# Freshwater and Totland

Town in Isle of Wight, South East.

Freshwater and Totland is a town in Isle of Wight, South East. Median sale price £305,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 54.5 per 1,000 people. About 7,636 people.

Town. Code E63006762. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Isle of Wight](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight)

Freshwater and Totland is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Freshwater and Totland add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £305,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Freshwater and Totland was £305,000 in 2025. Joint 404th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/freshwater-and-totland#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 7,523** (2021). Freshwater and Totland had 7,523 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 3rd least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/freshwater-and-totland#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Freshwater and Totland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/freshwater-and-totland#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 86.0%** (January 2026). In Freshwater and Totland, 86.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/freshwater-and-totland#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63006762) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Freshwater and Totland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63006762) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 135 homes were sold in Freshwater and Totland in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63006762) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Freshwater and Totland.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63006762) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Freshwater and Totland had 7,523 usual residents at the census.

## How Freshwater and Totland compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Freshwater and Totland | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £305,000 | joint 26th cheapest | 209 towns, South East · 2025 |
| Population | 7,523 | least populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 86.0% | 63rd lowest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 |

## Is Freshwater and Totland safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Freshwater and Totland at a rate of 54.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 47 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Freshwater and Totland.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (192), other crime (82) and anti-social behaviour (54).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Freshwater and Totland was 73.3 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in Freshwater and Totland, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Freshwater and Totland has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Freshwater and Totland

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Isle of Wight 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight/neighbourhood/e01017312) | 1,800 | 62.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.4% |
| [Isle of Wight 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight/neighbourhood/e01017315) | 1,528 | 58.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.2% |
| [Isle of Wight 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight/neighbourhood/e01017361) | 1,448 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 74.9% |
| [Isle of Wight 012G](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight/neighbourhood/e01017362) | 1,513 | 51.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.7% |
| [Isle of Wight 012H](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight/neighbourhood/e01033239) | 2,314 | 59.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 82.2% |

## Your MP

- [Isle of Wight West](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/isle-of-wight-west): Richard Quigley (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Isle of Wight](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight)

## Postcode districts covering Freshwater and Totland

[PO39](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po39), [PO40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po40)

## Middle areas in Freshwater and Totland

[Yarmouth & Freshwater](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight/yarmouth-and-freshwater)

## Towns near Freshwater and Totland

[Lymington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/lymington), [Ashley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashley), [New Milton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/new-milton), [Christchurch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/christchurch), [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newport-isle-of-wight), [Cowes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cowes)

## Freshwater and Totland in brief

Freshwater and Totland is a town in Isle of Wight, South East.
About 7,636 people lived in Freshwater and Totland in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £305,000 in 2025 across 135 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 54.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Freshwater and Totland was £305,000 in 2025.
Freshwater and Totland had 7,523 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Freshwater and Totland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Freshwater and Totland, 86.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63006762
- Constituency: [Isle of Wight West †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/isle-of-wight-west)
- Council: [Isle of Wight †](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight)
- Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 3.61 km²
- People, mid-2024: 7,636*
- Neighbourhoods: 5
- Output areas: 25

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Lymington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/lymington), [Ashley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashley), [New Milton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/new-milton), [Christchurch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/christchurch), [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newport-isle-of-wight), [Cowes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cowes)

## Latest updates for Freshwater and Totland

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63006762

## How to cite

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/freshwater-and-totland
