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Pangbourne

Pangbourne is a town in Berkshire, England, with a population of around 3,802. It has one pharmacy, eight restaurants and cafés, one bus stop, and Pangbourne railway station is 0.9 km away. There were around 16 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Pangbourne area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Berkshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 161,448 residents at roughly 229 people per km².

Council
West Berkshire
County
Berkshire
Constituency
Reading West
Police force
Thames Valley
65/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 42nd of 294 English council areas — better than 86% of them.

Low crime80
Home affordability32
Affordable rents41
Good schools65
Life expectancy81
Low deprivation87
Employment78
Low council tax30

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

9°COvercast

  • Today: 12° / 6° · 28% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:30

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

23 reported · August 2026

  • Shoplifting5
  • Violence & sexual offences5
  • Other theft4
  • Anti-social behaviour3

Neighbourhood team: Pangbourne and Burghfield · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • We have received reports of increased drug-related activity and anti-social behaviour in the Meadow Way area of Theale.
  • There have been ongoing reports of anti-social behaviour on Reading Road, Burghfield Common, including incidents involving catapults bein…

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

Road safety

221 reported road collisions (2025)

70 killed or seriously injured · 280 casualties · 13.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

47 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 36 rated 4–5 ★ (33 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Pangbourne (0.4 km)
  • 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Pangbourne (0.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£401,830 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across West Berkshire · to 2026-08

Detached£709,368
Semi-detached£415,644
Terraced£336,601
Flat£209,165

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,338 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

  • 1 bed £936
  • 2 bed £1,216
  • 3 bed £1,511

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

Affordability

9.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.6 times median annual pay (9.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,071 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: 156.9p · BP (7.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (7.3 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

28 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 360 kW
  • Nearest: Elephant Hotel (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches16
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

161,448 residents in West Berkshire · 229/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,730
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,143
  • Net moves+587

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,505 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 72,040)

A £1,670
B £1,949
C £2,227
D £2,505
E £3,062
F £3,619
G £4,176
H £5,011

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

Schools

99 schools · 27,859 pupils

67 primary · 10 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 21 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • St Bartholomew's SchoolOutstanding
  • Denefield SchoolGood
  • Kennet SchoolGood
  • Theale Green SchoolGood
  • John O'Gaunt School
  • Little Heath School
  • Park House School
  • The Downs School
  • The Willink School
  • Trinity School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Berkshire

Care & health services

149 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes45
  • GP practices17
  • Dentists34
  • Homecare agencies39
  • Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Berkshire

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Pangbourne)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 67 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

273 applications decided

89.4% granted · 244 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Olivia Bailey

Labour

Reading West and Mid Berkshire

Recent votes:

  • AyeRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 1
  • Con 11
  • LD 28
  • Grn 2
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

25 jobs advertised · £31,834 avg

e.g. IT Technician, Full-Time Dental Receptionist - Pangbourne, Technical Support Engineer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£861 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,258 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 · 75,598 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Wind 25% · Biomass 11% · Nuclear 9%

219 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 66.5 women · 65.5 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in RG8

  • The Boat House Surgery
  • Goring & Woodcote Medical Practice
  • North And West Reading Hub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Reading West and Mid Berkshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Pangbourne · 0.1 km

    Pangbourne is a village and civil parish on the River Thames in the West Berkshire unitary area of the county of Berkshire, England. Pangbourne has shops, churches, schools and a village hall. Outside its grouped deve…

  • River Pang · 0.3 km

    The River Pang is a small chalk stream river in the west of the English county of Berkshire, and a tributary of the River Thames. It runs for approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) from its source near the village of Com…

  • Whitchurch Bridge · 0.3 km

    Whitchurch Bridge is a toll bridge that carries the B471 road over the River Thames in England. It links the villages of Pangbourne in Berkshire, and Whitchurch-on-Thames in Oxfordshire – crossing the river just downs…

  • Pangbourne railway station · 0.4 km

    Pangbourne railway station serves the village of Pangbourne in the county of Berkshire, and across the River Thames the village of Whitchurch-on-Thames, in Oxfordshire. It is 41 miles 43 chains (66.8 km) down the line…

  • Whitchurch Lock · 0.4 km

    Whitchurch Lock is a lock and weir on the River Thames in England. It is a pound lock, built by the Thames Navigation Commissioners in 1787. It is on an island near the Oxfordshire village of Whitchurch-on-Thames and…

  • Pangbourne College Boat Club · 0.7 km

    Pangbourne College Boat Club is a rowing club based on the River Thames at Pangbourne College Boathouse, Shooters Hill, Pangbourne, Berkshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Pangbourne?
Pangbourne is a town in Berkshire, England, in the West Berkshire local authority.
What is the population of Pangbourne?
Pangbourne has an approximate settlement population of 3,802.
How deprived is Pangbourne?
The West Berkshire local authority, which includes Pangbourne, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.