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Havenstreet

Havenstreet is a village in the Isle of Wight, England, with a population of around 432. There are around 3 restaurants and cafés and 3 bus stops. There was around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. The nearest railway station is Havenstreet, 0.7 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Havenstreet area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Isle of Wight area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 140,459 residents at roughly 370 people per km².

Council
Isle of Wight
County
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight
Police force
Hampshire
27/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 283rd of 294 English council areas — better than 4% of them.

Low crime49
Home affordability35
Affordable rents34
Good schools2
Life expectancy23
Low deprivation25
Employment36
Low council tax7

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°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 21° / 18° · 71% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 18° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:25

12h 50m 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 · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · July 2026

  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Wight Rural East · Hampshire

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

Road safety

229 reported road collisions (2024)

75 killed or seriously injured · 305 casualties · 16.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

58 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 47 rated 4–5 ★ (36 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Havenstreet (0.7 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Smallbrook Junction (3.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£240,998 average 1.1% YoY

Across Isle of Wight · to 2026-06

Detached£383,425
Semi-detached£269,104
Terraced£206,436
Flat£134,013

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£950 average monthly rent 7.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £662
  • 2 bed £871
  • 3 bed £1,087

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

Affordability

9.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.3 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 168.7p · Asda (5.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Asda (5.9 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

36 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Isle of Wight Steam Railway (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

140,459 residents in Isle of Wight · 370/km²

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 56%
  • 65+: 29%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 80 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,626 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (26% of 73,120)

A £1,751
B £2,042
C £2,334
D £2,626
E £3,209
F £3,793
G £4,376
H £5,252

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

Schools

51 schools · 16,601 pupils

36 primary · 6 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 16 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (70%)

47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Lift RydeGood
  • Carisbrooke CollegeRequires improvement
  • Christ The King CollegeRequires improvement
  • Medina CollegeRequires improvement
  • Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy
  • The Island Free School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Isle of Wight

Care & health services

158 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes61
  • GP practices19
  • Dentists33
  • Homecare agencies39
  • Hospitals & hospices5

CQC ratings: 82% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Isle of Wight

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

168 applications decided

92.3% granted · 155 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Joe Robertson

Conservative

Isle of Wight East

Recent votes:

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

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK (minority)

  • Lab 1
  • Con 2
  • LD 4
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 19
  • Oth 11

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

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised · £26,624 avg

e.g. Care Assistant

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£662 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,363 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 · 78,882 certificates

12.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

9% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Imports 37% · Biomass 5% · Wind 3%

242 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.6 yrs women · 77.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59.3 women · 58.6 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Isle of Wight East:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St Peter's Church, Havenstreet · 0.0 km

    St Peter's Church, Havenstreet is a parish church in the Church of England located in Havenstreet, Isle of Wight.

  • Havenstreet · 0.2 km

    Havenstreet is a village on the Isle of Wight, located about 2 miles southwest of Ryde, in the civil parish of Havenstreet and Ashey.

  • Havenstreet railway station · 0.8 km

    Havenstreet railway station is a railway station at Havenstreet, Isle of Wight.

  • Briddlesford Copses · 1.5 km

    Briddleford Copses is a 167.2-hectare (413-acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Special Area of Conservation (SAC) which is south of Wootton Bridge on the Isle of Wight in Britain. The site was designa…

  • Briddlesford Nature Reserve · 1.6 km

    Briddlesford Nature Reserve consists of 158 hectares of land on the Isle of Wight that is composed of a complex of different habitats, including woodland, arable farmland, lowland meadow, parkland, pond, hedgerow and…

  • Ashey railway station · 2.2 km

    Ashey railway station is a station serving the village of Ashey on the Isle of Wight in England. It was on the line which ran from Ryde to Newport. It had a passing loop when built but this was taken out of use when a…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Havenstreet?
Havenstreet is a town in Isle of Wight, England, in the Isle of Wight local authority.
What is the population of Havenstreet?
Havenstreet has an approximate settlement population of 432.
How deprived is Havenstreet?
The Isle of Wight local authority, which includes Havenstreet, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.