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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 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 East
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

8°CClear

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 20% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:35

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

37US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southampton Centre, 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

143 reported · August 2026▲ 13% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences58
  • Anti-social behaviour29
  • Public order14
  • Shoplifting11

4 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Totton · 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

230 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 193 rated 4–5 ★ (161 top)
  • 4 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

£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: 137.8p · AppleGreen (10.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (10.1 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

67 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)

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
  • 33 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 Julian Lewis

Conservative

New Forest East

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

134 jobs advertised · £38,233 avg

e.g. Payroll Technician, Tax Manager, IT Trainer

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

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 58% · Wind 19% · Biomass 12% · Nuclear 8%

242 gCO₂/kWh · very 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

12 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in SO40

  • Marchwood Medical Centre
  • New Horizons Medical Partnership
  • Testvale Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in New Forest East:

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

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 among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.