Theale (West Berkshire)

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 19° / 12° · 80% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:37

13h 11m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

68 reported · July 2026▲ 51% YoY

• Shoplifting22
• Public order13
• Violence & sexual offences13
• Anti-social behaviour10

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Pangbourne and Burghfield · Thames Valley

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

206 reported road collisions (2024)

44 killed or seriously injured · 269 casualties · 12.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

94 food businesses within 2 miles

• 82 rated 4–5 ★ (71 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Theale (0.3 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£402,790 average▲ 0.2% YoY

Across West Berkshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,314 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £919
• 2 bed £1,194
• 3 bed £1,483

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (3.8 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

65 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: EVC BizSpace Theale Merlin House (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms3
• Sports pitches15
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

161,448 residents in West Berkshire · 229/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 289 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,505 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

99 schools · 27,859 pupils

67 primary · 10 secondary · 22 other

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

82inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

150 CQC-registered services

• Care homes46
• GP practices17
• Dentists34
• Homecare agencies39
• Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Berkshire

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

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

218 applications decided

86.7% granted · 189 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Olivia Bailey

Labour

Reading West and Mid Berkshire

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,340 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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

81% low-carbon electricity

Solar 36% · Wind 35% · Imports 12% · Gas 7%

39 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

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

• Do not ban social media for under 16s368 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership325 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership321 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Offer MenB vaccine to under 22s born before 2015276 local signatures · 3,696 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test274 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Theale · 0.1 km

  Theale is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England. It is 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Reading and 10 miles (16 km) east of Thatcham. The compact parish is bounded to the south and south-east by the Kennet…

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  Holy Trinity Church, Theale · 0.3 km

  Holy Trinity Church is a Church of England parish church in Theale, Berkshire, in the Diocese of Oxford. It was completed in 1832 in the Early English style, influenced by Salisbury Cathedral. The church is a Grade I…

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  Theale railway station · 0.4 km

  Theale railway station serves the village of Theale, England. It is 41 miles 22 chains measured from London Paddington.

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  Arlington Business Park · 0.5 km

  Arlington Park is a business park in Theale, England. specially designed to blend the benefits of a modern working environment with the benefits of outdoor living.

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  Draper's Osier Bed Stream · 0.7 km

  Draper's Osier Bed Stream is a small stream in southern England, in the county of Berkshire. It is formed at a weir on a section of the River Kennet running alongside the Kennet and Avon Canal, and travels east for a…

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  Theale Green School · 0.7 km

  Theale Green School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the village of Theale, Berkshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)