Wootton (Isle of Wight)

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 17° · 83% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:25

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

13 reported · July 2026▼ 13% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Public order2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Possession of weapons1

Neighbourhood team: Cowes and East Cowes · 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)

44 food businesses within 2 miles

• 35 rated 4–5 ★ (27 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wootton (0.9 km)
• 15 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: 156.9p · Esso (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.9 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

33 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Brannon Way Car Park (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools13
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds6

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
• 16 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

Joe Robertson

Conservative

Isle of Wight East

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)

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

13 jobs advertised · £56,000 avg

e.g. Principal Combat Systems Engineer, Test Equipment Engineer – Electrical & Electronic, Superflex Roadside Patrol

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

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

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 East:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases492 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership371 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office251 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s212 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership210 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

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

• 
  Wootton Bridge · 0.3 km

  Wootton Bridge is a large village, civil parish and electoral ward on the Isle of Wight, England, first recorded around the year 1086. The parish also contains the settlement of Wootton. In 2011 it had a population of…

• 
  St Mark's Church, Wootton · 0.4 km

  St. Mark's Church, Wootton is a church in the Church of England located in Wootton, Isle of Wight.

• 
  St Edmund's Church, Wootton · 0.5 km

  St. Edmund's Church, Wootton is a Grade II* Listed parish church in the Church of England located in Wootton, Isle of Wight. The church falls within the Diocese of Portsmouth.

• 
  Wootton Creek · 0.8 km

  Wootton Creek is a tidal estuary that flows into the Solent on the north coast of the Isle of Wight. The estuary has also been known in the past as "Fishbourne Creek", "Wootton River" and "Wootton Haven".

• 
  Wootton railway station · 0.9 km

  Wootton railway station is a former railway station, and now a recreated heritage station, at Wootton on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England.

• 
  Isle of Wight Festival 1969 · 1.1 km

  The 1969 Isle of Wight Festival was held on 29–31 August 1969 at Wootton Creek, on the Isle of Wight, England. The festival attracted an audience of approximately 150,000 to see acts including Bob Dylan, the Band, the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)