Bracknell Forest

23°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 12° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:26

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

426 reported · July 2026▲ 19% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences159
• Anti-social behaviour60
• Other theft40
• Public order36

41 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bracknell Central North · Thames Valley

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

102 reported road collisions (2024)

18 killed or seriously injured · 125 casualties · 8.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

251 food businesses within 2 miles

• 205 rated 4–5 ★ (181 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

£396,103 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across Bracknell Forest · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,456 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY

• 1 bed £1,063
• 2 bed £1,341
• 3 bed £1,637

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · ESSO (9.1 km)

16 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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 284 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

45 schools · 22,062 pupils

29 primary · 6 secondary · 10 other

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

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

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

92 CQC-registered services

• Care homes18
• 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)

116 applications decided

91.4% granted · 106 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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 & cafés47

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,285 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£862 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% 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

73% low-carbon electricity

Solar 35% · Wind 32% · Imports 18% · Gas 9%

48 gCO₂/kWh · low 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 cases544 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership444 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s367 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test355 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office347 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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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)