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Bray

Bray is a village in Berkshire, England, with a population of around 10,000. It has 1 supermarket, 6 restaurants and cafés, 12 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Maidenhead, 1.9 km away. In June 2026, there were around 21 recorded street crimes, 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 Bray area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Windsor and Maidenhead area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 153,497 residents at roughly 781 people per km².

Council
Windsor and Maidenhead
County
Berkshire
Constituency
Maidenhead
Police force
Thames Valley
59/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 86th of 294 English council areas — better than 71% of them.

Low crime74
Home affordability6
Affordable rents12
Good schools32
Life expectancy75
Low deprivation96
Employment74
Low council tax97

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

10°COvercast

  • Today: 12° / 8° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:32

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

11 reported · August 2026▼ 58% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Public order2
  • Vehicle crime2
  • Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Maidenhead South · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour and drug-related activity on the streets and in our green open spaces.
  • E-Scooter and E-bike Use. After a TV Alerts Survey a large number of residents in Maidenhead South have stated that Speeding, E-Bike and…

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

Road safety

176 reported road collisions (2025)

45 killed or seriously injured · 213 casualties · 11.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

279 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 221 rated 4–5 ★ (193 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Taplow (2.3 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Taplow (2.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£583,688 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across Windsor and Maidenhead · to 2026-08

Detached£1,142,002
Semi-detached£611,223
Terraced£491,374
Flat£307,916

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,800 average monthly rent▲ 0.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,246
  • 2 bed £1,567
  • 3 bed £1,916

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

Affordability

13.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 13.3 times median annual pay (13.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,715 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: 158.9p · Esso (4.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (4.3 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

62 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Autotechnics UK LTD (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches12
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

153,497 residents in Windsor and Maidenhead · 781/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,978
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,347
  • Net moves+631

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 285 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£1,953 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 67,630)

A £1,302
B £1,519
C £1,736
D £1,953
E £2,387
F £2,820
G £3,254
H £3,905

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

Schools

83 schools · 27,804 pupils

46 primary · 10 secondary · 27 other

Ofsted: 21 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Charters SchoolGood
  • Holyport CollegeGood
  • Cox Green SchoolRequires improvement
  • Windsor Girls' SchoolRequires improvement
  • Altwood Church of England School
  • Churchmead Church of England (VA) School
  • Desborough College
  • Furze Platt Senior School
  • Newlands Girls' School
  • The Windsor Boys' School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Windsor and Maidenhead

Care & health services

190 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes43
  • GP practices46
  • Dentists44
  • Homecare agencies31
  • Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Windsor and Maidenhead

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 43 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

291 applications decided

71.8% granted · 209 granted, 82 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Mr Joshua Reynolds

Liberal Democrat

Maidenhead

Recent votes:

  • AyeOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft 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

  • Con 8
  • LD 21
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 11

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

10,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

9 jobs advertised · £35,654 avg

e.g. Chef De Partie, Senior Social Care Worker, Commis Chef

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£952 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£38,211 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 · 71,997 certificates

8.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 59% · Wind 19% · Biomass 11% · Nuclear 9%

244 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 68.9 women · 67.3 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Health services

20 GP surgeries · 13 pharmacies in SL6

  • Woodlands Park Surgery
  • Linden Medical Centre
  • Ross Road Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Maidenhead:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Monkey Island, Bray · 0.3 km

    Monkey Island is an island in the River Thames in England, on the reach above Boveney Lock. Its nearest village is Bray, Berkshire. The dominant building on the island is a small hotel since the late 19th century. The…

  • M4 Thames Bridge · 0.4 km

    The M4 Thames Bridge Maidenhead is a motorway bridge between Dorney Reach, Buckinghamshire and Bray near Maidenhead, Berkshire in England built in the 1960s.

  • Pigeonhill Eyot · 0.5 km

    Pigeonhill Eyot is an island in the River Thames in England just above Bray Lock, near Bray, Berkshire. It sits between the lock and Headpile Eyot and lock weirs run from the island to the Bray bank.

  • The Cut, Berkshire · 0.6 km

    The Cut is a river in England that rises in North Ascot, Berkshire. It flows for around 14 miles (23 km), through the rural Northern Parishes of Winkfield, Warfield and Binfield in Bracknell Forest on its way down to…

  • Bray Lock · 0.7 km

    Bray Lock is a lock and weir on the River Thames in England near Bray and Dorney Reach, and is just above the M4 Bridge across the Thames. The lock is on the Buckinghamshire side of the river on the opposite bank from…

  • Bray Pit · 0.8 km

    Bray Pit is a nature reserve on the edge of the village of Holyport in Berkshire, England. The nature reserve was under the management of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, but as of Decemb…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Bray?
Bray is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Windsor and Maidenhead local authority.
How deprived is Bray?
The Windsor and Maidenhead local authority, which includes Bray, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.