Westbourne
Westbourne is a village in Hampshire, England. It has one GP surgery or clinic, one pharmacy, one supermarket, and 13 restaurants and cafés, 24 bus stops, and Emsworth railway station 1.3 km away, with around 44 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Westbourne area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Havant area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 124,208 residents at roughly 2,228 people per km².
My Area Score
Mixed
Ranked 153rd of 294 English council areas — better than 48% of them.
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
9°CPartly Cloudy
- Today: 14° / 8° · 13% rain
- Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:38
9h 43m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
60US AQI · Moderate
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 4.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
57 reported · August 2026▲ 14% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences18
- Anti-social behaviour12
- Other theft9
- Burglary3
2 stop & searches
Neighbourhood team: Havant and Emsworth · 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
187 reported road collisions (2025)
55 killed or seriously injured · 218 casualties · 15.1 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
145 food businesses within 2 miles
- 131 rated 4–5 ★ (117 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Emsworth (1.3 km)
- 24 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Emsworth (1.3 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£319,869 average▼ 0.3% YoY
Across Havant · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,151 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY
- 1 bed £852
- 2 bed £1,085
- 3 bed £1,354
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
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
Property sales
1,582 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: 157.9p · Esso (3.1 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (11.7 km)
10 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
23 charging locations within ~8 km
- 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 150 kW
- Nearest: Emsworth BP (1.6 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres1
- Swimming pools15
- Sports pitches31
- Playgrounds9
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)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,172
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,145
- Net moves+1,027
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Around the average in England
Ranked 139 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,320 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band B (26% of 57,340)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
48 schools · 15,725 pupils
31 primary · 7 secondary · 10 other
Ofsted: 11 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)
44 inspected 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
- Purbrook Park School
- The Hayling College
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Havant
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
- 66 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
113 applications decided
97.3% granted · 110 granted, 3 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Jess Brown-Fuller
Liberal Democrat
Chichester
Recent votes:
- AyeOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
- AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21
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
- Schools5
- GPs & clinics3
- Pharmacies1
- Supermarkets1
- Parks & greens8
- Restaurants & cafés13
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
5,190 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
28 jobs advertised · £39,253 avg
e.g. Field Service Engineer / Service Technician / Generator technician, Private Client Legal Assistant, Chef de Partie
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
30% low-carbon electricity
Gas 55% · Imports 15% · Biomass 13% · Nuclear 9%
240 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity
Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (Hampshire): 65.1 women · 64.2 men
63% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.6
- Feeling worthwhile7.9
- Happiness yesterday7.8
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Health services
3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in PO10
- Thorney Island Medical Centre
- Southbourne Surgery
- Emsworth Surgery
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chichester:
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks371 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers348 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases325 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence215 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide
- Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death192 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
- Westbourne, West Sussex · 0.2 km
Westbourne is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north east of Emsworth. The parish includes the hamlets of Woodmancote and…
Hollybank House, Emsworth · 1.1 kmHollybank House near Emsworth in Hampshire, England, is a building of historical significance and is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in about 1825 and was home to many notable residents…
- Emsworth railway station · 1.3 km
Emsworth railway station serves the town of Emsworth, on the Hampshire side of the border between Hampshire and West Sussex, in southern England. It is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and…
Brook Meadow (Emsworth) · 1.5 kmBrook Meadow (Emsworth) is a 3.9-hectare (9.6-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Emsworth in Hampshire. It is owned by Havant Borough Council and managed by Brook Meadow Conservation Group.
Emsworth · 1.5 kmEmsworth is a town in the Borough of Havant in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England near the border with West Sussex. It lies at the north end of an arm of Chichester Harbour, a large and shallow inl…
Bourne (electoral division) · 1.7 kmBourne is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council. The current member Andrew Kerry-Bedell is now with the Green and Independent Alliance.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Westbourne?
- Westbourne is a town in Hampshire, England, in the Havant local authority.
- How deprived is Westbourne?
- The Havant local authority, which includes Westbourne, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.