Crap Towns / Hampshire / West End
West End
10/100Crap Score
889th crappest of 984 towns, and 23rd in Hampshire. Higher scores are crapper.
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No theatres. Loads of cricket traffic.
It's called West End and it's near Southampton. It has the county cricket ground.
West End is a village outside Southampton with Hampshire's cricket ground and Telegraph Woods. It's not that West End. There are no theatres and nobody kicks off. The only trouble comes when there's cricket or a concert on, and everyone parks across your drive and makes a racket till late.
Everyone lives within 400 metres of a park, with twice the typical town's parks per head, and there are 2 public pools. The teenagers still say there's nothing to do, and bus stops are thin on the ground, so they're stuck in the park.
What the score is made of
Ten ingredients, each marked out of 100. Higher is crapper.
West End's 70 for serious road collisions means it's crapper than 70% of towns.
- Serious road collisions70/1003.1 per 10,000 people a year, fatal and serious, 2021 to 2025
- Air pollution64/10011.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of fine particles, 2024 average
- Deliberate fires57/1006.4 per 10,000 people a year, April 2023 to March 2026
- Broadband43/1006.1% of premises can't get gigabit, January 2026, and 9.7% across the Eastleigh council area
- Rain36/100123 days of rain a year, at least 1 mm, 1991 to 2020 average
- Food hygiene26/1000.0% rated 0 to 2, of the 38 food businesses with a rating
- Criminal damage and arson16/1004.6 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Fly-tipping11/1004.9 incidents per 1,000 people a year, Eastleigh council area, 2022-23 to 2024-25
- Sewage spills9/1006.2 spill hours per 10,000 people a year, storm overflows within 1 km, 2024 to 2025
- Anti-social behaviour6/1007.2 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
| Pos | Town | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Andover | 11 |
| 20 | Winchester | 11 |
| 21 | Romsey | 11 |
| 22 | Farnborough | 10 |
| 23 | West End | 10 |
| 24 | Locks Heath | 9 |
| 25 | Alton | 9 |
| 26 | Hythe and Dibden Purlieu | 6 |
| 27 | South Hayling | 5 |
West End by numbers
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Crime, muck and dodgy water
- 56.9 crimes per 1,000 people a year (September 2023 to August 2026) Better: 25% lower than the typical town's 76.2
- 42 reports of potholes and bad road surfaces on FixMyStreet, the most reported problem in the year to October 2026 Worse: 38.6 per 10,000 people, 11.4x the typical town's 3.4
- 1 serious pollution incident within 1 km since 2016, the latest in 2026
What's left on the high street
- 4 pubs, 5 hairdressers, 4 charity shops on the map here as of 1 October 2026
- 1 public toilet on the map (October 2026) Worse: 0.9 per 10,000 people, 44% lower than the typical town's 1.6
- 2 public swimming pools open Better: 1.8 per 10,000 people, 2.6x the typical English town's 0.7
Getting about, getting online, getting rained on
- 11.30pm last bus out on a Wednesday Worse: Earlier than the typical town's 12.14am
- 0.7% of premises can't get superfast broadband (January 2026) Worse: 40% higher than the typical town's 0.5%
- 0.0% live more than 400 metres from a park or play space Better: Against the typical town's 15.5%
- 1,662 hours of sunshine a year (1991 to 2020 average) Better: 8% higher than the typical town's 1,532
Eastleigh council
- £2,342 Band D council tax (2026-27) About the same: £50 less than the English average
- 8% of Hampshire County Council's unclassified roads should have been considered for maintenance (2025-26) Better: 50% lower than England's 16%
- 1 ombudsman complaint upheld against the council in 2025-26
- More on the council
Have a crap-off
West End against your mate's town, and a match ticket to rub it in.
- ?Fly-tippingper 1,000, council area?
- ?Anti-social behaviourper 1,000 people?
- ?Serious road crashesper 10,000 people?
- ?Sewage spillshours per 10,000 people?
- ?Food hygienerated poor?
- ?Criminal damageper 1,000 people?
- ?Dirty airµg/m³?
- ?No gigabitof premises can't get it?
- ?Deliberate firesper 10,000 people?
- ?Raindays a year?
Ten ingredients. One verdict. Who's crapper? The higher Crap Score takes it.