So you're asking yourself the question 'is Fareham a nice place to live?'' You've found some estate agents and they have told you what you wanted to hear. You've read some speil by a local councillor who says that Fareham is on the up an up? Now it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Fareham truly a nice place to live, or are Portchester, Southwick and Wickham a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Fareham
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of February 2021 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Fareham. Naturally the more urban and more central areas will have a higher rate of crime, but often you can be surprised when that is not the case and that is the area you want to move to.
| Policing Area | Voilent Crimes |
|---|---|
| Fareham | 68 |
| Heathfield | 46 |
| Bridgemary | 43 |
| Wallington | 38 |
| Funtley | 35 |
| Peel Common | 26 |
| Portchester | 26 |
| Catisfield | 19 |
| Crockerhill | 7 |
| Boarhunt | 2 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Fareham. These statitics are published by the government every 2-3 years. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Fareham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Fareham West (Best) | 27968/32845 |
| Portchester West | 26645/32845 |
| Fareham North | 25362/32845 |
| Fareham North-West | 21578/32845 |
| Titchfield | 21127/32845 |
| Portchester East | 20304/32845 |
| Southwick and Wickham | 17503/32845 |
| Fareham East | 15985/32845 |
| Fareham South | 14349/32845 |
| Bridgemary North (Worst) | 13439/32845 |
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Your Health in Fareham
If you are thinking of moving to Fareham, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. We've taken the healh question from the latest census to find out and how Fareham compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Town | Very Bad | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Southampton | 1.2% | 3.89% |
| Portsmouth | 1.15% | 3.9% |
| Fareham (Fareham) | 0.9% | 3.13% |
| Gosport | 0.99% | 3.89% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Fareham. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Fareham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Portchester West (Best) | 28451/32845 |
| Fareham West | 27791/32845 |
| Titchfield | 25883/32845 |
| Fareham East | 25833/32845 |
| Southwick and Wickham | 25789/32845 |
| Fareham North | 25300/32845 |
| Portchester East | 24741/32845 |
| Fareham North-West | 19841/32845 |
| Fareham South | 17082/32845 |
| Bridgemary North (Worst) | 12770/32845 |
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Deprivation in Fareham
Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average Index of Multiple Deprivation rank of all the LSOAs in the wards in and around Fareham. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Fareham West (Best) | 29979/32845 |
| Portchester West | 27014/32845 |
| Fareham North | 27003/32845 |
| Titchfield | 24543/32845 |
| Portchester East | 24039/32845 |
| Fareham East | 22853/32845 |
| Fareham North-West | 21301/32845 |
| Southwick and Wickham | 15675/32845 |
| Fareham South | 14406/32845 |
| Bridgemary North (Worst) | 12332/32845 |
Average rent in Fareham
Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These statistics for Fareham are dated September 2021. They are split into three figures, the lower quartile, mean and upper quartile. If you recieve housing benefit or the housing benefit section of Universal Credit, the lower quartile is at the top limit of what would be affordable. The mean is the average you'd expect to pay for a rental property and the upper quartile is the average rental cost of the most expensive 25% of properties in Fareham.
Weekly Gross Pay and Hourly Pay in Fareham
If you are thinking of moving to Fareham, you'll want to know how much you can earn in a job in the town. The government publish regular statistics on gross weekly pay and pay per hour.
