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Waterlooville

Waterlooville is a town in Hampshire, England, with a population of around 64,350. It has around 12 restaurants and cafés, 2 supermarkets, 3 pharmacies, and 1 GP and clinic, with 48 bus stops and Bedhampton railway station 3.3 km away. The average sold house price is around £379,603. There were around 206 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 Waterlooville area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Havant area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 124,208 residents at roughly 2,228 people per km².

Council
Havant
County
Hampshire
Constituency
Havant
Police force
Hampshire
41/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 218th of 294 English council areas — better than 26% of them.

Low crime46
Home affordability37
Affordable rents37
Good schools10
Life expectancy43
Low deprivation42
Employment48
Low council tax77

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

18°COvercast

  • Today: 20° / 18° · 73% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:27

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Crime

247 reported · July 2026 54% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences89
  • Anti-social behaviour41
  • Shoplifting40
  • Criminal damage & arson18

13 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Waterlooville North · Hampshire

Local policing priorities

  • Waterlooville has experienced an increase in ASB in recent months which has affected 3 main areas – Town centre inc Wellington Retail Par…
  • A long term district priority to make Leigh Park and in particular the Greywell a safer place to live.

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

Road safety

202 reported road collisions (2024)

57 killed or seriously injured · 272 casualties · 16.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

254 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 207 rated 4–5 ★ (181 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bedhampton (3.8 km)
  • 45 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bedhampton (3.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£320,643 average 3.9% YoY

Across Havant · to 2026-06

Detached£533,176
Semi-detached£349,328
Terraced£272,527
Flat£164,768

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,146 average monthly rent 2.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £848
  • 2 bed £1,080
  • 3 bed £1,348

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

Affordability

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (9.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (11.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (2.4 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

58 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Wellington Way Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms4
  • Sports pitches12
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

124,208 residents in Havant · 2,228/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 133 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,320 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (26% of 57,340)

A £1,547
B £1,805
C £2,062
D £2,320
E £2,836
F £3,352
G £3,867
H £4,641

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

Schools

50 schools · 15,988 pupils

33 primary · 8 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 10 of 13 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

45inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • The Cowplain SchoolGood
  • Warblington SchoolRequires improvement
  • Crookhorn College
  • Havant Academy
  • Oaklands Catholic School
  • Park Community School
  • Purbrook Park School
  • The Hayling College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Havant

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
  • 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

106 applications decided

92.5% granted · 98 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Suella Braverman

Reform UK

Fareham and Waterlooville

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyePublic Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19
  • AyePublic Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 7
  • Con 5
  • LD 5
  • Grn 6
  • Ref 10
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools15
  • Pharmacies5
  • Supermarkets6
  • Parks & greens34
  • Restaurants & cafés42

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,100 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

739 jobs advertised · £33,977 avg

e.g. Senior Mission System Architect – Platform Interface, Principal Systems Engineer, Design Engineer – Electrical

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£735 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,599 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,652 certificates

9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 34% · Imports 28% · Wind 21% · Biomass 14%

165 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.8
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Fareham and Waterlooville:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Waterlooville · 0.1 km

    Waterlooville is a town in the Borough of Havant in Hampshire, England, about 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Portsmouth. It is the largest town in the borough. The Waterlooville built-up area had a population of 34,775…

  • River Wallington · 0.1 km

    The River Wallington curves and gently meanders west then south in south-east Hampshire. Rising at sources to north and south of Waterlooville these flow west around Portsdown Hill into a dammed section as the lake in…

  • Waterlooville Baptist Church · 0.5 km

    Waterlooville Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Waterlooville and surrounding suburban areas in the borough of Havant in Hampshire, southeast England. Built in 1966 to replace a Victorian chapel on a different sit…

  • Wecock Farm · 1.1 km

    Wecock Farm is a 1970s council estate on the western edges of Waterlooville originally built by Portsmouth City Council. Its lineage can be traced back to the 16th century and is described as 'a place called Wycock' i…

  • The Cowplain School · 1.3 km

    The Cowplain School is a coeducational secondary school located in Cowplain, Hampshire in the south of England. It has approximately 1,060 students and around 60 teaching staff, plus around 35 other staff.

  • Oaklands Catholic School · 1.5 km

    Oaklands Roman Catholic Comprehensive School and Sixth Form College is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form college with academy status located in Waterlooville, Hampshire. It opened in 1966, although its…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Waterlooville?
Waterlooville is a town in Hampshire, England, in the Havant local authority.
What is the population of Waterlooville?
Waterlooville has an approximate settlement population of 64,350.
How deprived is Waterlooville?
The Havant local authority, which includes Waterlooville, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.