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Locks Heath · Fareham

Locks Heath: your neighbourhood

Locks Heath electoral ward · boundaries: May 2026. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 36.4% here, compared with 33.4% across Fareham (3 percentage points higher).

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 65 or over: 21.9% here, compared with 24.5% across Fareham (2.7 percentage points lower).

Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 11.4% here, compared with 13.9% across Fareham (2.5 percentage points lower).

Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

21.9%

21 March 2021 · Locks Heath

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents

1,771 out of 8,098.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

3.5%

21 March 2021 · Locks Heath

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

285 out of 8,106.

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People counted in the census

8,101

21 March 2021 · Locks Heath

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents

8,101 out of 8,101.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

36.4%

21 March 2021 · Locks Heath

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

Residents aged 16 and over

2,436 out of 6,695.

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Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

41.7%

21 March 2021 · Locks Heath

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

1,429 out of 3,425.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

10.5%

21 March 2021 · Locks Heath

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

358 out of 3,425.

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Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

36.2%

21 March 2021 · Locks Heath

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

2,421 out of 6,686.

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Residents aged 16+ in work

61.7%

21 March 2021 · Locks Heath

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

4,125 out of 6,686.

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Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

2%

21 March 2021 · Locks Heath

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

133 out of 6,686.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

11.4%

21 March 2021 · Locks Heath

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

Residents aged 16 and over

762 out of 6,695.

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Homes rented privately

13%

21 March 2021 · Locks Heath

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

453 out of 3,430.

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Residents aged 16+ retired

27.2%

21 March 2021 · Locks Heath

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,818 out of 6,686.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

6%

21 March 2021 · Locks Heath

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

210 out of 3,430.

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Residents aged 16+ unemployed

2.1%

21 March 2021 · Locks Heath

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

140 out of 6,686.

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Crime and safety

Police-recorded locations for Locks Heath ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.

298 mapped crimes

September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 280 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

Locks Heath ward · mapped crimes

Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: 24 mapped crimes in September 2024; 17 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Locks Heath
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 2024244
October 2024214
November 2024262
December 2024311
January 2025223
February 2025163
March 2025248
April 2025200
May 2025215
June 2025200
July 2025284
August 2025270
September 2025304
October 2025211
November 2025180
December 2025151
January 2026241
February 2026272
March 2026327
April 2026291
May 2026222
June 2026301
July 2026332
August 2026175
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Locks Heath
CategoryMapped crimes
violent crime127
criminal damage arson30
public order28
shoplifting27
vehicle crime26
other theft16
burglary12
other crime8
drugs7
robbery7
bicycle theft5
theft from the person3
possession of weapons2
What these numbers include

Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.

Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.

Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.

These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.

Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.

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Projects and proposed responses

A project elsewhere in the borough may matter here, but its location does not prove who benefits. Only verified ward associations are attached to a neighbourhood.

No project footprint has yet been verified for this ward. See the council-area projects and their stated locations →

What could help across Fareham →