Wokingham

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• Today: 10° / 8° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:31

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

155 reported · August 2026▲ 31% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences51
• Shoplifting26
• Public order19
• Anti-social behaviour17

8 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Wokingham Town · Thames Valley

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

194 reported road collisions (2025)

46 killed or seriously injured · 253 casualties · 10.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

221 food businesses within 2 miles

• 192 rated 4–5 ★ (170 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wokingham (0.5 km)
• 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£491,944 average▼ 2.5% YoY

Across Wokingham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,466 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY

• 1 bed £1,054
• 2 bed £1,345
• 3 bed £1,646

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

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

2,232 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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (11.9 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

85 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Wokingham Borough Council Offices (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches27
• Playgrounds19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

177,502 residents in Wokingham · 992/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK13,285
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK12,508
• Net moves+777

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 295 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,498 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (28% of 75,150)

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

84 schools · 33,224 pupils

54 primary · 9 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 22 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wokingham

169 CQC-registered services

• Care homes45
• GP practices25
• Dentists38
• Homecare agencies49

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wokingham

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

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

280 applications decided

97.1% granted · 272 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Clive Jones

Liberal Democrat

Wokingham

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 5
• Con 19
• LD 29
• Grn 1

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

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens22
• Restaurants & cafés45

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,495 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

801 jobs advertised · £42,481 avg

e.g. Principal Training Developer, Residential Conveyancing Paralegal, Nursery Educator / Nursery Practitioner

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 59% · Wind 15% · Solar 12% · Biomass 7%

243 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

7 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in RG40

• Wokingham Medical Centre
• Finchampstead Practice
• Perinatal Mental Health

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wokingham:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases311 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Offer MenB vaccine to under 22s born before 2015269 local signatures · 3,919 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills240 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks238 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND190 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Wokingham Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Wokingham Town Hall is a municipal building in Wokingham, Berkshire, England. The building is the meeting place of Wokingham Town Council and is a Grade II* listed building.

• Wokingham Rural District · 0.2 km

  Wokingham Rural District was a rural district in the county of Berkshire, England. It was created in 1894. It was named after and administered from Wokingham, though this was a separate municipal borough.

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  Wokingham railway station · 0.5 km

  Wokingham railway station serves the market town of Wokingham, in Berkshire, England. It lies 62 miles 8 chains down the line from London Charing Cross, via Redhill. The station is at the junction of the Waterloo–Read…

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  Borough of Wokingham · 0.5 km

  Wokingham, or the Borough of Wokingham, is a local government district with borough status in Berkshire, England. Since 1998 its council has been a unitary authority, having taken on county-level functions when Berksh…

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  Wokingham · 0.5 km

  Wokingham is a market town and civil parish in Berkshire, England. It is the main administrative centre of the wider Borough of Wokingham. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 38,284 and the wider built-u…

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  Wescott Infant School · 0.6 km

  Wescott Infant School is a coeducational infant school located in Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)