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Charvil

Charvil is a village in Berkshire, England, with a population of around 3,042. It has around 2 pharmacies, around 12 restaurants and cafés, 4 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Twyford, 1.6 km away. There were around 38 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 Charvil 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
Maidenhead
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

19°COvercast

  • Today: 23° / 11° · 16% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:27

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Crime

45 reported · July 2026 50% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences14
  • Anti-social behaviour11
  • Public order5
  • Shoplifting4

1 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Twyford · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • We have been made aware of anti-social behaviour issues in the alleyways linked to London Road in Twyford. This has included large groups…
  • We have been notified via social media and our neighbourhood survey of concerns relating to obstructive parking around the shops on Longf…

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

151 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 122 rated 4–5 ★ (99 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Twyford (1.6 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Twyford (1.5 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 (7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · ESSO (9.8 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

94 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: RAW GREENE KING WEE WAIF 2 (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches5
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds6

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
  • 27 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:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

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

  • Schools4
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,295 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

33 jobs advertised · £33,575 avg

e.g. Online GCSE Tutoring Job in Charvil – Flexible Schedule, Chef, Online Secondary school Tutoring Job in Charvil – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

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

73% low-carbon electricity

Wind 33% · Solar 31% · Imports 21% · Gas 6%

38 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wokingham:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Charvil · 0.0 km

    Charvil is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. The village is 5 miles from Reading on the A4 road to Maidenhead, between Sonning and Twyford. The 2021 Census recorded the parish's population as 3,158. Th…

  • Loddon Nature Reserve · 1.0 km

    Loddon Nature Reserve is a 14-hectare (35-acre) nature reserve on the edge of the village of Twyford in Berkshire. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.

  • Twyford Brook · 1.0 km

    Twyford Brook is a small English river in the county of Berkshire. It drains a rural area to the east of Twyford, starting at the foot of the M4 motorway embankment, and is a tributary of the River Loddon. It was once…

  • Waingels College · 1.3 km

    Waingels is an 11–18 mixed, secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Woodley, Berkshire, England.

  • Twyford, Berkshire · 1.3 km

    Twyford is a large village and civil parish in the Borough of Wokingham in Berkshire, England. It had a population of 6,618 in the 2011 Census. It is in the Thames Valley and on the A4 between Reading and Maidenhead,…

  • Twyford railway station · 1.6 km

    Twyford railway station serves the large village of Twyford in Berkshire, England. The station is on the Great Western Main Line, 31 miles 1 chain west of London Paddington. It is the junction station for the Henley-o…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Charvil?
Charvil is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Wokingham local authority.
What is the population of Charvil?
Charvil has an approximate settlement population of 3,042.
How deprived is Charvil?
The Wokingham local authority, which includes Charvil, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.