfield Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools22
  • Sports pitches22
  • Playgrounds16

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
  • 33 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 Julian Lewis

Conservative

New Forest East

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

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

  • Schools9
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens22
  • Restaurants & cafés34

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,045 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

141 jobs advertised · £39,111 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Site Manager, Private Tutor - £20 - £40 per hour

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Solar 19% · Imports 11% · Gas 10%

56 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 East:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Totton · 0.1 km

    Totton is a town in the civil parish of Totton and Eling, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. In 2021 it had a population of 28,094.

  • Totton and Eling · 0.1 km

    Totton and Eling is a civil parish in Hampshire, England, with a population of 28,970 people. It contains the settlements of Totton, Eling, Calmore, Hounsdown, Rushington and Testwood. It is situated between the easte…

  • Totton railway station · 0.6 km

    Totton railway station serves the towns of Totton and Eling, in Hampshire, England. It is a stop on the South West Main Line and is 82 miles 43 chains (132.8 km) down the line from London Waterloo. It is managed by So…

  • Totton & Eling F.C. · 0.8 km

    Totton & Eling Football Club are a football club based in Totton & Eling, Hampshire, England. The club is affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association, and is a FA Charter Standard club. The club competes in the W…

  • Eling, Hampshire · 0.8 km

    Eling is a village in the civil parish of Totton and Eling, in the New Forest district, in the county of Hampshire, England. The parish was originally just called Eling, even though the larger town of Totton was descr…

  • Testwood School · 0.8 km

    Testwood School is a secondary school with academy status located in the town of Totton and Eling, England. The school was built in the late 1930s but its opening was delayed by World War II. The school takes pupils b…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Totton?
Totton is a town in Hampshire, England, in the New Forest local authority.
What is the population of Totton?
Totton has an approximate settlement population of 34,169.
How deprived is Totton?
The New Forest local authority, which includes Totton, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.