Rookley

21°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 18° · 80% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 18° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:25

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Shoplifting1

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Wight Rural South · Hampshire

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

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)

28 food businesses within 2 miles

• 22 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Havenstreet (7.4 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£240,998 average▲ 1.1% YoY

Across Isle of Wight · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 168.7p · Asda (4.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Asda (4.4 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: 40 kW Project EV Atess (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,626 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

168 applications decided

92.3% granted · 155 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Richard Quigley

Labour

Isle of Wight West

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

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

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

• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

29% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Imports 30% · Solar 18% · Biomass 7%

187 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

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

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases374 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership357 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership286 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office236 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s215 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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