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Peel Common

Ward

North west Gosport. About 5,588 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 38% of people in Peel Common live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,550
3,199th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
38%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Peel Common compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Peel CommonMiddle
Population14 wards, Gosport · 2021
Population: every ward in Gosport14 areas from 4,914 to 7,400. The middle area is 5,760. Peel Common is 5,550.
5,5505th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares14 wards, Gosport · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Gosport14 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 4.0%. Peel Common is 38.0%.
38%3rd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage14 wards, Gosport · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Gosport14 areas from 83.3% to 99.9%. The middle area is 99.9%. Peel Common is 99.9%.
99.9%joint highest
Claimant rate14 wards, Gosport · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Gosport14 areas from 1.6% to 8.7%. The middle area is 3.2%. Peel Common is 2.3%.
2.3%4th lowest

Is Peel Common safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Peel Common at a rate of 51.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 79.9 per 1,000 people across Gosport.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 41 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Peel Common.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (118), other crime (65) and criminal damage and arson (37).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Gosport

These figures are published for the whole of Gosport, not for each ward, so they describe all of Gosport and not Peel Common alone. See Gosport

Average house price
£240,696
Up 3.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,060
125th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.5×
Joint 128th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
23.4
101st most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Peel Common in brief

Peel Common had 5,550 usual residents at the census.

About 38% of people in Peel Common live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Peel Common, 99.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Peel Common, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.