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Whiteley

Whiteley is a village in Hampshire, England. It has around 10 restaurants and cafés, 20 bus stops, and Swanwick station 1.1 km away. There were around 62 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 Whiteley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Fareham area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 114,513 residents at roughly 1,542 people per km².

Council
Fareham
County
Hampshire
Constituency
Fareham
Police force
Hampshire
72/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 14th of 294 English council areas — better than 95% of them.

Low crime90
Home affordability46
Affordable rents52
Good schools36
Life expectancy80
Low deprivation94
Employment92
Low council tax86

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

19°CSunny

  • Today: 19° / 14° · 15% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:28

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

54 reported · July 2026 30% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences27
  • Anti-social behaviour12
  • Criminal damage & arson4
  • Other theft4

2 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Wickham and Whiteley · Hampshire

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

Road safety

172 reported road collisions (2024)

40 killed or seriously injured · 211 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

188 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 164 rated 4–5 ★ (144 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Swanwick (1.8 km)
  • 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Swanwick (1.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£328,364 average 0.8% YoY

Across Fareham · to 2026-06

Detached£547,866
Semi-detached£339,732
Terraced£280,019
Flat£157,356

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,189 average monthly rent 1.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £841
  • 2 bed £1,085
  • 3 bed £1,344

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

Affordability

8.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.6 times median annual pay (9.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (9.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (9.2 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

35 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Whiteley Shopping Centre, East car park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches12
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

114,513 residents in Fareham · 1,542/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 298 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,271 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 51,100)

A £1,514
B £1,766
C £2,018
D £2,271
E £2,775
F £3,280
G £3,784
H £4,541

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

Schools

48 schools · 16,712 pupils

30 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 17 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

40inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Cams Hill SchoolGood
  • Portchester Community SchoolGood
  • The Henry Cort Community CollegeRequires improvement
  • Brookfield Community School
  • Crofton School
  • Fareham Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Fareham

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
  • 6 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

143 applications decided

97.2% granted · 139 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Lab 1
  • Con 22
  • LD 6
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens10
  • Restaurants & cafés27

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

176 jobs advertised · £36,479 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Commis Chef

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£836 median full-time weekly pay

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

£27,171 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: D · 47,737 certificates

7.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hamble Valley:

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

Notable places nearby

  • College of Air Traffic Control · 0.2 km

    The College of Air Traffic Control or CATC is the main British non-military training establishment for air traffic control (ATC). It also trains people from other countries.

  • Botley Wood and Everett's and Mushes Copses · 1.0 km

    Botley Wood and Everett's and Mushes Copses is a 352.7-hectare (872-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Fareham in Hampshire.

  • Segensworth · 1.6 km

    Segensworth is a business park near Whiteley and Fareham in Hampshire in England. At the 2011 Census the business park was included in the Park Gate Ward of Fareham Council.

  • Whiteley · 1.6 km

    Whiteley is a planned community of 6,500 homes in the county of Hampshire, England, United Kingdom near Fareham. The development straddles the boundary between two council districts: the Borough of Fareham to the sout…

  • Burridge · 1.7 km

    Burridge is a small village in the Borough of Fareham, south of Hampshire, England. It lies approximately 14 miles south of Winchester on the A3051 between Botley and Park Gate. It is also to the north of Sarisbury an…

  • Swanwick, Hampshire · 1.7 km

    Swanwick is a village in Hampshire, England, east of the River Hamble and north of the M27 motorway. The village is located within the borough of Fareham and is the site of the London Area Control Centre (LACC) and th…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Whiteley?
Whiteley is a town in Hampshire, England, in the Fareham local authority.
How deprived is Whiteley?
The Fareham local authority, which includes Whiteley, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.