# Locks Heath

Town in Fareham, South East.

Locks Heath is a town in Fareham, South East. Median sale price £380,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 53.3 per 1,000 people. About 36,068 people.

Town. Code E63006509. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Fareham](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham)

Locks Heath is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Locks Heath 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: £380,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Locks Heath was £380,000 in 2025. Joint 216th 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/locks-heath#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 35,744** (2021). Locks Heath had 35,744 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 309th most 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/locks-heath#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 1%** (2022). About 1% of people in Locks Heath 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/locks-heath#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.2%** (January 2026). In Locks Heath, 98.2% 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/locks-heath#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63006509) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 1% of people in Locks Heath 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=E63006509) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 662 homes were sold in Locks Heath in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63006509) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Locks Heath.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63006509) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Locks Heath had 35,744 usual residents at the census.

## How Locks Heath compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Locks Heath | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £380,000 | joint 93rd cheapest | 209 towns, South East · 2025 |
| Population | 35,744 | 55th most populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 1% | joint 81st fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.2% | joint 5th highest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 |

## Is Locks Heath safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Locks Heath at a rate of 53.3 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, 164 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Locks Heath.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (783), other crime (383) and anti-social behaviour (267).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Locks Heath was 49.2 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 Locks Heath, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Locks Heath has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 11 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Locks Heath

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Fareham 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022758) | 2,215 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Fareham 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022773) | 1,712 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.9% |
| [Fareham 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022749) | 1,311 | 9.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Fareham 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022753) | 1,144 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Fareham 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022754) | 2,287 | 109.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.0% |
| [Fareham 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022780) | 1,741 | 90.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.7% |
| [Fareham 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022787) | 1,366 | 43.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.7% |
| [Fareham 002F](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022788) | 1,249 | 129.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| [Fareham 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022750) | 1,408 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Fareham 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022751) | 1,534 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| [Fareham 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022752) | 1,364 | 10.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Fareham 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022757) | 1,591 | 23.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Fareham 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022790) | 1,680 | 23.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| [Fareham 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022755) | 1,669 | 46.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| [Fareham 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022756) | 1,775 | 32.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Fareham 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022791) | 1,861 | 46.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| [Fareham 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022792) | 1,597 | 38.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.8% |
| [Fareham 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022793) | 1,940 | 63.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.5% |
| [Fareham 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022781) | 1,365 | 85.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 82.3% |
| [Fareham 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022782) | 1,573 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% |
| [Fareham 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022785) | 1,420 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| [Fareham 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022786) | 2,160 | 71.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| [Fareham 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/neighbourhood/e01022789) | 1,500 | 41.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% |

## Your MP

- [Hamble Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hamble-valley): Paul Holmes (Conservative), 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

[Fareham](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham)

## Postcode districts covering Locks Heath

[PO14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po14), [PO15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po15), [SO31](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so31)

## Middle areas in Locks Heath

[Locks Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/locks-heath), [Park Gate & Segensworth](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/park-gate-and-segensworth), [Titchfield & Titchfield Common](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/titchfield-and-titchfield-common), [Warsash](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham/warsash)

## Towns near Locks Heath

[Whiteley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whiteley), [Bursledon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bursledon), [Fareham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/fareham), [Hedge End](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hedge-end), [Lee-on-the-Solent](https://openindex.co.uk/town/lee-on-the-solent), [Southampton](https://openindex.co.uk/southampton)

## Locks Heath in brief

Locks Heath is a town in Fareham, South East.
About 36,068 people lived in Locks Heath in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £380,000 in 2025 across 662 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 53.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Locks Heath was £380,000 in 2025.
Locks Heath had 35,744 usual residents at the census.
About 1% of people in Locks Heath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Locks Heath, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63006509
- Constituency: [Hamble Valley †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hamble-valley)
- Council: [Fareham †](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham)
- Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 13.20 km²
- People, mid-2024: 36,068*
- Neighbourhoods: 23
- Output areas: 111

* 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

[Whiteley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whiteley), [Bursledon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bursledon), [Fareham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/fareham), [Hedge End](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hedge-end), [Lee-on-the-Solent](https://openindex.co.uk/town/lee-on-the-solent), [Southampton](https://openindex.co.uk/southampton)

## Latest updates for Locks Heath

- 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/E63006509

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/locks-heath, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/locks-heath#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/locks-heath