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Arborfield Garrison

Arborfield Garrison is a town or village in Berkshire, England. It has around 1 supermarket and 2 restaurants and cafés, 20 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Wokingham, 4.9 km away. There were around 45 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Arborfield Garrison area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Wokingham area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 177,502 residents at roughly 992 people per km².

Council
Wokingham
County
Berkshire
Constituency
Wokingham
Police force
Thames Valley
73/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 13th of 294 English council areas — better than 96% of them.

Low crime95
Home affordability25
Affordable rents42
Good schools66
Life expectancy99
Low deprivation100
Employment92
Low council tax33

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

15°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 23° / 13° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:29

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Crime

53 reported · July 2026 26% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences29
  • Anti-social behaviour7
  • Criminal damage & arson3
  • Public order3

Neighbourhood team: Fields · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social use of motorbikes, e-scooters, dirt bikes and quadbikes throughout the area - in particular, issues with youths riding bikes…
  • Theft of parcels across the Shinfield area, mainly Shinfield Park estate. This is an ongoing problem and potentially suspects using fraud…

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

Road safety

160 reported road collisions (2024)

19 killed or seriously injured · 181 casualties · 9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

54 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 47 rated 4–5 ★ (38 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Wokingham (4.6 km)
  • 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wokingham (4.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£498,941 average 3.1% YoY

Across Wokingham · to 2026-06

Detached£772,622
Semi-detached£501,991
Terraced£375,093
Flat£248,729

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,470 average monthly rent 2.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,056
  • 2 bed £1,349
  • 3 bed £1,650

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

Affordability

10.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.5 times median annual pay (11.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (10.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (7.1 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

69 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 24 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Bramshill Close (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

177,502 residents in Wokingham · 992/km²

  • Under 16: 21%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 316 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,498 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (28% of 75,150)

A £1,665
B £1,943
C £2,220
D £2,498
E £3,053
F £3,608
G £4,163
H £4,995

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

Schools

84 schools · 33,224 pupils

54 primary · 9 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 22 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

71inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Maiden Erlegh SchoolOutstanding
  • The Holt SchoolOutstanding
  • The Emmbrook SchoolGood
  • The Forest SchoolGood
  • Bohunt School Wokingham
  • Oakbank School
  • St Crispin's School
  • The Bulmershe School
  • Waingels

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wokingham

Care & health services

168 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes45
  • GP practices24
  • Dentists38
  • Homecare agencies50

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wokingham

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

269 applications decided

93.7% granted · 252 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Clive Jones

Liberal Democrat

Wokingham

Recent votes:

  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 5
  • Con 19
  • LD 29
  • Grn 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens9
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,295 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£954 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,259 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 73,180 certificates

6.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

72% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Gas 24% · Biomass 15% · Nuclear 10%

112 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 87.3 yrs women · 82.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 69.4 women · 68 men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Health services

9 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in RG2

  • Milman & Kennet Surgery
  • Long Barn Lane Surgery
  • University Medical Group

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wokingham:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Arborfield Green · 0.3 km

    Arborfield Green is a new village approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south east of the village of Arborfield Cross in the English county of Berkshire, previously a British Army garrison called Arborfield Garrison. The army…

  • Arborfield Studios · 0.6 km

    Arborfield Studios is a film and television studio located in Arborfield, Berkshire, England. It is located about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from central Reading and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Shinfield Studios. Managed by…

  • Bohunt School Wokingham · 0.8 km

    Bohunt School Wokingham is an 11-16 mixed secondary school with academy status in Arborfield Green, Berkshire, England. It was established in September 2016 and is a part of the Bohunt Education Trust.

  • Arborfield Cross · 1.3 km

    Arborfield Cross is a village in the civil parish of Arborfield and Newland in the Borough of Wokingham in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. In 2021 it had a population of 763.

  • Longmoor Bog · 1.4 km

    Longmoor Bog is a 14-hectare (35-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Finchampstead in Berkshire. An area of 11.8 hectares is a Local Nature Reserve. It is part of California Country Park, whi…

  • California Country Park · 1.6 km

    California Country Park is a 100-acre (40 ha) country park covering Long Moor at California, Berkshire, England. It consists of lowland heath and bogland, including Longmoor Bog, a Site of Special Scientific Interest…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Arborfield Garrison?
Arborfield Garrison is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Wokingham local authority.
How deprived is Arborfield Garrison?
The Wokingham local authority, which includes Arborfield Garrison, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.