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Sandhurst (Bracknell Forest)

Sandhurst (Bracknell Forest) is a town in Berkshire, England. It has 2 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and around 19 restaurants and cafés, with 14 bus stops and the nearest railway station being Sandhurst, 1 km away. There were around 58 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 Sandhurst (Bracknell Forest) 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

18°COvercast

  • Today: 23° / 12° · 41% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

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

72 reported · July 2026 31% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences33
  • Anti-social behaviour13
  • Criminal damage & arson8
  • Public order7

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Sandhurst · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour on Moor Close, outside Co-Op on Yeovil Road where teenagers are stood around which members of the public are findin…
  • Drug use/drug dealing activity in the Owlsmoor estate, namely Yeovil Road, Branksome Hill Road. Also locations being Snaprails park and P…

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

283 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 228 rated 4–5 ★ (185 top)
  • 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Sandhurst (1.0 km)
  • 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Sandhurst (1.0 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: 165.9p · Asda (2.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · ESSO (2.3 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

82 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 25 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: BFC The Broadway (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches12
  • Playgrounds12

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
  • 23 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

Peter Swallow

Labour

Bracknell

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

Labour (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools8
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens37
  • Restaurants & cafés26

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,285 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

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

56% low-carbon electricity

Wind 33% · Gas 26% · Imports 19% · Biomass 16%

130 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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 Bracknell:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Sandhurst School · 0.6 km

    Sandhurst School is a coeducational secondary school located in Sandhurst, Berkshire, England. The headteacher is Gareth Croxon.

  • Sandhurst, Berkshire · 0.7 km

    Sandhurst is a town and civil parish in the Bracknell Forest borough in Berkshire, England. It is in the south eastern corner of Berkshire, and is situated 32 miles (51 km) west-southwest of London, 3 miles (4.8 km) n…

  • Sandhurst Town F.C. · 0.8 km

    Sandhurst Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Sandhurst, Berkshire, England. Formed in 1910, the club plays at Bottom Meadow and compete in Wessex League Division One.

  • Bracknell Town F.C. · 0.8 km

    Bracknell Town Football Club is a football club based in Sandhurst, Berkshire, England. Affiliated to the Berks & Bucks Football Association and nicknamed The Robins, they are currently members of the Southern League…

  • Sandhurst to Owlsmoor Bogs and Heaths · 0.9 km

    Sandhurst to Owlsmoor Bogs and Heaths is an 85.8-hectare (212-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on the northern outskirts of Sandhurst in Berkshire. Part of the SSSI is Wildmoor Heath nature…

  • Owlsmoor · 1.0 km

    Owlsmoor is a suburb of Sandhurst in Berkshire, England, and part of the civil parish of Sandhurst.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Sandhurst (Bracknell Forest)?
Sandhurst (Bracknell Forest) is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Bracknell Forest local authority.
How deprived is Sandhurst (Bracknell Forest)?
The Bracknell Forest local authority, which includes Sandhurst (Bracknell Forest), is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.