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Yaverland

Yaverland is a village in the Isle of Wight, England, with a population of around 2,200. It has 1 school, 1 supermarket, and around 21 restaurants and cafés, along with 15 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Brading, 1.6 km away. There were around 61 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 Yaverland area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Isle of Wight area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). 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
26/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 285th of 294 English council areas — better than 3% of them.

Low crime49
Home affordability35
Affordable rents34
Good schools2
Life expectancy18
Low deprivation19
Employment38
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

11°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 13° / 9° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:36

9h 37m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

60 reported · August 2026▲ 11% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences19
  • Anti-social behaviour17
  • Public order6
  • Other theft5

7 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Sandown and Lake · Hampshire

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

Road safety

233 reported road collisions (2025)

65 killed or seriously injured · 270 casualties · 16.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

135 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 107 rated 4–5 ★ (74 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Brading (1.6 km)
  • 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Brading (1.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£245,670 average▼ 1.1% YoY

Across Isle of Wight · to 2026-08

Detached£390,434
Semi-detached£274,146
Terraced£211,057
Flat£136,524

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£951 average monthly rent▲ 7.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £663
  • 2 bed £872
  • 3 bed £1,089

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

Property sales

2,048 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: 174.7p · Asda (11.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (11.1 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

25 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: The Burlington Hotel 5-9 Avenue Road (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools5
  • Sports pitches6
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds5

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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,726
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,290
  • Net moves+436

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 56 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

47 inspected 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

159 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes62
  • GP practices19
  • Dentists33
  • Homecare agencies39
  • Hospitals & hospices5

CQC ratings: 80% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Isle of Wight

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

171 applications decided

90.6% granted · 155 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Joe Robertson

Conservative

Isle of Wight East

Recent votes:

  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32

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

  • Schools1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens28
  • Restaurants & cafés25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,680 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£662 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% 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

25% low-carbon electricity

Gas 73% · Wind 14% · Biomass 6% · Nuclear 5%

296 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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 3 pharmacies in PO36

  • The Bay Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

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

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Yaverland · 0.1 km

    Yaverland is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sandown, on the Isle of Wight, England. It is just north of Sandown on Sandown Bay. It has about 200 houses. About 1⁄3 of a mile away from the villa…

  • Yaverland Battery · 0.4 km

    Yaverland Battery is a battery on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. It was constructed between 1861 and 1864.

  • Wildheart Animal Sanctuary · 0.4 km

    The Wildheart Animal Sanctuary, previously known as the Isle of Wight Zoo and Sandown Zoo, is a wildlife sanctuary on the coastline of Sandown, Isle of Wight. At 8.5 acres, it is the largest collection of exotic anima…

  • Sandown Fort · 0.5 km

    Sandown Fort is a fort built in Sandown on the Isle of Wight in the middle of Sandown Bay. It is one of the many Palmerston Forts built on the island to protect it in response to a perceived French invasion. It was a…

  • St John the Baptist Church, Yaverland · 0.7 km

    St John the Baptist Church, Yaverland is a parish church in the Church of England located in Yaverland, Isle of Wight.

  • Yaverland Manor · 0.7 km

    Yaverland Manor is a medieval manor house in Yaverland, near Sandown, on the Isle of Wight. It was reconstructed in c. 1620 with alterations c. 1709. It became a Grade I listed building in 1949.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Yaverland?
Yaverland is a town in Isle of Wight, England, in the Isle of Wight local authority.
How deprived is Yaverland?
The Isle of Wight local authority, which includes Yaverland, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.