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Bishop's Green

Bishop's Green is a town or village in Berkshire, England. It has 1 park or green, around 2 restaurants and cafés, 13 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Newbury Racecourse, 3.1 km away. There were around 12 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bishop's Green area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Berkshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 161,448 residents at roughly 229 people per km².

Council
West Berkshire
County
Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury
Police force
Thames Valley
65/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 42nd of 294 English council areas — better than 86% of them.

Low crime80
Home affordability32
Affordable rents41
Good schools65
Life expectancy81
Low deprivation87
Employment78
Low council tax30

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

11°CSunny

  • Today: 12° / 5° · 33% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:39

9h 41m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

47US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chilbolton Observatory, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.3 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

Crime

6 reported · August 2026▲ 100% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour4
  • Violence & sexual offences2

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Basingstoke Rural West · Hampshire

Local policing priorities

  • Violence Reduction
  • Rural Crime

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

Road safety

221 reported road collisions (2025)

70 killed or seriously injured · 280 casualties · 13.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

20 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 17 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Newbury Racecourse (4.2 km)
  • 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Newbury Racecourse (4.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£401,830 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across West Berkshire · to 2026-08

Detached£709,368
Semi-detached£415,644
Terraced£336,601
Flat£209,165

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,338 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

  • 1 bed £936
  • 2 bed £1,216
  • 3 bed £1,511

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

Affordability

9.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.6 times median annual pay (9.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,071 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · BP (8.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · BP (8.3 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

51 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 180 kW
  • Nearest: Nissan Rowstock (3.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

161,448 residents in West Berkshire · 229/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,730
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,143
  • Net moves+587

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 257 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,505 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 72,040)

A £1,670
B £1,949
C £2,227
D £2,505
E £3,062
F £3,619
G £4,176
H £5,011

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

Schools

99 schools · 27,859 pupils

67 primary · 10 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 21 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • St Bartholomew's SchoolOutstanding
  • Denefield SchoolGood
  • Kennet SchoolGood
  • Theale Green SchoolGood
  • John O'Gaunt School
  • Little Heath School
  • Park House School
  • The Downs School
  • The Willink School
  • Trinity School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Berkshire

Care & health services

149 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes45
  • GP practices17
  • Dentists34
  • Homecare agencies39
  • Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Berkshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

273 applications decided

89.4% granted · 244 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Kit Malthouse

Conservative

North West Hampshire

Recent votes:

  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 1
  • Con 11
  • LD 28
  • Grn 2
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

4 jobs advertised

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

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£861 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,258 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 75,598 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

26% low-carbon electricity

Gas 59% · Imports 15% · Solar 7% · Wind 7%

246 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 66.5 women · 65.5 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • 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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in RG20

  • Watership Down Health
  • The Downland Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Hampshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Bishop's Green · 0.1 km

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  • Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp · 0.9 km

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  • Heads Hill · 1.3 km

    Heads Hill is a hamlet on Crookham Common in the civil parish of Thatcham in the English county of Berkshire.

  • Aldern Bridge · 1.3 km

    Aldern Bridge is a hamlet in Hampshire, United Kingdom, within the civil parish of Burghclere, approximately 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south-east of Newbury.

  • Greenham and Crookham Commons · 1.3 km

    Greenham and Crookham Commons are two adjoining public park areas of 280.5-hectare (693-acre) common land designated as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in the civil parishes of Greenham and Tha…

  • Adbury · 1.5 km

    Adbury is a village in Hampshire, United Kingdom. The settlement is within the civil parish of Burghclere, and is located approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-east of Newbury.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Bishop's Green?
Bishop's Green is a town in Berkshire, England, in the West Berkshire local authority.
How deprived is Bishop's Green?
The West Berkshire local authority, which includes Bishop's Green, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.