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Camberley

Camberley is a town in Berkshire, England, with a population of around 30,155. It has around 2 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets, and 21 restaurants and cafés, 18 bus stops, and Blackwater railway station is 0.5 km away. The average sold house price is around £484,549. There were around 171 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 Camberley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bracknell Forest area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 124,607 residents at roughly 1,139 people per km².

Council
Bracknell Forest
County
Berkshire
Constituency
Bracknell
Police force
Thames Valley
74/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 6th of 294 English council areas — better than 98% of them.

Low crime73
Home affordability39
Affordable rents38
Good schools95
Life expectancy89
Low deprivation89
Employment65
Low council tax88

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

21°COvercast

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:26

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Crime

174 reported · July 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences58
  • Anti-social behaviour29
  • Shoplifting23
  • Criminal damage & arson15

4 stop & searches · mostly articles for use in criminal damage

Neighbourhood team: Camberley Town and St Pauls · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • ASB related issues around drug use and dealing
  • Shoplifting and assaults towards retail workers.

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

355 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 268 rated 4–5 ★ (217 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Camberley (0.1 km)
  • 31 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Camberley (0.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£396,103 average 0.2% YoY

Across Bracknell Forest · to 2026-06

Detached£738,202
Semi-detached£448,893
Terraced£352,517
Flat£215,716

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (8.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · ESSO (5.4 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

52 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Main Square Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches18
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

124,607 residents in Bracknell Forest · 1,139/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 65%
  • 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,265 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (36% of 54,740)

A £1,510
B £1,762
C £2,013
D £2,265
E £2,768
F £3,271
G £3,775
H £4,530

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Edgbarrow SchoolOutstanding
  • King's Academy Easthampstead ParkGood
  • Garth Hill College
  • Ranelagh School
  • Sandhurst School
  • The Brakenhale School

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

116 applications decided

91.4% granted · 106 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal Democrat

Surrey Heath

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 20
  • Con 10
  • LD 7
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools9
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets5
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés48

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,285 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

884 jobs advertised · £43,494 avg

e.g. Staff Nurse - Pre-Assessment, Infection Prevention and Control Nurse, Senior Tax Analyst – Technology

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

73% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Biomass 15% · Gas 14% · Imports 13%

80 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Surrey Heath:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Camberley railway station · 0.2 km

    Camberley railway station serves the town of Camberley, in Surrey, England. It is a stop on the Ascot–Ash Vale line, 35 miles 30 chains (56.9 km) from London Waterloo. The station is operated by South Western Railway,…

  • Camberley · 0.2 km

    Camberley is a town in north-west Surrey, England, around 29 miles south-west of central London. It is in the Borough of Surrey Heath and is close to the county boundaries with Hampshire and Berkshire. Known originall…

  • Surrey Heath · 0.3 km

    Surrey Heath is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. Its council is based in Camberley. Much of the area is within the Metropolitan Green Belt.

  • Camberley Obelisk · 0.4 km

    Camberley Obelisk is a brick tower at the top of a hill in Camberley, Surrey, England. The tower was built by John Norris (1721–1786) in about 1765–1770. The top section of the tower was destroyed by fire in the early…

  • St Tarcisius Church, Camberley · 0.6 km

    St Tarcisius Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Camberley, Surrey. It was built between 1923 and 1924 and was designed by Frederick Walters. It is situated on the London Road, to the north of the town, next t…

  • Staff College, Camberley · 0.6 km

    The Staff College, Camberley, located in Surrey, was a staff college for the British Army and the presidency armies of British India. It had its origins in the Royal Military College, High Wycombe, founded in 1799, wh…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Camberley?
Camberley is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Bracknell Forest local authority.
What is the population of Camberley?
Camberley has an approximate settlement population of 30,155.
How deprived is Camberley?
The Bracknell Forest local authority, which includes Camberley, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.