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Woodley

Woodley is a town in Berkshire, England, with a population of around 15,000. It features 2 GP surgeries, 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, and around 9 restaurants and cafés, alongside 63 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Earley, 1.8 km away. There were around 56 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 Woodley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Wokingham area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 177,502 residents at roughly 992 people per km².

Council
Wokingham
County
Berkshire
Constituency
Reading East
Police force
Thames Valley
73/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 8th of 294 English council areas — better than 97% of them.

Low crime95
Home affordability25
Affordable rents44
Good schools66
Life expectancy99
Low deprivation100
Employment94
Low council tax33

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°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 6° · 28% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 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

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

54 reported · August 2026▼ 16% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences24
  • Anti-social behaviour9
  • Vehicle crime6
  • Public order4

Neighbourhood team: Woodley · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • E-bikes & E- scooters Colemansmoor Road & Dinton Pastures
  • ASB Loddon Vale and Sandford Estates

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

201 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 160 rated 4–5 ★ (137 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Winnersh Triangle (1.6 km)
  • 36 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Winnersh Triangle (1.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£491,944 average▼ 2.5% YoY

Across Wokingham · to 2026-08

Detached£758,193
Semi-detached£496,195
Terraced£371,778
Flat£245,507

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (7.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (7.2 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

118 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 27 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Loddon Vale Centre (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches8
  • Playgrounds20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

177,502 residents in Wokingham · 992/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,498 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,665
B £1,943
C £2,220
D £2,498
E £3,053
F £3,608
G £4,163
H £4,995

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Maiden Erlegh SchoolOutstanding
  • The Holt SchoolOutstanding
  • The Emmbrook SchoolGood
  • The Forest SchoolGood
  • Bohunt School Wokingham
  • Oakbank School
  • St Crispin's School
  • The Bulmershe School
  • Waingels

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wokingham

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

280 applications decided

97.1% granted · 272 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 5
  • Con 19
  • LD 29
  • Grn 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics5
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens11
  • Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,495 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

41 jobs advertised · £34,451 avg

e.g. Hospitality Assistant, Salaried GP, Area Chef Manager

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in RG5

  • Woodley Practice
  • Loddon Vale Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Earley and Woodley:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Museum of Berkshire Aviation · 0.1 km

    The Museum of Berkshire Aviation is a small aviation museum in Woodley, a town in Berkshire, England. The museum is on the edge of the site of the former Woodley Aerodrome and many of its exhibits relate to the Philli…

  • Dinton Pastures Country Park · 0.5 km

    Dinton Pastures Country Park is a country park in the civil parish of St Nicholas Hurst, in the borough of Wokingham, near Reading in the English county of Berkshire.

  • Emm Brook · 0.6 km

    The Emm Brook, sometimes known as the Embrook or Emmbrook, is a small river in the English county of Berkshire. It is a tributary of the River Loddon which it meets at the village of Hurst.

  • Lodge Wood and Sandford Mill · 0.6 km

    Lodge Wood and Sandford Mill is a 2.3-hectare (5.7-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Woodley in Berkshire.

  • Lavells Lake · 0.6 km

    Lavells Lake is a 12.5-hectare (31-acre) Local Nature Reserve on the outskirts of Woodley, a suburb of Reading in Berkshire. It is owned by Wokingham District Council and managed by the council and The Friends of Lave…

  • Alder Moors · 1.0 km

    Alder Moors is a 8.5-hectare (21-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Woodley, a suburb of Reading in Berkshire. It is owned and managed by Wokingham District Council.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Woodley?
Woodley is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Wokingham local authority.
How deprived is Woodley?
The Wokingham local authority, which includes Woodley, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.