Basingstoke and Deane

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 8° · 31% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:33

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

45US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chilbolton Observatory, United Kingdom

• 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Basingstoke Rural West · Hampshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

276 reported road collisions (2025)

74 killed or seriously injured · 365 casualties · 14.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

8 food businesses within 2 miles

• 5 rated 4–5 ★ (5 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Overton (6.4 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£373,551 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across Basingstoke and Deane · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,309 average monthly rent▲ 1.5% YoY

• 1 bed £930
• 2 bed £1,210
• 3 bed £1,466

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (9.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,390 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 171.9p · Asda (7.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · Asda (7.9 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: ICUEVE900605 (4.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

185,154 residents in Basingstoke and Deane · 292/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,732
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,356
• Net moves+376

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 237 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,255 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (34% of 81,590)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

86 schools · 26,122 pupils

58 primary · 10 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 33 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

75 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Basingstoke and Deane

1,439 CQC-registered services

• Care homes483
• GP practices166
• Dentists324
• Homecare agencies359
• Hospitals & hospices35

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hampshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 6 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

259 applications decided

91.1% granted · 236 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 10
• Con 11
• LD 11
• Grn 2
• Ref 3
• Oth 17

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

8,260 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

5 jobs advertised · £31,200 avg

e.g. Commercial Cleaners for Offices, Office Cleaners, Experienced Commercial Cleaners Needed – Office Sites

Source: Adzuna

£823 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,000 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

59% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 88,518 certificates

7.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 82.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hampshire): 65.1 women · 64.2 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Hampshire:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases535 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND239 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth234 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks225 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills177 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Ibworth · 0.8 km

  Ibworth is a hamlet in Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Hannington. Interesting features include a community notice board and a wall post box dating from the reign of Queen Victoria.

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  Upper Wootton · 1.0 km

  Upper Wootton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Wootton St Lawrence with Ramsdell in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Tadley, which lies approximately 4.8 miles 6.2 miles…

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  Malshanger · 1.8 km

  Malshanger is a small village in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Basingstoke, which lies approximately 4.5 miles (7.1 km) south-east from the village.

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  Wootton St Lawrence · 2.3 km

  Wootton St Lawrence is a small village in the civil parish of Wootton St Lawrence with Ramsdell, in Hampshire, England, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Basingstoke. The name is derived from the Old English wudu tun meaning…

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  Ewhurst, Hampshire · 2.4 km

  Ewhurst is a village in the civil parish of Baughurst, in the Basingstoke and Deane district, in Hampshire, England, and 6.2 miles (10.0 km) northwest of Basingstoke. Its parish church dates from 1682. The village its…

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  Newfound, Hampshire · 3.1 km

  Newfound is a hamlet in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Basingstoke, which lies approximately 4.1 miles (6.6 km) east from the hamlet.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)