Placetrics
City · South East

Living in East Hampshire

15 neighbourhoods · 74 sub-areas
Crime vs nat. avg
2.4× safer
2.4× safer than nat. · 42.0 / 1k / yr · #34 of 318 cities
Good schools
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Commute to hub
106 min
#236 of 318 cities
Jobs density
0.35
#246 of 318 cities
Avg rent
£1,252/mo
+2.1% YoY · #207 of 314 cities
Council tax
£206/mo
Estimated (Band D)
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Neighbourhoods in East Hampshire

Tap any row or map polygon to drill into that neighbourhood — hovering on desktop will preview the link before you click. Switch the tab strip above the table to focus on Affordability, Schools, Transport, Safety or Wealth — the columns swap and the default sort follows.

15 neighbourhoods · 74 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.

Bordon Camp£1,006+2.1%854
Bordon & Lindford£1,024+2.1%3182
Alton Westbrooke & Eastbrooke£1,041+2.1%4057
Clanfield & Finchdean£1,091+2.1%2988
Alton Ashdell, Whitedown & Amery£1,094+2.1%5177
Horndean North£1,121+2.1%1981
Petersfield South£1,132+2.1%7565
Whitehill & Selborne£1,132+2.1%989
Horndean South & Rowlands Castle£1,143+2.1%5384
Liphook£1,246+2.1%6486
Liss & Hawkley£1,375+2.1%5095
Petersfield North & East Meon£1,430+2.1%7087
Headley Down & Grayshott£1,546+2.1%1489
Four Marks & Tisted£1,565+2.1%3691
Bentley & Holybourne£1,567+2.1%3191

Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.

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Where to look in East Hampshire

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in East Hampshire. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.

Top 5 cheapest

Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).

  1. 1.Bordon Camp£1,006/mo
  2. 2.Bordon & Lindford£1,024/mo
  3. 3.Alton Westbrooke & Eastbrooke£1,041/mo
  4. 4.Clanfield & Finchdean£1,091/mo
  5. 5.Alton Ashdell, Whitedown & Amery£1,094/mo
Top 5 most desirable

Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).

  1. 1.Petersfield South75/100
  2. 2.Petersfield North & East Meon70/100
  3. 3.Liphook64/100
  4. 4.Horndean South & Rowlands Castle53/100
  5. 5.Alton Ashdell, Whitedown & Amery51/100
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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across East Hampshire.

Avg rent
£1,252/mo
#207 of 314 cities
Sale price
£425,000
+2.5% YoY
Yrs to deposit
5.6 yr
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
council-area level rent by bedroom
ONS PIPR median for the council area
1 bed£893/mo
2 bed£1,170/mo
3 bed£1,469/mo
4 bed£1,968/mo
Sale price by property type
HMLR HPI average
Detached£707,617
Semi-detached£431,243
Terraced£333,535
Flat£200,244
Affordability
Price-to-earnings11.2×
Rent / take-home38%
Council tax (estimated, full council area)£2,473/yr
Mortgage (25y, 5%)£2,334/mo

Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.

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Safety in East Hampshire

Crime in East Hampshire runs at 2.4× safer than the national average. Top quartile (#34 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 42.0, averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Total crime / 1k / yr
42.0
#34 of 318 cities
Crime detailTop crime types · safest neighbourhoods in this council area
All crime categories
incidents / 1,000 residents / year — sorted high → low
Violent & sexual offences
19.5
Anti-social behaviour
3.8
Criminal damage & arson
3.7
Public order
3.3
Other theft
2.9
Burglary
2.2
Vehicle crime
1.6
Shoplifting
1.6
Drugs
1.5
Other crime
1.1
Possession of weapons
0.9
Robbery
0.8
Theft from the person
0.7
Bicycle theft
0.7
Safest neighbourhoods in East Hampshire
by safety score (higher = safer)
Liss & Hawkley95/100
Four Marks & Tisted91/100
Bentley & Holybourne91/100

Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.

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Schools in East Hampshire

100% of schools serving East Hampshire are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Best 5% nationally (#1 of 296 cities)

Good or Outstanding
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Good w/in 2 km
17%
#280 of 318 cities
School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools
Ofsted rating distribution
Good100%
Outstanding (count)0
Good (count)1
Requires improvement0
Inadequate0
Best neighbourhoods for schools in East Hampshire
by school score
Liphook100/100
Four Marks & Tisted70/100
Bentley & Holybourne57/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in East Hampshire

Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.

Best hub
106 min
#236 of 318 cities
To London
106 min
Median across local areas
To Bristol
171 min
Median across local areas
To Cardiff
195 min
Median across local areas
Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods
Commute to major UK cities
public transport, off-peak typical
London
106 min
Bristol
171 min
Cardiff
195 min
Birmingham
196 min
Sheffield
263 min
Manchester
279 min
Leeds
283 min
Liverpool
289 min
Edinburgh
397 min
Glasgow
424 min
How residents travel to work
Census 2021, mode share
Car52%Public2%Active5%WFH38%
Best-connected neighbourhoods in East Hampshire
by transport score
Petersfield South90/100
Alton Westbrooke & Eastbrooke78/100
Liphook70/100

DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.

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Job access from East Hampshire

East Hampshire has 0.35 jobs per resident locally. Bottom quartile

Jobs per resident
0.35
#246 of 318 cities
5y jobs growth
-6.8%
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
Reachable jobs by mode
Drive — 100 jobs7 min
PT — 100 jobs12 min
Drive — 500 jobs8 min
PT — 500 jobs15 min
Drive — 5,000 jobs27 min
PT — 5,000 jobs56 min
Local job mix by sector
ONS BRES, % of local jobs
Retail & hospitality
24.8%
Health & social care
11.6%
Education
10.8%
Manufacturing
10.1%
Professional & business svcs
9.5%
Construction
5.8%
Tech & ICT
4.8%
Finance & insurance
1.3%

ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.

FAQ

Frequently asked about East Hampshire

Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.

What is the average rent in East Hampshire?
The median monthly rent across East Hampshire is £1,252, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
Where is the cheapest place to rent in East Hampshire?
The cheapest neighbourhood in East Hampshire by estimated median rent is Bordon Camp at approximately £1,006/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in East Hampshire?
By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in East Hampshire is Petersfield South at 75/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is East Hampshire a safe area?
East Hampshire has an average safety score of 79/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
What is council tax in East Hampshire?
The most common council tax band in East Hampshire is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £271. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within East Hampshire.
What is the average salary in East Hampshire?
The median annual resident salary in East Hampshire is £39,682, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in East Hampshire, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in East Hampshire?
The average property price in East Hampshire is approximately £441,709 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
What's the rental yield in East Hampshire?
Gross rental yield in East Hampshire is approximately 3.2% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
How long does it take to save a deposit in East Hampshire?
Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 5.6 years in East Hampshire. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in East Hampshire?
100% of premises in East Hampshire are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
What's the unemployment rate in East Hampshire?
2.1% of 16-64 residents in East Hampshire are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
How many neighbourhoods are in East Hampshire?
East Hampshire contains 15 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 74 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.
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All sub-areas in East Hampshire

Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.