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Emsworth

Emsworth is a town in West Sussex, England, with a population of around 18,777. It has around 1 GP surgery, 2 pharmacies, 3 supermarkets, and 25 restaurants and cafés, along with 19 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Emsworth, 1 km away. The average sold house price is around £453,371, and there were around 54 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 Emsworth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Chichester area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 124,068 residents at roughly 158 people per km².

Council
Chichester
County
West Sussex
Constituency
Chichester
Police force
Sussex
50/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 152nd of 294 English council areas — better than 48% of them.

Low crime68
Home affordability9
Affordable rents17
Good schools47
Life expectancy74
Low deprivation67
Employment52
Low council tax40

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°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 19° / 15° · 12% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 18° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:27

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Crime

50 reported · July 2026 9% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences18
  • Public order10
  • Anti-social behaviour8
  • Shoplifting5

2 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Havant and Emsworth · Hampshire

Local policing priorities

  • Waterlooville has experienced an increase in ASB in recent months which has affected 3 main areas – Town centre inc Wellington Retail Par…
  • A long term district priority to make Leigh Park and in particular the Greywell a safer place to live.

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

Road safety

275 reported road collisions (2024)

79 killed or seriously injured · 383 casualties · 22.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

179 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 159 rated 4–5 ★ (143 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Emsworth (0.4 km)
  • 29 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Emsworth (0.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£429,978 average 2.3% YoY

Across Chichester · to 2026-06

Detached£682,816
Semi-detached£424,454
Terraced£343,728
Flat£216,673

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,328 average monthly rent 2.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £944
  • 2 bed £1,217
  • 3 bed £1,501

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

Affordability

12.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.3 times median annual pay (11.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (5.3 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

23 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: South St Municipal Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Swimming pools17
  • Sports pitches17
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

124,068 residents in Chichester · 158/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 57%
  • 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 213 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,470 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 61,610)

A £1,646
B £1,921
C £2,195
D £2,470
E £3,019
F £3,567
G £4,116
H £4,939

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

Schools

69 schools · 16,863 pupils

48 primary · 5 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 22 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

58inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Bishop Luffa School, ChichesterOutstanding
  • Midhurst Rother CollegeOutstanding
  • Bourne Community CollegeGood
  • Chichester High School
  • The Academy, Selsey

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chichester

Care & health services

988 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes343
  • GP practices106
  • Dentists219
  • Homecare agencies210
  • Hospitals & hospices37

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Sussex

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

199 applications decided

85.4% granted · 170 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Alan Mak

Conservative

Havant

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 5
  • LD 24
  • Grn 2
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens9
  • Restaurants & cafés22

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,725 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

172 jobs advertised · £32,412 avg

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£696 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,884 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 64,800 certificates

11.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

54% low-carbon electricity

Wind 33% · Gas 27% · Imports 19% · Biomass 15%

132 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Havant:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Brook Meadow (Emsworth) · 0.2 km

    Brook Meadow (Emsworth) is a 3.9-hectare (9.6-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Emsworth in Hampshire. It is owned by Havant Borough Council and managed by Brook Meadow Conservation Group.

  • Emsworth · 0.2 km

    Emsworth is a town in the Borough of Havant in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England near the border with West Sussex. It lies at the north end of an arm of Chichester Harbour, a large and shallow inl…

  • Emsworth Town Hall · 0.2 km

    Emsworth Town Hall is a former chapel which later served as an events venue in St Peter's Square in Emsworth, a town in Hampshire, in England. It currently serves as a café.

  • Emsworth railway station · 0.4 km

    Emsworth railway station serves the town of Emsworth, on the Hampshire side of the border between Hampshire and West Sussex, in southern England. It is located on the West Coastway Line which runs between Brighton and…

  • Fowley Island · 1.6 km

    Fowley Island is a small uninhabited island in Chichester Harbour, around 900 metres south of the coast at Emsworth between Hayling Island and Thorney Island. The island is an area of raised ground approximately 180 m…

  • Westbourne, West Sussex · 1.7 km

    Westbourne is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north east of Emsworth. The parish includes the hamlets of Woodmancote and…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Emsworth?
Emsworth is a town in West Sussex, England, in the Chichester local authority.
What is the population of Emsworth?
Emsworth has an approximate settlement population of 18,777.
How deprived is Emsworth?
The Chichester local authority, which includes Emsworth, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.