Bracknell

20°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 12° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Light rain shower

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

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

373 reported · July 2026▲ 18% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences144
• Anti-social behaviour59
• Other theft37
• Public order33

38 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bracknell Town Centre · 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)

254 food businesses within 2 miles

• 208 rated 4–5 ★ (183 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bracknell (0.1 km)
• 29 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 (10.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · ESSO (9.4 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

65 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Braccan Walk Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches21
• Playgrounds23

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
• 29 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)

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens21
• Restaurants & cafés48

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,285 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,027 jobs advertised · £41,660 avg

e.g. Mechanical / Electrical Engineer, InfraOps DCEO, Vehicle Service Technician, Superflex Roadside Patrol - Reading

Source: Adzuna

£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

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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  Bracknell railway station · 0.1 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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  Bracknell · 0.3 km

  Bracknell is a town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, the westernmost area within the Greater London Urban Area and the administrative centre of the borough of Bracknell Forest. It lies 11 miles (18 km) to the e…

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  Ranelagh School · 0.3 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 Lexicon, Bracknell · 0.4 km

  The Lexicon is a retail and leisure complex located in Bracknell, Berkshire. It was part of a wider regeneration project in the town, which saw a third of its centre demolished. The Lexicon was then constructed on the…

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  Bracknell Forest · 0.5 km

  Bracknell Forest is a borough with unitary status in Berkshire, England, centred on the two towns of Bracknell and Sandhurst. It also includes the villages of Crowthorne and also includes the areas of North Ascot, Bin…

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  Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · 0.5 km

  Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and other community based health services, primarily to the resident population of the Royal County of Berkshire, England, in the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)