Bracknell Forest

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• Today: 10° / 8° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:31

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

• 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

352 reported · August 2026▼ 1% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences120
• Anti-social behaviour58
• Public order33
• Shoplifting33

40 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bracknell Central North · Thames Valley

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

131 reported road collisions (2025)

36 killed or seriously injured · 148 casualties · 10.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

252 food businesses within 2 miles

• 203 rated 4–5 ★ (178 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bracknell (0.8 km)
• 26 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£391,521 average▼ 2.3% YoY

Across Bracknell Forest · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,462 average monthly rent▲ 1.7% YoY

• 1 bed £1,067
• 2 bed £1,345
• 3 bed £1,643

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

9.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.1 times median annual pay (10.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,545 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: 158.9p · Esso (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.5 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

71 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Shell Bracknell (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches17
• Playgrounds27

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

124,607 residents in Bracknell Forest · 1,139/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 65%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,128
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,071
• Net moves+1,057

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 271 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,265 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (36% of 54,740)

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

46 schools · 22,104 pupils

29 primary · 6 secondary · 11 other

Ofsted: 17 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bracknell Forest

94 CQC-registered services

• Care homes19
• GP practices15
• Dentists22
• Homecare agencies29
• Hospitals & hospices1

CQC ratings: 83% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bracknell Forest

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

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

105 applications decided

90.5% granted · 95 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Peter Swallow

Labour

Bracknell

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 20
• Con 10
• LD 7
• Grn 3
• Oth 1

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics6
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens30
• Restaurants & cafés46

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,430 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£862 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,177 disposable income per head (2024)

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

55% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 58,727 certificates

6.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

32% low-carbon electricity

Gas 67% · Wind 19% · Biomass 7% · Nuclear 6%

271 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.6 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 67 women · 65.2 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

16 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in RG12

• The Waterfield Practice
• Ringmead Medical Group
• Easthampstead Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bracknell:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases547 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth262 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND214 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks138 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety136 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide

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

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  RAF Staff College, Bracknell · 0.3 km

  The RAF Staff College at Bracknell was a Royal Air Force staff college active for most of the second half of the 20th century. Its role was the training of staff officers in the administrative, staff and policy aspect…

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  Ranelagh School · 0.5 km

  Ranelagh School is a Church of England day school in Berkshire close to the centre of Bracknell. The school was founded by Lord Ranelagh in 1709.

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  The Brakenhale School · 0.5 km

  The Brakenhale School is an 11–18 mixed, secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Bracknell, Berkshire, England. It was formerly a community school that was established in 1958 and became an academy in A…

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  Harmans Water · 0.6 km

  Harmans Water is a suburb of Bracknell, in the English county of Berkshire, formerly part of the parish of Winkfield. It takes its name from Harman's Water Lake, long gone. Building of the estate began around 1960 and…

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  Bracknell railway station · 0.8 km

  Bracknell railway station serves the Berkshire town of Bracknell. It is 32 miles 24 chains (52.0 km) down the line from London Waterloo.

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  Easthampstead · 0.9 km

  Easthampstead is a former village and now a southern suburb of the town of Bracknell, in the civil parish of Bracknell, in the Bracknell Forest district, in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. The old village…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)