Crowthorne

13°CClear

• Today: 23° / 11° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

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

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

99 reported · July 2026▲ 94% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences37
• Public order19
• Shoplifting16
• Anti-social behaviour15

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Crowthorne · 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)

148 food businesses within 2 miles

• 129 rated 4–5 ★ (109 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Crowthorne (1.9 km)
• 11 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: 164.9p · Asda (3.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (3.7 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

80 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Technology House (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches19
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds8

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
• 7 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)

• Schools9
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,285 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

105 jobs advertised · £35,831 avg

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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

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 22% · Biomass 17% · Nuclear 10%

203 gCO₂/kWh · high 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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  Crowthorne · 0.0 km

  Crowthorne is a village, and civil parish, in the Bracknell Forest district of southeastern Berkshire, England. It had a population of 7,806 at the 2021 census.

• Edgbarrow School · 0.8 km

  Edgbarrow School is a secondary Academy School in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England. The school is the main state secondary school in the area, and includes Edgbarrow Sixth Form College. It previously held the title of a…

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  Broadmoor Hospital · 1.0 km

  Broadmoor Hospital is a high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England.

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  Edgcumbe Park · 1.2 km

  Edgcumbe Park is an executive residential housing estate of 414 houses, chalets, bungalows and flats in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England, within Bracknell Forest and the Borough of Wokingham. It is in an area once part…

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  Wellington College, Berkshire · 1.2 km

  Wellington College is a co-educational public school providing education for boarding and day pupils in the village of Crowthorne, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. Wellington is a registered charity and currently…

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  Wildmoor Heath · 1.3 km

  Wildmoor Heath is a 91-hectare (220-acre) nature reserve south of Crowthorne in Berkshire. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. The reserve is part of two Sites of Special Sc…

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